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| Searching... Subject: GAY MEN Matches Found: 248 63RD STREET Y, by MARK DOTY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All night steam heat pours Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men A BETTER RESURRECTION, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have no wit, no words, no tears Last Line: O jesus, drink of me. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Faith; Gays & Lesbians; Jesus Christ; Pain; Belief; Creed; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Suffering; Misery A DECADE, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When you came, you were like red wine and honey Last Line: But I am completely nourished. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Love; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men A GLIMPSE, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A glimpse, through an interstice caught Last Line: Little, perhaps not a word. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Men; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men A HEAD, by JAMES SCHUYLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A dead boy living among men as a man Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men A MERRY CHRISTMAS - IN SPITE OF ALL!, by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Long years ago in london town Last Line: Can rob us of our christmas cheer. Subject(s): Christmas; Gays & Lesbians; Nativity, The; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men A POEM FOR THE OLD MAN, by JOHN WIENERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God love you Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men A POEM FOR TRAPPED THINGS, by JOHN WIENERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This morning with a blue flame burning Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men A POET'S EDUCATION, by RAFAEL CAMPO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In fact, the classroom overlooked a street Last Line: His dusty classrom beckoned, high aloft Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Medical Students; Poetry & Poets; Education; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men A QUOI BON DIRE, by CHARLOTTE MEW Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Seventeen years ago you said Last Line: You will have smiled, I shall have tossed your hair. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 15, by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Look not in my eyes, for fear Last Line: A jonquil, not a grecian lad. Alternate Author Name(s): Housman, A. E. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 44, by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Shot? So quick, so clean an ending? Last Line: But wear it and it will not fade. Alternate Author Name(s): Housman, A. E. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men A SPRIG OF ROSEMARY, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I cannot see your face Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men A WOMAN LIKE ME, by EILEEN MYLES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Wanna hear something really funny? Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men AFTER A POEM FOR COCKSUCKERS, by JOHN WIENERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have never stopped loving him Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Love - Unrequited; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men AFTER THE PARTY, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Amid glasses clinking, mineral water, schnapps Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men ALL THE WOMEN CAUGHT IN FLARING LIGHT, by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Imagine a big room of women doing anything Subject(s): Women; Mothers; Gays & Lesbians; Children; Grief; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Childhood; Sorrow; Sadness AN AMERICAN POEM, by EILEEN MYLES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I was born in boston in Subject(s): Self; Gays & Lesbians; Ancestors & Ancestry; Boston; Social Classes; Social Commentaries; Poetry & Poets; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Heritage; Heredity; Caste ANGELUS, by BRIAN TEARE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Peace, okay!, speak goodness of marriage Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Marriage; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Weddings; Husbands; Wives APOSTASY, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We open our mouths and the seasons Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men AS FROM A QUIVER OF ARROWS, by CARL PHILLIPS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What do we do with the body, do we Subject(s): Aids (disease); Gays & Lesbians; Sickness; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Illness AT APRIL, by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Toss your gay heads Last Line: At our hearts? Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men AT HOME, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When I was dead, my spirit turned Last Line: That tarrieth but a day. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Ghosts; Gays & Lesbians; Supernatural; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men AT THE CAPRI, by ALLEN GINSBERG Recitation by Author Poet's Biography Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men AUTUMN, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They brought me a quilled, yellow dahlia Last Line: All I once possessed? Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men BEING AWARE, by DENNIS COOPER Poet's Biography First Line: Men are drawn to my ass by Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Pornography; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men BUILDING TRUST, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I liked it when he fucked me Last Line: Be trusted, not by anyone Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Mothers; Love – Complaints; Distrust; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men BY THESE WATERS, by FRANK BIDART Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What begins in recognition Last Line: By these waters on my knees I have wept Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men C'MON PIGS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION EAT MORE GREASE, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Eat eat more marbled sirloin more pork'n gravy Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men CAFE: 3 A.M., by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Detectives from the vice squad Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Subject(s): African Americans; Gays & Lesbians; Negroes; American Blacks; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men CANNIBAL BEACH, by EDWARD FIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I heard that the wide beach of my childhood Last Line: Mess up their chenille bedspread Alternate Author Name(s): Elliot, Bruce Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men CARD 19: THE SUN, by BRENDA SHAUGHNESSY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When you show yourself to the woman Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Love; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men CARREFOUR, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O you, / who came upone me once Last Line: Of the forest bees? Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men CLADE SONG. THIS TOO SHALL PASS, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You think of the time Last Line: It's more than over Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Time; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men CLIFTON, by JOAN LARKIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I loved booze Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Gays & Lesbians; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men COME ALL YE BRAVE BOYS, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Come all you young men that proudly display Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men COMING IN FOR A LANDING, by JAMES RICHARD BROUGHTON Poet's Biography First Line: Though no pilot guarantees a bumpless arrival Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men CONFESSIONAL, by FRANK BIDART Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Is she dead? Last Line: No, I didn't forgive her Subject(s): Forgiveness; Gays & Lesbians; Clemency; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men CORDON NEGRO, by ESSEX HEMPHILL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I drink champagne early in the morning Last Line: "my concerns are small Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men CORNKIND, by FRANK O'HARA (1926-1966) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: So the rain falls / it drops all over the place Subject(s): Fertility; Gays & Lesbians; Morris, William (1834-1896); Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men COUPLES SYNDROME, by EDWARD FIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My mother's argument Alternate Author Name(s): Elliot, Bruce Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Togetherness; Mothers; Prejudice; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men CREPE DE CHINE, by MARK DOTY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: These drugstore windows Last Line: Call me crepe de chine Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men DAYS OF 1941 AND '44, by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL Poet's Biography First Line: The nightmare shower room. My tormentor leers Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men DEAR GONGLYA, by BRENDA SHAUGHNESSY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The most inscrutable beautiful names in this world Subject(s): Names; Gays & Lesbians; Desire; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men DEATH MASK, by EDWARD FIELD Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: In the mirror now Last Line: The sudden / exhaling Alternate Author Name(s): Elliot, Bruce Subject(s): Old Age; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men DENVER STREET, by WILLARD JOHNSON Poem Text First Line: A garish flare of magazines Last Line: And navels before breakfast! Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Oranges; Youth; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men DIFFERENCE, by MARK DOTY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The jellyfish / float in the bay shallows Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men DOMESTIC, by CARL PHILLIPS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If, when studying road atlases Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Love; Family Life; Travel; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Relatives; Journeys; Trips DOSSIER OF IRRETRIEVABLES, by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Last night at bar 6 Subject(s): Conduct Of Life; Gays & Lesbians; Social Commentaries; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men DOUBLE LIFE, by LLOYD SCHWARTZ Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My father was a fundamentalist minister. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Conduct Of Life; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men EATING CLAY, by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Face damp on a lover's thigh and scratchy Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Love - Erotic; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men EDEN INCUNABULUM, by BRIAN TEARE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: So his luciferous kiss, ecliptic : me Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Relationships; Death; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Dead, The EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Still the loud death drum, thundering from afar Last Line: And swears -- thy world, columbus, shall be free. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia Subject(s): Liberty; Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men FACING AN HOUR-GLASS, by ELFRIDA DE RENNE BARROW Poem Text First Line: I see your outline Last Line: Your feet in the dust. Subject(s): Girls; Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men FAMILY JEWELS, by ESSEX HEMPHILL Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: I live in a town Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men FAUSTINE, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lean back, and get some minutes' peace Last Line: Or what, faustine? Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men FEMALE MASCULINITY, by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Two guys sucking each other in the steam room Subject(s): Social Commentaries; Gays & Lesbians; Relationships; Love - Erotic; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men FOR THE GODDESS TOO WELL KNOWN, by ELSA GIDLOW Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have robbed the garrulous streets Last Line: I ask no man pardon.) Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men FOR THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, by FRANK BIDART Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Bound, hungry to pluck again from the thousand / technologies of ecstasy Last Line: In all but szigeti’s hands Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men FORGOTTEN SEX, by JOHN ASHBERY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They tore down the old movie palaces Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men FRIENDSHIP, by KATHERINE MANSFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When we were charming backfisch Alternate Author Name(s): Murry, John Middleton, Mrs.; Beauchamp, Kathleen Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men FRIENDSHIP'S MYSTERY, TO MY DEAREST LUCASIA, by KATHERINE PHILIPS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Come, my lucasia, since we see Last Line: Grows deathless by the sacrifice. Alternate Author Name(s): Orinda Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men GETTING HAPPY, by FORREST HAMER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When the men got happy in church Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men GOBLIN MARKET, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Morning and evening / maids heard the goblins cry Last Line: "to strengthen whilst one stands." Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Fairies; Gays & Lesbians; Sisters; Elves; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men HARLEM, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: What happens to a dream deferred Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Variant Title(s): Dream Deferred;lenox Avenue Mural;harlem: 2;from Montage Of A Dream Deferred: Harlem (2) Subject(s): African Americans; Dreams; Gays & Lesbians; Men; Racism; Negroes; American Blacks; Nightmares; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry HERACLITUS, by CALLIMACHUS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They told me, heraclitus, they told me you were dead Last Line: For death he taketh all away, but these he can not take. Alternate Author Name(s): Kallimachos Subject(s): Friendship; Heraclitus (540-480 B.c.); Gays & Lesbians; Life Change Events; Poetry & Poets; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men HOCKNEY: BLUE POOL, by DAVID TRINIDAD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Los angeles, / california: / a summer afternoon Subject(s): Cities; Hockney, David (b. 1937); Gays & Lesbians; Lakes; Los Angeles; Urban Life; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Pools; Ponds HOMO WILL NOT INHERIT, by MARK DOTY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Downtown anywhere and between the roil Last Line: Gorgeous, and on fire. I have my kingdom Subject(s): Alienation (social Psychology); Dissenters; Exiles; Gays & Lesbians; Marginality, Social; Estrangement; Outcasts; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men HOMOSEXUALITY, by HENRI COLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: First I saw the round bill, like a bud Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men HOMOSEXUALITY, by FRANK O'HARA (1926-1966) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: So we are taking off our masks, are we, and keeping Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men HOWL; FOR CARL SOLOMON, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Poem Explanation Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Imagination; Vision; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Fancy I KNOW MY HUSBAND'S BODY, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men IMITATIONS OF HORACE: ODE IV, 1, by ALEXANDER POPE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Again? New tumults in my breast? Last Line: And now, on rolling waters snatch'd away. Variant Title(s): To Venus Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Middle Age; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men IN EXCELSIS, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You - you / your shadow is sunlit on a plate of silver Last Line: Are rubies mortised in a gate of stone. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 13, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tears of the widower, when he sees Last Line: And not the burthen that they bring. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 130, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thy voice is on the rolling air Last Line: I shall not lose thee tho' I die. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): All Is Well Subject(s): Friendship; Gays & Lesbians; Religion; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Theology IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 27, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I envy not in any moods Last Line: Than never to have loved at all. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Love; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 7, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dark house, by which once more I stand Last Line: On the bald street breaks the blank day. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): In Memoriam;in Memoriam (2) Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Mourning; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Bereavement IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 9, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Fair ship, that from the italian shore Last Line: More than my brothers are to me. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): Dead, In A Foreign Land Subject(s): Death; Gays & Lesbians; Dead, The; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, by RICHARD TAYSON Poem Text First Line: For a week you lie beneath one sheet Subject(s): Aids (disease); Gays & Lesbians; Love; Sickness; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Illness IN THE WESTERN NIGHT: 1. THE IRREPARABLE, by FRANK BIDART Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: First, I was there where unheard Last Line: Massed above the towers, rushing Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men IN THE WESTERN NIGHT: 2. IN MY DESK, by FRANK BIDART Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Two cigarette butts - / left by you Last Line: Now the envelope is in my desk Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men IN THE WESTERN NIGHT: 3. TWO MEN, by FRANK BIDART Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The man who does not know himself, who Last Line: You, through the waters (you are cruel) fleeing Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men INTERLUDE, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When I have baked white cakes Last Line: Outside. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men INTERVIEW, by LLOYD SCHWARTZ Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I thought once I'd like to be a kleptomaniac, Subject(s): Divorce; Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men ISN'T IT FUNNY?, by ESSEX HEMPHILL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I don't want to hear you beg Last Line: " hair is cut close too, like mine Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men Ï„Î?θνάκην δ€™ ολίγω €™Ï€Î¹Î´Î?Ï?ης φαίνομ€™ αλαία, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Red cheeked boyfriends tenderly kiss me sweet mouthed Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Love - Erotic; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men LAMENT, by THOMSON WILLIAM GUNN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Your dying was a difficult enterprise Alternate Author Name(s): Gunn, Thom Subject(s): Aids (disease); Gays & Lesbians; Sickness; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Illness LESBOS, by SYLVIA PLATH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Viciousness in the kitchen! Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Suicide; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men LET IT RIDE, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men LETTER TO A FRIEND: WHO IS NANCY DAUM?, by JAMES SCHUYLER Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: All things are real Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men LOVE POEM, by AUDRE LORDE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Speak earth and bless me with what is richest Alternate Author Name(s): Adisa-warrior, Gamba Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men LOVE POEM ON A THEME BY WHITMAN, by ALLEN GINSBERG Recitation by Author Poet's Biography Subject(s): Love; Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men LUCASIA, ROSANIA, AND ORINDA PARTING AT A FOUNTAIN, by KATHERINE PHILIPS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Here, here are our enjoyments done Last Line: The fears and sorrows of this day. Alternate Author Name(s): Orinda Subject(s): Grief; Gays & Lesbians; Love; Time; Sorrow; Sadness; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men LUGGAGE, by FRANK BIDART Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: You wear your body as if without Last Line: Rise like grief before you Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Self; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men LULLABY, by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Lay your sleeping head, my love Alternate Author Name(s): Auden, W. H. Variant Title(s): "song 11;""let Your Sleeping Head, My Love""; Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Love; Mortality; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men MADONNA OF THE EVENING FLOWERS, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All day long I have been working Last Line: Canterbury bells. