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Contents:

• POEMS / GAY POEMS - THE BT POETRY ON THE WEBNEWTMARIA MORISOT   FOLLOWON JUL 16 2023 07:59 PM PST  RAISG NOAH'S FLAG
• FATHER’S DAY FOR GAY BOYS
• THE COLLEGE STUNT BEHD VIRAL ‘GOD IS GAY’ POEM
• WHAT BUDDHISM TGHT POET G YAMAZAWA ABOUT G ‘GAY’ AS A SLUR
• DISCSN GUI AND FURTHER READG FOR ROSS GAY'S THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS, EVERYBODY READS 2021
• A YOUNG POET ANSWERS THE QUTN 'CAN YOU PRAY THE GAY AWAY?'

POEMS / GAY POEMS - THE BT POETRY ON THE WEBNEWTMARIA MORISOT   FOLLOWON JUL 16 2023 07:59 PM PST  RAISG NOAH'S FLAG

Poems / Gay Poems - The bt poetry on the webThe Will To LiveI tdged through Endls days -My blue phase.

FATHER’S DAY FOR GAY BOYS

Bt LGBTQ Poems1 I Sg the Body Electric by Walt Whman2 A Lany for Survival by Audre Lor3 Poem about My Rights by June Jordan4 The Aureole by Nikky Fney5 What Kd of Tim Are The by Adrienne Rich6 One Girl by Sappho7 A Lady by Amy Lowell8 Homosexualy by Frank O’Hara9 The Lyric In a Time of War by Eloise Kle Healy10 Who Said It Was Simple by Audre Lor11 FAQS. Homosexualy by Frank O’Hara.

‘Homosexualy’ scrib the act of g out as gay through the metaphor of an actor takg off his mask. They make g out and livg as a gay man or woman a much harr task than needs to be. 10) Hey, I’m Gay By Mila Cuda.

THE COLLEGE STUNT BEHD VIRAL ‘GOD IS GAY’ POEM

“I’m gay likealmostlike lipslike the closet is cracked openbut some days I have to walk myself put my bt femme forwardat the job terview, the mega-b statn, my grandpa’s funeral I’m gay likeevery time I ll myself gaythe men my life take upon themselv to saywell what about ben, what was that then? I’m gay like my only straight iend jt me outShe said she would’ve known sooner if not for the folks always photoshoppg her weddg picturAnd I’m gay like my girliend n build heaven wh her left handI’m the clost she to touchg relign. The double meang wh body and “boy” is clever and the acronym wh the poem metaphorilly speaks to the plights of a trans bo’y wak upthe bo’y looks at selfthe bo’y notic somethg missgthere is both too much and not enough flh on the bo’ythe bo’y is vered hairwhat a hairy bo’ysome mak look more like a bo’ysome mak look more like a monsterthe bo’y did not learn to shave om s fatherso tght self how to graze s sk and cut thgs offthe bo’y cuts self by accintthe blood remds the bo’y is a bo’yremds the bo’y how a bo’y bleedsremds the bo’y that not every bo’y bleedsthe bo’y talks to a girl about bleedgshe explas how this bo’y worksthis bo’y is different om hersbo’y has too much and not enough flh to be herthe blogy of a bo’y is jtbo’y will only ever be a bo’ythe bo’y is Blackso the bo’y is and will only ever be a bo’ythe bo’y uldn’t be a man if triedthe bo’y triedthe bo’y feels emptythe bo’y feels like will only ever be emptythe bo’y feels that will never hold the weight of another bo’y si of no matter how many ds f si the bo’ythe bo’y is a hollow fa attempts a nvcg veneerbo’y drs — what hips on the bo’ybo’y pats s face — what lips on the bo’ybo’y adorns self wh labels wrten for lovelier amwhat a betiful bo’ystill a bo’ybut a fierce bo’y nowa royal bo’y nowa bo’y worthy of beg lled queenwhat a dazzlg seto turn a bo’y to a lie everyone lov to look atthe bo’y looks at selfthe bo’y se all the gawkg at s glossthe bo’y hears all the mass askg for s missgthe bo’y offers all of s letters— ‘ b ’ for the birth— ‘ o ’ for the operatn— ‘ y ’ for the lack left s genwhat this bo’y would abandonfor the risk of  beg realthe bo’y is realenough and too muchexistg as s own erasure— what an elive d —evadg removalavoidg regnnleavg jt a bo’ythat is never lostbut n’t be found2"Dear Gaybashers" by Jill McDonoughMIGUEL SCHINCARIOL/AFP/Getty ImagWrten 2014, “Dear Gaybashers” by Jill McDonough is a mt-read for everybody, but pecially those who thk their tnts and jabs will sre off the LGBTQ+ muny om livg and lovg their life.

WHAT BUDDHISM TGHT POET G YAMAZAWA ABOUT G ‘GAY’ AS A SLUR

They are strong, they are uned, and they uldn't re ls what you night we got bashed we told Rty howthey drove up, yelled QUEER, threw a hot dog, sped Now, is that gaybashg?

DISCSN GUI AND FURTHER READG FOR ROSS GAY'S THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS, EVERYBODY READS 2021

Good pied the fools: who buys a perfectly good pack of wienersand driv around San Francis chuckg them at gays? Dear bashers, you should have seen the hot dog h my neck, the srf Josey sewed om antique silk kimonos: so gay.

Youmissed lghg at , nfed, your raw hot dog on the and Rty and Bob make fun of the gaybashers, and Iwash my srf the sk.

A YOUNG POET ANSWERS THE QUTN 'CAN YOU PRAY THE GAY AWAY?'

Not hot dogs thrown om F-150s, homophobic eaks. 3“Gay Pri Weekend” by Brenda ShghnsyThis LGBTQ+ poem by Brenda Shghnsy touch on an experience she had wh a lover and discs how they’re brought together by their past trmas and how wonrful is to be out, loud, and proud.

4“The 17-Year-Old and the Gay Bar” by Danez SmhDanez Smh’s LGBTQ+ poem about a 17-year-old a gay bar tells the story of feelg like you belong, and feelg like they mt be heaven to have found others like them and to be g-heavy heaven, blsed ground to thk gay & mean the fake id & the bouncer who knewthis need to be need, to belong, to know howa man taste full on vodka & ee of s. I want to live on his tongue, build a home of gospel & gayetyi want to raise a cy behd his teeth for all boys of choirs & closets to refuge . For each gay kid whose adolcence was Ameri the forti or fifti the primary, the ccialscenar forever is g out —or not.