Friday, November 14, 2025

Some LGBTQ poetry for your reading pleasure (Part 1)

I hadn't realized how long it's been since my last compilation of LGBTQ-themed poems (not all by LGBTQ poets, I should note) from the American Academy of Poetry's Poem-a-Day newsletter. These poems were disseminated in July and August; another post will bring us up to now. Enjoy!

I'd Have You Think of Me by Djuna Barnes

Black Pastoral by Lillian Yvonne-Bertram

Drenched in Reflection by Jzl Jmz

Karl Lagerfeld's line of beauty by Tommye Blount

Tender Buttons [Breakfast] by Gertrude Stein

What the Birds Do by Leonel Sanchez Lopez

Panhandle by Jesse Nathan

August by Miguel Murphy

I'm Dating a Man Who Is Married by Aaron Smith

Eros by Paul Tran

Task by Ari Banias

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