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men MALEST CORNIFICI TUO CATULLO, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I'm happy, kerouac, your madman's allen Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Kerouac, Jack (1922-1969); Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men MARRIAGE, by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No more alone sleeping, no more alone waking Last Line: All for her sake must the maiden die! Alternate Author Name(s): Anodos Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men MAYBE LOVE, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Maybe love will come Last Line: To wet the silken dust Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men MONOLOGUE OF TWO MOONS, NUDES WITH CRESTS: 1938, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Once, lily and I fell from a ladder Last Line: Twigs, leaves, and an infinite black string. Subject(s): Accidents; Adolescence; Desire; Gays & Lesbians; Teen Agers; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men MOOD, by DOROTHY ALLISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Floating like a dust moat Last Line: But little laments in a row. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Loss; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men MORE SEXY NOW THAN EVER, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Was up for a hot little piece of hispanic tail Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men MULTIPLE IDENTITY QUESTIONNAIRE, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I'm a jew? A nice jewish boy? Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Jews; Buddhism; Self; Identity; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men MY LAST HUSTLER, by RICHARD HOWARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When 'brad' is lying naked, or rather naked is lying Alternate Author Name(s): Howard, Joseph Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men MY MOTHER, by JOHN WIENERS Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Talking to strange men on the subway Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Mothers; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men MY MOTHER LOVES WOMEN, by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT Poem Text Poet's Biography Subject(s): Mothers & Daughters; Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men MY PAST, by DENNIS COOPER Poet's Biography First Line: Is a short string of beautiful Subject(s): Desire; Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men NEW AGE AT AIRPORT MESA, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: My husband was hanging wet sheets, almost in disbelief Last Line: I told her I was done feeling sorry for myself. Subject(s): Canyons; Hearts; Gays & Lesbians; Laundry & Laundering; Self-pity; Widows & Widowers; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men NIGHT GLEAM, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Over and over thru the dull material world the call is made Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men NOCTURNES: JOSHUA TREE, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Each of us locked inside our rooms Last Line: Nailed down behind the bedroom door Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Trees; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men ODE TO JOY, by FRANK O'HARA (1926-1966) Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: We shall have everything we want and there'll be no more dying Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men ODE: SALUTE TO THE FRENCH NEGRO POETS, by FRANK O'HARA (1926-1966) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: From near the sea, like whitman my great predecessor, I call Subject(s): Cesaire, Aime (b. 1913); Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men ORIENTAL PHANTASY, by LE BARON COOKE Poem Text First Line: Sometimes the sky Last Line: Marionettes . . . Subject(s): Asia; Gays & Lesbians; Puppets; Far East; East Asia; Orient; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Marionettes PLEASE MASTER, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Please master can I touch your cheek Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; United States; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; America POEM ABOUT MY RIGHTS, by JUNE JORDAN Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Even tonight and I need to take a walk and clear Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men POEM FOR GEORGE PLATT LYNES, by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: George platt lynes photographed a naked man, curled Last Line: Raises his hand to feel the fine light fail? Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men POWER, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Half of the penis remains Subject(s): Sex Organs; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men POWER, by AUDRE LORDE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The difference between poetry and rhetoric Alternate Author Name(s): Adisa-warrior, Gamba Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men PRAYER TO ST. FRANCIS, by BRIAN TEARE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now low rod : Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Marriage; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Weddings; Husbands; Wives RAPE, by JOAN LARKIN Poet's Biography First Line: After twenty years I want to call it that, but was it? Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men READING LU CHI, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Moonlight touching all eight corners Subject(s): Books; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men READING WHITMAN IN A TOILET STALL, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A security-man who stood, arms crossed, outside Last Line: As we walk out of our secrets into the world Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Trysts; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men REMINISCENCE, by DOROTHY ALLISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Long since, these ghosts lay dead - Last Line: Memories are only heavy prisoners now. Subject(s): Ghosts; Gays & Lesbians; Memory; Supernatural; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men RHYME OF MY INHERITANCE, by JOAN LARKIN Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: My mother gave me a bitter tongue Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men ROSABEL (OF ROSALIE), by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Leaves that whisper whisper ever Last Line: And for her, -- for her. Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Gays & Lesbians; Women's Rights; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Feminism SAPPHIC SUICIDE NOTE, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Day out Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Letters; Sappho (610-580 B.c.); Suicide; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SAY GOODNIGHT (1), by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It is better to be alone. Tree and sun Subject(s): Solitude; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SAY GOODNIGHT (2), by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Trunks of charred pines rooted to the rocks Subject(s): Women; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SAY GOODNIGHT (3), by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Muted bells ringing inside my body Subject(s): Love - Erotic; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SAY GOODNIGHT (4), by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No kisses. Not tonight. Stand Subject(s): Night; Togetherness; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SENRYU: OCCUPIED, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: When he unzipped Last Line: Stimulus package - Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SHADOWBOXING, by PETER JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I'm telling my story to this couple who're over for dinner, they're friends, though not best friends Last Line: It takes some getting used to Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Marriage; Theater & Theaters; Motor Vehicle Bureaus; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Stage Life SHAME, by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I ask for justice but do not release Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Mothers & Sons; Divorce; Grief; Loss; Shame; Guilt; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Sorrow; Sadness SISTERS IN ARMS, by AUDRE LORDE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The edge of our bed was a wide grid Alternate Author Name(s): Adisa-warrior, Gamba Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Death - Children; South Africa; Racism; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Death - Babies; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry SONG (1), by JOHN WILMOT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Love a woman? You're an ass Last Line: Does the trick worth forty wenches. Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Misogyny; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 1, by RICHARD BARNFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sporting at fancie, setting light by love Last Line: When his faire forehead with disdain is frowned. Alternate Author Name(s): Barnefield, Richard Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 1, by ROBERT DUNCAN Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Now there is a love of which dante does not speak unkindly Last Line: For a joining that is not easy Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 10, by RICHARD BARNFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thus was my love, thus was my ganymed Last Line: He loves to be belov'd, but not to love. Alternate Author Name(s): Barnefield, Richard Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 10, by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, think not I am faithful to a vow Last Line: I am most faithless when I most am true. Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs. Variant Title(s): "oh, I Think Not I Am Faithful To A Vow!; Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Love; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 104, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: To me, fair friend, you never can be old Last Line: Ere you were born was beauty's summer dead. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 11, by RICHARD BARNFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sighing, and sadly sitting by my love Last Line: He straight perceav'd himselfe to be my lover. Alternate Author Name(s): Barnefield, Richard Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 110, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Alas! 'tis true I have gone here and there Last Line: Even to thy pure and most most loving breast. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 116, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Text Poem Explanation Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Let me not to the marriage of true minds / admit impediments Last Line: I never writ, nor no man ever loved. Variant Title(s): "love;love's Not Time's Fool;true Love;love Unalterable;the Marriage Of True Minds;""let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds""; Subject(s): Fidelity; Gays & Lesbians; Life Change Events; Love; Love - Marital; Marriage; Religion; Faithfulness; Constancy; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Theology SONNET: 12, by RICHARD BARNFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Some talke of ganymede th' idalian boy Last Line: But he is fairer then I can indite. Alternate Author Name(s): Barnefield, Richard Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 14, by RICHARD BARNFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Here: hold this glove (this milk-white cheveril glove) Last Line: Then glove is love: and so I send it thee. Alternate Author Name(s): Barnefield, Richard Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 144, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Two loves I have of comfort and despair Last Line: Till my bad angel fire my good one out. Variant Title(s): "two Loves I Have, Of Comfort And Despair""; Subject(s): Comfort; Despair; Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 17, by RICHARD BARNFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Cherry-lipt adonis in his snowie shape Last Line: Be slow to love, and quicke to hate, enduring? Alternate Author Name(s): Barnefield, Richard Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 19, by RICHARD BARNFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ah no; nor I my selfe: though my pure love Last Line: Are dearest unto me, as doth ensue. Alternate Author Name(s): Barnefield, Richard Subject(s): Ganymede (mythology); Beauty; Love - Erotic; Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 20, by RICHARD BARNFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: But now my muse toyld with continuall care Last Line: Pardon I crave of them, and of thee, pitty. Alternate Author Name(s): Barnefield, Richard Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 20, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Text Poem Explanation Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: A woman's face with nature's own hand painted Last Line: Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure. Variant Title(s): "a Woman's Face, With Nature's Own Hand Painted""; Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 29, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Text Poem Explanation Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes Last Line: That then I scorn to change my state with kings. Variant Title(s): "amor Omnia Vincit;a Consolation;fortune And Men's Eyes;""when, In Disgrace With Fortune And Men's Eyes""; Subject(s): Desire; Friendship; Gays & Lesbians; Jealousy; Love; Religion; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Theology SONNET: 35, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: No more be griev'd at that which thou hast done Last Line: To that sweet thief which sourly robs from me. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 36, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Let me confess that we two must be twain Last Line: As, thou being mine, mine is thy good report. