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Not interactive in the sense that the author has no wish to create a social network, simply share poems on a gay thmee that have appeared in his published (UK)collections or will appear in future publications.
- Added on: Jan 16th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Roger N Taber
- Listed in: Poems Gay and Lesbian
- Tags: gay poetry contemporary sexuality poet roger n taber
Recent Posts
The Key
If people deride is for being gay, that’s their problem – not ours. Yes, they can make very life difficult for us, even unbearable at times. But we should not let intolerant attitudes towards our sexuality have us looking back on closet days thr...
Blueprint For a One-Night Stand
This poem was written nearly twenty years ago and I have no idea what one-night stand may have inspired it. The last time I had one, a rare occasion these days, I was (among other things...) reminded why I chose the title of this poem. In other words...
What\'s Wrong With Gay?
Someone recently asked me why I chose the titles of my gay-crime trilogy (Blasphemy-Sacrilege-Redemption). I ask you. Look at the sorry state this planet of ours is in. Gay people have to be the least (surely?) of even a diehard bigot's worries. [NB...
Going With Nature
Dreams are more than a brief sanctuary from the harsher realities of life. They are part of us just as we are part of them. We need to keep our dreams, if only to stay sane in this mad, mad, mad world of ours. Some dreams, if we dare, we need to fo...
All Our Yesterdays
I continue to clear out my flat (now and then) and keep finding scraps of handwritten poems. Here’s another from the archives, written in 1970 and slightly revised.ALL OUR YESTERDAYSOne fine day,I went looking for love,didn’t find it in the long...
A Question Of Trust
We all need a dream. When I quit full-time work in 1994 to do supply work I was nearly fifty years-old and going nowhere fast. It was very scary. Everyone said I was crazy and perhaps they were right. But, for me, it was the best move I ever made as ...
