Gay poetry

Love is love poetry, by and for LGBTQ+ folks. Illustration by Jia Sung. Love, like identity, takes all shapes, forms, themes, and patterns. Perhaps for no other community is love more self-defining and confining than the queer community. Explore the rich tradition of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer poets and poetry by browsing a selection of poems & audio.

For more essays, video, and ephemera, check out our Pride Month roundup. An LGBTQ poem is a piece of poetry written by or about a member/s of the LGBTQ community. These poems often explore the life experiences of the author, or other members of the community, and how their sexual identity influences their day-to-day life.

Super Gay Poems is a celebration of queer poetry by the acclaimed critic and beloved Harvard professor Stephanie Burt. By exploring poems that center around the experiences of gay individuals, we gain insight into their unique struggles, triumphs, and the universal power of love. These pieces amplify LGBTQ+ voices, reminding us that everyone deserves to be seen, heard, and celebrated for who they are. To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.

To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search. Discover new books on Goodreads. Sign in with Facebook Sign in options. Join Goodreads. I realized that I've never read any great gay poetry anthologies and wondered if such things even existed.

Other than Walt Whitman I couldn't even think of any great gay poets. Did some research on other sites and put together this list. Richard Siken. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Walt Whitman. Frank O'Hara. Allen Ginsberg. Audre Lorde. Adrienne Rich.

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Ocean Vuong. Emily Dickinson.

Danez Smith. Arthur Rimbaud. Hart Crane. Elizabeth Bishop. Robert Duncan. Constantinos P. Saeed Jones Goodreads Author. William Shakespeare. Wilfred Owen. Langston Hughes. Holly Star Goodreads Author. Ashanti Anderson Goodreads Author.