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 4, by RICHARD BARNFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Two stars there are in one faire firmament Last Line: How can it chuse (with me) but be dark night? Alternate Author Name(s): Barnefield, Richard Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 53, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: What is your substance, whereof are you made Last Line: But you like none, none you, for constant heart. Variant Title(s): "what Is Your Substance, Whereof Are You Made""; Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Love; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 55, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Text Poem Explanation Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Not marble nor the gilded monuments Last Line: You live in this, and dwell in lovers' eyes. Subject(s): Friendship; Gays & Lesbians; Poetry & Poets; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 57, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Being your slave, what should I do but tend Last Line: Though you do any thing, he thinks no ill. Variant Title(s): "absence;""being Your Slave, What Should I Do Not Tend""; Subject(s): Absence; Desire; Gays & Lesbians; Love; Separation; Isolation; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 6, by RICHARD BARNFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet corrall lips, where nature's treasure liea Last Line: What should I doe, if I did so indeede? Alternate Author Name(s): Barnefield, Richard Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 60, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore Last Line: Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. Variant Title(s): "revolutions;""like As The Waves Make Towards The Pebbled Shore""; Subject(s): Aging; Gays & Lesbians; Time; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 67, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Ah wherefore with infection should he live Last Line: In days long since, before these last so bad. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 7, by RICHARD BARNFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet thames I honour thee, not for thou art Last Line: My mirth is turn'd to extreame miserie. Alternate Author Name(s): Barnefield, Richard Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 8, by RICHARD BARNFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sometimes I wish that I his pillow were Last Line: How hony-combs from his lips dropping bee. Alternate Author Name(s): Barnefield, Richard Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 87, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Farewell! Thou art too dear for my possessing Last Line: In sleep a king, but, waking, no such matter. Subject(s): Absence; Gays & Lesbians; Loss; Love; Separation; Isolation; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SONNET: 94, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Text Poem Explanation Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: They that have power to hurt, and will do none Last Line: Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. Variant Title(s): "the Life Without Passion;""they That Have Pow'r To Hut And Will Do None""; Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Hypocrisy; Sin; Villains In Literature; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SORTES VERGILIANAE, by JOHN ASHBERY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You have been living now for a long time and there is nothing you do not know Last Line: Only long patience, as the star climbs and sinks, leaving illumuniation to the setting sun Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SPHINCTER, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I hope my good old asshole holds out Subject(s): Aids (disease); Gays & Lesbians; Sickness; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Illness STAR VEHICLES: I'M NOT IN 'DARLING', by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bette davis has no reason to be jealous of michelangelo antonioni Last Line: A wilderness stretching farther than the exiled eye could see Subject(s): Davis, Bette (1908-1989); Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men STAR VEHICLES: THE GARBO INDEX, by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My dead friend vito praised garbo's last scene in queen christina Last Line: With the tranquililty of all final compositions Subject(s): Garbo, Greta (1905-1990); Gays & Lesbians; Identity; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men STRANGE FRUIT, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Spray-painted across a garage door Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Prejudice; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men STRANGE MUSIC, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Men have seen their own graves at the edge Subject(s): Death; Mourning; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SURVIVORS, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Some mornings I do not hear Subject(s): Gay Men; Relationships SWEET BOY, GIMME YR ASS, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lemme kiss your face, lick your neck Last Line: Softness this relaxed sweet sigh? Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men SYMPATHY, by HENRY DAVID THOREAU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lately, alas I knew a gentle boy Last Line: Nor mortals know a sympathy more rare. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Sympathy; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Empathy TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF, by MARK WUNDERLICH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On the runway at the roxy, the drag queen Subject(s): Bars & Bartenders; Gays & Lesbians; Popular Culture - United States; Pubs; Taverns; Saloons; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE AGE OF AIDS, by EDWARD FIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Our postman, jim was always after me Alternate Author Name(s): Elliot, Bruce Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Postal Service; Aids (disease); Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE ASS FESTIVAL, by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pink cum dribbles out my anus Subject(s): Social Commentaries; Gays & Lesbians; Love - Erotic; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE ASSIGNATION, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Every vow I kept Last Line: Inside of you Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Promises; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC, by RAFAEL CAMPO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Defending you, my country, hurts Last Line: For once I would be what I would always be Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE BEAUTIFUL, by REGINALD SHEPHERD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Incertitudes are buying shirts Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Mythology - Classical; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE BOOK OF SCAPEGOATS, by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Click the grief castanets. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Social Commentaries; Skin Condition; Grandparents; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers THE BUGLER'S FIRST COMMUNION, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A bugler boy from barrack (it is over the hill there) Last Line: Forward-like, but however, and like favourable heaven heard these. Subject(s): Army Life; Eucharist; Gays & Lesbians; Drills & Minor Tactics; Communion; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE CHERRY TREE, by THOMSON WILLIAM GUNN Poet's Biography First Line: In her gnarled sleep it Alternate Author Name(s): Gunn, Thom Subject(s): Cherry Trees; Environment; Gays & Lesbians; Poetry & Poets; Trees; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE CONVENT THRESHOLD, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There's blood between us, love, my love Last Line: And love with old familiar love. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Love; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE CORNELIAN, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No specious splendor of this stone Last Line: And none remain'd to give the rest. Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE DEAD POET, by ALFRED BRUCE DOUGLAS Poem Text First Line: I dreamed of him last night, I saw his face Last Line: And so I woke and knew that he was dead. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900); Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE DEATH OF ANTINOUS, by MARK DOTY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When the beautiful young man drowned Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE GARDEN, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We were after crevices, whatever god had Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Seekinmg; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE GARDEN BY MOONLIGHT, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A black cat among roses Last Line: When I am gone. Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE HAMMAM NAME (FROM A POEM BY A TURKISH LADY), by JAMES ELROY FLECKER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Winsome torment rose from slumber, rubbed his eyes, and went his way Last Line: The water froze. Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Gays & Lesbians; Turkey; Showers & Showering; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE ICE-CREAM WARS, by JOHN ASHBERY Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Although I mean it, and project the meaning Last Line: A randomness, a darkness of one's own Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE LAUGHTER OF DEAD MEN, by JOHN ASHBERY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Candid jeremiads drizzle from his lips Last Line: And all the singular adventures it implies Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE LETTER, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Going to him! Happy letter! Tell him Last Line: "gesture, coquette, and shake your head!" Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Letters; Love; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE LION FOR REAL, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: I came home and found a lion in my living room Subject(s): Animals; Gays & Lesbians; Lions; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE LOVER, by ROBERT DUNCAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have been seeing his face everywhere, the face of a former lover Last Line: Seeing his wrath in faces passing Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN, by EDWARD FIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Instead of the flatland of my youth Last Line: And wait for him Alternate Author Name(s): Elliot, Bruce Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE PLAYBOY OF THE DEMI-WORLD, by WILLIAM PLOMER Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Aloft in heavenly mansions, doubleyou one Subject(s): Hate; Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE RING, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How long before the grave Last Line: Into the morgue’s gas jets Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Rings; Gifts & Giving; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE SACRIFICE, by FRANK BIDART Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When judas writes the history of solitude Last Line: Death fought; before giving in Subject(s): Guilt; Cancer (disease); Suicide; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE SILENCE, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: She took the spareribs out of the oven Last Line: Wish I was there with you Subject(s): Mothers; Farewell; Absence; Gays & Lesbians; Togetherness; Relationships; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE SIZE OF IT, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I knew the length of an average penis Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Sexual Organs; Size & Shape; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Sex Organs; Genitalia THE STORM (1), by TIMOTHY LIU Poet's Biography First Line: Black ants crawl in the sugar bowl Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE TAXI, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When I go away from you Last Line: To wound myself upon the sharp edges of the night? Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Love; Taxis; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE THREAD OF LIFE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The irresponsive silence of the land Last Line: And sing, o grave, where is thy victory? Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Jesus Christ; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE WOMAN HANGING FROM THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR WINDOW, by JOY HARJO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: She is the woman hanging from the 13th floor Subject(s): Ethnic Groups - United States; Gays & Lesbians; Minorities - United States; United States - Race Relations; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THE YOKE, by FRANK BIDART Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Don't worry -- I know you're dead Last Line: Turn your face again Subject(s): Death; Mourning; Dead, The; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Bereavement THINGS I'LL NOT DO: NOSTALGIAS, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Never go to bulgaria, had a booklet & invitation Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THIS FORM OF LIFE NEEDS SEX, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I will have to accept women Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Sex; Women; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THIS ONE'S FOR YOU, by JAN HELLER LEVI Poem Text Poet's Biography Subject(s): Love; Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THIS PLACE RUMORD TO HAVE BEEN SODOM, by ROBERT DUNCAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Might have been. / certainly these ashes might have been pleasures Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men THORN PIECE, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Cliffs, / cliffs, / and a twisted sea Last Line: Like leaves falling Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Russell, Ada Dwyer (1863-1952); Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men TO AUSONIUS, by PAULINUS OF NOLA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I, through all chances that are given to mortals Alternate Author Name(s): Meropius Pontius Anicius Pauli Subject(s): Ausonius, Decimus Magnus (310-394); Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men TO MY EXCELLENT LUCASIA, ON OUR FRIENDSHIP. 17TH JULY 1651, by KATHERINE PHILIPS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I did not live until this time Last Line: Immortal as our soul. Alternate Author Name(s): Orinda Subject(s): Friendship; Gays & Lesbians; Owen, Anne (lewis) (1633-1692); Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men TO SOME SUPPOSED BROTHERS, by ESSEX HEMPHILL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You judge a woman Last Line: The way america / loves us Variant Title(s): Conditions: 21 Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men TOM, by JAMES SCHUYLER Poet's Biography First Line: A key. The door. Open Subject(s): Desire; Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. AS A WOMAN OF A MAN, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Democracy! Last Line: I will conceive by thee, democracy. Subject(s): Bodies; Democracy; Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. THROUGH THE LONG NIGHT, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You, proud curve-lipped youth, with brown sensitive face Last Line: And I remain gazing into them. