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Take on Gwendolyn Brooks: “You Are Queer”
This takes some explanation. To begin with, my generation has a problem with the word “queer.” It ranks up there with the “n” word and the 6-letter “f” word in our sense of disparagement of people who...
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Celebrate Today (NaPoWriMo 9, P.A.)
At Poetic Asides, the prompt was, Celebrate. Could not think of a better celebration than the day two of my dearest friends were united in love and dignity. Amy Celebrate Today (For Christopher Kennedy...
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The Right Stuff?
At Sunday Scribblings, we were asked to create a poem around the word “befuddled.” Not “bewitched,” nor “bothered,” nor “bewildered,” unfortunately… but then, that one was already written! (That’s for...
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A World Without Gay Men (what a bore)
Poetic Asides had an interesting challenge: “A World Without ____________.” Yeah, go figure how this one came to mind (wink)! Amy A World Without Gay Men (what a bore) No Dr. Kildare Nor “Night and...
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Christopher Street (3WW)
Christopher Street (for Jeffery, Jimmy, and thousands more) Remember the good old days when the word “immune” didn’t start with “auto”? When a wine stain was something he hand-washed off his shirt?...
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DECLARATION OF AN ALLY OF THE QUEER COMMUNITY
DECLARATION OF AN ALLY OF THE QUEER COMMUNITY Queer. That word stops folks from my generation dead in their tracks. We don’t say that word. Queer. Always an insult, the word shouted by football...
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Ugly.
Sorry I didn’t post for two days, but here’s a slice of life from a teenage girl’s point of view. UGLY. Mirrors are cruel. They never say she’s the fairest one, yet she dares another look. She doesn’t...
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Gay Rights in America
I don’t normally re-blog, but The Dark Globe had a reasoned, enlightening view on LGBTQ rights and the Constitution that did NOT include religion. It’s a well-crafted essay by a person who is NOT...
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Manly Men (Real Toads, ABC Wednesday)
Manly Men There, he looked again, right at me. At my crotch, for God’s sake. He’s at the table across from the bar near the bathrooms. Maybe he thinks I’m “that way.” Maybe the little queer thinks...
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Queer.
Before the poem, an announcement: IT’S OFFICIAL! I AM A TOAD! The site where I spent most of April, Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, invited me to be one of their circle of 20 poets. I am...
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The Ecstacy of Expression
Video by Matt Logan, used by permission. Worship at the Edge Lake Edge United Church of Christ, 8-11-13 THE ECSTASY OF EXPRESSION It’s clear we’re here for PRIDE celebration To lift up all living –...
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Don’t Forget the Mesquite (musings on Hell and Oscar Wilde)
Don’t Forget The Mesquite (musings on Hell and Oscar Wilde) Lots of folks Some in my family say I’m gonna burn in hell ‘cause we love our daughter, gender queer We ring her praise like a bell Hell...
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How to “Recruit” Straight People: A Guide
How To “Recruit” Straight People Pink is for girls Blue is for boys Girls should be passive Boys make the noise Girls given dolls Boys given trucks Girls are called “pretty” Boys are young bucks Betsy...
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Other Veterans (GMHC, 1983)
As I’ve been absent once again, I did want to mention a wonderful honor: I have been published! Barking Sycamores (a journal dedicated to autism in its many forms), published my poem in the very...
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