Some LGBTQ+ poetry for Valentine's Day

In honor of this special day, here are some LGBTQ-themed poems (not all by LGBTQ poets, I should note) from the American Academy of Poetry's Poem-a-Day newsletter. Enjoy!

Serenade by Djuna Barnes

Having a Coke with You by Frank O'Hara

To O.E.A by Claude McKay

Let's love each other by Jalal al-Din Rumi

When The World Falls in Around You or, Vows to My Palestinian Wife on Our Wedding Day by Lehua M. Taitano

How Some of Us Survived Cuando El Mundo Did Not Want Us by Emanuel Xavier

Anophasis Now by James Hannaham

January by Aldrin Regina Valdez

Surrender by Angelina Weld Grimké