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men TOYS, by CARL PHILLIPS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Seeing them like this Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Popular Culture - United States; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men TREASURES ON EARTH, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What no one wants. Coin by coin Last Line: Intervals — till you shut it off completely Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Absence; Transience; Relationships; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men TREE MARRIAGE, by WILLIAM MEREDITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In chota nagpur and bengal Alternate Author Name(s): Meredith, Morris Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men TURTLE, SWAN, by MARK DOTY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Because the road to our house Subject(s): Aids (disease); Gays & Lesbians; Sickness; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Illness TWENTY-ONE LOVE POEMS: 1, by ADRIENNE CECILE RICH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Wherever in this city, screens flicker Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men TWENTY-ONE LOVE POEMS: 12, by ADRIENNE CECILE RICH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sleeping, turning in turn like planets Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men TWENTY-ONE LOVE POEMS: 16, by ADRIENNE CECILE RICH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Across a city from you, I'm with you Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men TWO LOVES: TO THE SPHINX, by ALFRED BRUCE DOUGLAS Poem Text First Line: I dreamed I stood upon a little hill Last Line: "I am the love that dare not speak its name." Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men TWO POEMS FOR DAVID KALSTONE: 2. FAREWELL PERFORMANCE, by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Art. It cures affliction. As lights go down and Variant Title(s): Farewell Performance Subject(s): Aids (disease); Gays & Lesbians; Sickness; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Illness TWO TAKEN, by SCOTT HIGHTOWER Poet's Biography First Line: In iran, the table of allah Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Iran; Capital Punishment - Minors; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Persia UNWANTED, by EDWARD FIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The poster with my picture on it Alternate Author Name(s): Elliot, Bruce Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Labor & Laborers; Poetry & Poets; Social Protest; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Work; Workers UNWANTED, by EDWARD FIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The poster with my picture on it Alternate Author Name(s): Elliot, Bruce Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Labor & Laborers; Poetry & Poets; Social Protest; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Work; Workers UP AND DOWN: 1. SNOW KING CHAIR LIFT, by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL Poet's Biography First Line: Prey swooped up, the iron love seat shudders Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men UP AND DOWN: 2. THE EMERALD, by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hearing that on sunday I would leave Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men VARIATIONS ON SAPPHO: 33, by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Maids, not to you my mind doth change Last Line: My weary bosom fill. Alternate Author Name(s): Field, Michael (with Edith Emma Cooper) Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men VARIATIONS ON SAPPHO: 35, by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Come, gorgo, put the rug in place Last Line: Thy pride upon a ring? Alternate Author Name(s): Field, Michael (with Edith Emma Cooper) Variant Title(s): Long Ago: 35 Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Pride; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Self-esteem; Self-respect VENUS TRANSIENS, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tell me / was venus more beautiful Last Line: The sands at my feet. Subject(s): Botticelli, Sandro (1444-1510); Gays & Lesbians; Mythology - Classical; Paintings & Painters; Venus (goddess); Filipepi, Alesandro Di Mariano; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men WANT, by JOAN LARKIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: She wants a house full of cups and the ghosts Subject(s): Relationships; Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men WHEN I DRINK I BECOME THE JOY OF FAGGOTS, by DOROTHY ALLISON Poet's Biography First Line: When I drink I become Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men WHERE WILL YOU BE?, by PATRICIA PARKER Poem Text First Line: Boots are being polished Alternate Author Name(s): Parker, Pat Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; African Americans - Women; Gays & Lesbians; Women's Rights; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Feminism WHERE YOU ARE: 1, by MARK DOTY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Flung to your salt parameters in all that wide gleam Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Love; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men WHERE YOU ARE: 2. EVERYWHERE, by MARK DOTY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I thought I'd lost you. But you said I'm inbued Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men WHERE YOU ARE: 3. VAN GOGH, FLOWERING ROSEBUSHES: 1889, by MARK DOTY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A billow of attention Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men WINTER, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How long will the bed that we made together Subject(s): Gay Men; Relationships WITCH WIFE AND I, by SARA BARD FIELD Poem Text First Line: When the moon has poured her light Last Line: Day has brought you back to me. Alternate Author Name(s): Wood, Charles Erskine Scoot, Mrs. Subject(s): Dreams; Gays & Lesbians; Love; Witchcraft & Witches; Nightmares; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men WITH CHAOS IN EACH KISS, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Outside your door, an ocean Subject(s): Love; Music & Musicians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men WONDROUS THE MERGE, by JAMES RICHARD BROUGHTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Had my soul tottered off to sleep Subject(s): Desire; Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men YELLOW CLOVER, by KATHARINE LEE BATES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Must I, who walk alone Last Line: Only white cover blossoms on your grave. Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?', by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I was shy and tender as a 10 year old kid, you know what I'm saying? Last Line: She was nice to me a scared gay kid at eastside high , you know what I'm saying? / allen ginsberg Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men YOU LOVE, YOU WONDER, by BRENDA SHAUGHNESSY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You love a woman and you wonder where she goes all night Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Love - Nature Of; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men YOU. THEREFORE, by REGINALD SHEPHERD Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: You are like me, you will die too, but not today: Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Mortality; Love; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men |
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