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Poet, performer and disability culture activist, 1948–2013
memory of a dancer fifteen year old girl Bonnie and the mirror
learning who i am how far can i reach what do i feel i'm afraid to tell you who i am but watch my hands my head the way i hold my shoulders how far i can reach inside myself inside the dream of being a dancer one thing i can own this movement this moment i own this dance i am this dream let me tell you who i am how far i can reach
The first section of Emerging, a piece Wade wrote with Patty Overland, performed by AXIS Dance Company. The other sections are Overland’s.
We’re not sure of this poem’s title. Wade left it untitled, so it is known here by its first line. We haven’t yet found a published version of this poem. If you know its title, or where it was published, please get in touch.