Category: Poetry

Posted in Grier Rated Poetry

The Work of a Common Woman by Judy Grahn

Judy Grahn | The Work of a Common Woman | Selected poems by a feminist author reexamine love, death, power, lesbianism, and the role of women in society

Posted in Grier Rated Poetry

Edward the Dyke and Other Poems by Judy Grahn

Judy Grahn | Edward the Dyke and Other Poems | Poems by one of the voices of radical lesbian feminism.

Drawings: Wendy Cadden, Brenda Crider, Gail Hodgins, Sunny, Susan

Posted in Arts & Photography Poetry

Breakout by Pat Arrowsmith

Pat Arrowsmith | Breakout | We are unable to provide a description at this time.

Posted in Grier Rated Poetry

The Muse of the Violets: Poems by Renée Vivien

Renée Vivien | The Muse of the Violets: Poems | This is the first time Renee Vivien’s poetry has been available to English-speaking readers. Lavishly praised by critics in the early years of the twe

Posted in Poetry

Moods by Mercedes De Acosta

Mercedes De Acosta | Moods | From the introduction: ‘There is a happy gift revealed in these little pastels, vignettes, or whatever one wishes to name such fragments that Miss de

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The Beautiful by Michelle Tea

Michelle Tea | The Beautiful |

‘Tea writes with a raw-hearted, wry but wide-eyed ebullience, rendering dyke bohemia with intense, gritty, glittering romanticism.’-The San Fran

Posted in Black Interest Poetry

Night When Moon Follows by Cheryl Boyce Taylor

Cheryl Boyce Taylor | Night When Moon Follows | Poetry, Caribbean Literature, Living with Diabetes

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My Body by Joan Larkin

Joan Larkin | My Body | Review

For nearly 40 years, Joan Larkin has written poems that stake out a territory of relentless self-examination, taking on love and death, fam

Posted in Award Winner Poetry

Sleeping Upside Down by Kate Lynn Hibbard

Kate Lynn Hibbard | Sleeping Upside Down | ‘Kate Lynn Hibbard’s SLEEPING UPSIDE DOWN is a beautiful book of poetry, composed in well-crafted and pleasing cadences, sharing a vision of sexualit

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A Distant Footstep on the Plain by Stephanie Byrd

Stephanie Byrd | A Distant Footstep on the Plain | A Distant Footstep on the Plain is a collection of poetry at its finest, its most ragged and painful, and its most hopeful. The primary focus is on th