Digital Transgender Archive
Poems of Truth
Michael Dillon's 1957 "Poems of Truth" explores spiritual themes from a variety of religious and philosophical traditions in verse and short prose poems. The work continues themes explored in "Self: A Study in Ethics and Endocrinology" while foreshadowing his later move to India to study as a Buddhist monk. His autograph is featured on the last page. Dillon is an important figure in transgender history in part for being the first transsexual to undergo phalloplasty as well as doing much to pave the way for medical transitions for transsexual men and women in the United Kingdom as a physician.
- Identifier
- 8g84mm48m
- Collection
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Rare Books
- Institution
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Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
- Creator(s)
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Dillon, Michael
- Publisher
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Linden Press
- Date Issued
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1957
- Genre
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Poetry
- Subject(s)
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George Gurdjieff
Michael Dillon
- Topic(s)
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Mysticism
Trans men
Transgender Buddhists
Transgender poetry
Transsexual people
- Table of Contents
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I SONNET ON A SLEEPING WORLD 6
II WONDER 8
III FORGETFULNESS 10
IV HAPPINESS 12
V AT-ONEMENT 14
VI ADVERSITY 16
VII UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSION 18
VIII KNOWING AND BEING 20
IX FAITHFULNESS 22
X 'I' 24
XI SUPERIORITY 26
XII SUFFERING 28
XIII THOUGHT 30
XIV THE IDEAL AND THE REAL 32
xv OLD WINESKINS 34
XVI GOD 36
XVII CHAOS 38
XVIII FREE WILL 40
XIX KARMA 42
xx SONNET ON REINCARNATION 44
- Resource Type
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Text
- Language
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English
- Rights
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Copyright undetermined
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