Tag Archives: poetry

Perry Quotes Gay Poet Langston Hughes

Just as Rick Santorum did several weeks ago, during last night’s GOP debate Rick Perry quoted legendary gay poet Langston Hughes. Santorum never used the quote again when told of its source.

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Afternoon View – Langston Hughes Place

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Poetry Slam On Trans Identity

(Via – Bilerico)

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Porno Pete As Allen Ginsberg

The hilarious folks at Christwire have outdone themselves with today’s entry in which they rewrite Allen Ginsberg’s classic poem Howl from the perspective of Peter LaBarabera. It begins: I saw the greatest hopes of my Christian nation destroyed by homosexuality, penetrating, violating and ejaculating, faith leaders and all-American jocks prowling Castro nights for angry leather studs, suburban hipsters sparking ganja …

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Moscow: Hillary Attends Unveiling Of Statue Honoring Gay Poet Walt Whitman

Today Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attended the unveiling of a statue of gay poet Walt Whitman at Moscow State University. But local Russian LGBT activists are disappointed the Clinton did not use the opportunity to denounce the homophobia of the Russian government. Russia’s leading gay activist said Wednesday that he was disappointed that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton …

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Sarah Palin, Poet

Only William Shatner. Classic!

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Carol Ann Duffy Becomes UK’s First Openly Gay Poet Laureate

The UK has appointed Carol Ann Duffy as its first openly gay poet laureate. She is also the first woman to hold the post. Duffy, who once said “no self-respecting poet” should have to write verses about the wedding of Queen Elizabeth II’s youngest son, will be expected to produce poems for royal weddings, funerals and other state occasions. A …

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The Circle Is Unbroken

Sylvia Plath’s son has killed himself.

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Leather Limericks

I forgot to post a short story yesterday, but in honor of the MAL brouhaha, here’s a few leather limericks I posted here in 2004. Slave wrote of his love and his prideAt being seen on the town by Sir’s sideHe wrote of chance and of fateAnd of finding love lateSir’s one word response: ‘Unsubscribe’ —- Top9 planned it all …

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Bill Kristol Thinks He’s A Poetry Critic

From Bill Kristol’s op/ed piece in the NY Times: Obama has selected Yale’s Elizabeth Alexander to compose and read a poem. I still remember watching Maya Angelou read “On the Pulse of Morning” at Bill Clinton’s inauguration in 1993 — and thinking that American culture really was in a state of irreversible decline, as she indulged in that multicultural cataloguing …

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Lesbian Named Poet Laureate

Kay Ryan, 62, an openly lesbian woman, has been named the nation’s 16th poet laureate. Known for her sly, compact poems that revel in wordplay and internal rhymes, Ms. Ryan has won a carriage full of poetry prizes for her funny and philosophical work, including awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 1994, the …

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