A poet uld not but be gay by Jam Kirkup, 1991, Peter Owen, Distributed by Dufour Edns edn, English
Contents:
- A POET ULD NOT HELP BEG GAY. (E ‘BUT’)
- WHAT DO A POET ULD NOT BUT BE GAY SUCH A JOCUND PANY MEAN?
- A POET COULD NOT BUT BE GAY: SOME LEGENDS OF MY LOST YOUTH
- A POET ULD NOT BUT BE GAY
A POET ULD NOT HELP BEG GAY. (E ‘BUT’)
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WHAT DO A POET ULD NOT BUT BE GAY SUCH A JOCUND PANY MEAN?
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Explanatn:This poem is of a different time om ours, when “gay” meant only “bright and pleasant, promotg a feelg of cheer, ” and “jocund” meant “full of high-spired merriment.
L 15-16__________________A Poet uld not but be gay, In such a jocund pany:The speaker reenters the poem. Table of Contents1 What do a poet uld not but be gay such a jocund pany mean?
What do a poet uld not but be gay such a jocund pany mean? ” Dpe his earlier lonels, the speaker now n’t help but feel happy, or “gay, ” wh such a betiful visn to look at. What is Jocund Company acrdg to the poet Why do the poet bee gay at the pany?
A POET COULD NOT BUT BE GAY: SOME LEGENDS OF MY LOST YOUTH
Explanatn: In this le here gay means very happy. How a poet uld not but be gay Acrdg to him?
A POET ULD NOT BUT BE GAY
Explanatn:A Poet uld not but be gay, In such a jocund pany: Except he refers to himself the first person, by his votn, “a poet.
January 26, 2023Jam Kirkup was amid to late 20th century English poet, he is bt known, ed notor, bee one of his poems 'The Love That Dare Not Speak s Name' which was published Gay News 1976 was prosecuted for blasphemy, was found to be blasphemo. The publitn and edor of Gay News were fed and is still illegal to publish this poem newspapers or magaz the UK (though has been and there was no prosecutn - but that don't mean uld not be prosecuted.
Although his poem was at the centre of one of the great early 'gay' challeng Kirkup won't register otherwise on the story of gay liberatn the UK. I found this his third volume of memoirs, A Poet Could Not But Be Gay, like s precsors to be very amg, wh many sights to life the UK and Japan the 1969s, but mostly about his life which don't nnect or tersect wh much of what was gog on the UK or not wh what we now re to remember.