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LGBTQ+ Pride Poems

By The Editors
A collection of poems and essays by LGBTQ+ poets on topics and themes of identity, gender, and sexuality.
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Queer Love Poems

By The Editors
Love is love poetry, by and for LGBTQ+ folks.

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T.S. Eliot: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

By Peter O’Leary

One of the most famous poems in English, one of the first encounters readers have with modern poetry—and may have even invented modern poetry.

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"And would it have been worth it, after all, Would it have been worth while, After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets, After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor – And this, and so much more? --"

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