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Love Speaks Its Name: Gay and Lesbian Love Poems by

baelgia's review

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Favs:
- A Glimpse by Walt Whitman
- Episode of Hands by Hart Crane
- The Coastguard Station by Henri Cole
- "When I heard at the close of the day" by Walt Whitman
- Having a Coke With You by Frank O'Hara
- Night Gleam by Allen Ginsberg
- A Light Left On by May Sarton
- "Ah, Love, you smell of petroleum" by Judy Grahn
- The Taxi by Amy Lowell
- One Art by Elizabeth Bishop
- Turning Forty in the 90's by Melvin Dixon
- Apologia by Oscar Wilde
- Songs from the House of Death, or How to Make it Through to the End of a Relationship by Joy Harjo

dernichtraucherin's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

bookswithaman's review

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5.0

So well curated, amazing selection of poetry

bethifer's review

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5.0

A beautiful collection. I had planned to space it out and read only a few each night, but ended up drinking it down over a month. I couldn't stop, it was so delicious. It would be better if more of the poets were female.
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