Plague Years: Poetry by Walter Holland
Plague Years
"As of 2018, about 700,000 people have died of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, and nearly 13,000...
It Seems: Poetry by Joy Gaines-Friedler
It Seems
only three years ago
we began our goodbyes.
Pray for me you asked, and I
had no idea how, or if I did pray
what it might...
Ghosts Ambling Along East 46th Street: Poetry by Raymond Luczak
Ghosts Ambling Along East 46th Street
Not ever expecting to see you again,
you appeared, walking ahead. I felt like a wren.
I stayed behind, not wanting...
“So there will be no distraction”: Poetry by Simon Perchik
Poetry
So there will be no distraction
you shower at night, your hands
kept cold as the same sound
snow breaks off bit by bit
whose only defense is...
Dan: Poetry by Larry Schulte
Dan
“when i want to kiss you, i kiss the ground.” Danez Smith
The language you spoke
from your hospital death bed
unintelligible to the rest of us.
Was...
Waiting on a Miracle: Poetry by Joe Bisicchia
Waiting on a Miracle
Will wine ever flow despite all the vinegar in my veins?
I know it shall arrive, the balm, whatever its welcoming face,
sure...
Dead Uncle: Poetry by Ben Kline
Dead Uncle, 1979
Hail Marys lobbed at the altar
from the last pew. Only twenty five.
Light sentence mumbled fast. No beads.
No sweat. I knew Father heard...
Patient: Poetry by Ben Kline
Patient
Take your time, Frank told
the cutstone trainer untying
his white swimsuit. Poppers
hovered under the briny draft.
Your journey is the point
of any goal. Nude, the...
Mary Bowman Arts in Activism Award Announced
honoring the poet, advocate, author, singer and young person living with AIDS Mary Bowman, the National AIDS Memorial and ViiV Healthcare have created the...
Post-Apocalyptic Horror Show Ending in a Cher Song: Poetry by James...
Post-Apocalyptic Horror Show Ending in a Cher Song
In the zombie apocalypse, I’m betting the queers
outlive the heteros—we know what it is to survive
not just...
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