Academy of American Poets: Poems for LGBTQ Pride Month
June 2018
Poems for LGBTQ Pride Month
This June, celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month with poems by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer writers past and present, including these to read and share:
“One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop
“When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further
Possibilities” by Chen Chen
“A Supermarket in California” by Allen Ginsberg
“Survival Guide” by Joy Ladin
“The Tree Sparrows” by Joseph O. Legaspi
“Senior Discount” by Ali Liebegott
“Having a Coke with You” by Frank O’Hara
“Double Exposure” by May Swenson