The Great Mirror of Same-Sex Love - Poetry 34. Verse Translations
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A collection of verse by other people to show we've always dared to speak our love's name.
For the Great Mirror's companion collection of prose, see here:
https://gayauthors.org/story/ac-benus/the-great-mirror-of-same-sex-love-prose/
https://gayauthors.org/story/ac-benus/the-great-mirror-of-same-sex-love-prose/
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- 08/17/2021 (Updated: 06/03/2024)
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The Mirror to You and Me
- 338 Words
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1.
…Vera Brittain Breaks Her Beloved’s Heart by Marrying a Man…
- 368 Words
- 1,597 Views
- 7 Comments
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2.
…to a Seventeen-year-old Boy on the Beach…
- 153 Words
- 1,174 Views
- 8 Comments
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3.
...for George “Peter” Johnstone...
- 122 Words
- 1,453 Views
- 6 Comments
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4.
“…Of a rainbow’s fire and spray…”
- 444 Words
- 1,055 Views
- 5 Comments
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5.
…Emily to Susan Gilbert…
- 155 Words
- 1,049 Views
- 5 Comments
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6.
...With his crimson lips...
- 79 Words
- 1,183 Views
- 4 Comments
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7.
...to Bobby...
- 948 Words
- 1,182 Views
- 2 Comments
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8.
…After the wrestling…
- 80 Words
- 1,384 Views
- 4 Comments
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9.
...to Yuan Zhen...
- 100 Words
- 1,042 Views
- 2 Comments
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10.
...to Bo Juyi...
- 142 Words
- 591 Views
- 2 Comments
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11.
...the fountains of my hidden life...
- 154 Words
- 1,231 Views
- 2 Comments
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12.
…the roughneck asked me to dance…
- 1,611 Words
- 1,013 Views
- 2 Comments
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13.
...I have slept with many men...
- 214 Words
- 962 Views
- 3 Comments
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14.
...snare me his shadow...
- 135 Words
- 532 Views
- 3 Comments
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15.
...the flower was not given to me...
- 157 Words
- 478 Views
- 4 Comments
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16.
...Judy Garland, a rooster and a brother – oh, my!...
- 640 Words
- 404 Views
- 3 Comments
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17.
...Among gazelles and soft antelope...
- 145 Words
- 515 Views
- 4 Comments
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18.
...his hot and eager hand...
- 1,268 Words
- 1,111 Views
- 3 Comments
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19.
...he swears...
- 84 Words
- 818 Views
- 4 Comments
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20.
...then add two lovely boys...
- 423 Words
- 1,371 Views
- 4 Comments
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21.
“…a kiss resounds through the silence…”
- 321 Words
- 1,011 Views
- 2 Comments
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22.
“…a beloved boy's cheek with sweat…”
- 403 Words
- 1,055 Views
- 4 Comments
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23.
…to wreathe the brows of day…
- 171 Words
- 978 Views
- 2 Comments
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...blood on the myrrh...
- 58 Words
- 895 Views
- 2 Comments
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25.
for Andrea Ferrantini
- 691 Words
- 707 Views
- 2 Comments
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26.
“…till our souls burn bright…”
- 597 Words
- 1,125 Views
- 3 Comments
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27.
…when we meet next in quietude…
- 403 Words
- 867 Views
- 2 Comments
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…hear him say…
- 727 Words
- 938 Views
- 6 Comments
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29.
...Milly goes with Tilly...
- 893 Words
- 842 Views
- 5 Comments
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30.
...hugging you...
- 128 Words
- 777 Views
- 4 Comments
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31.
...with clasped hands from first to last...
- 102 Words
- 637 Views
- 2 Comments
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32.
Oden an meinen Freund Behrisch
- 652 Words
- 446 Views
- 2 Comments
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33.
...the secret tear...
- 145 Words
- 621 Views
- 4 Comments
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34.
Five Poems for Winter
- 449 Words
- 1,017 Views
- 4 Comments
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35.
...call me thine own...
- 392 Words
- 871 Views
- 4 Comments
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36.
…your image lit in me…
- 310 Words
- 894 Views
- 4 Comments
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37.
...Her dreaming must be sad...
- 143 Words
- 1,321 Views
- 2 Comments
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38.
...“Partial Luetic History of an Individual at Risk”...
- 199 Words
- 1,046 Views
- 4 Comments
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39.
...where grief and laughter sleep together...
- 1,726 Words
- 961 Views
- 2 Comments
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40.
...at the Jewel Box...
- 477 Words
- 720 Views
- 2 Comments
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41.
Episode of the Hands
- 226 Words
- 1,187 Views
- 6 Comments
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42.
… naked all was he…
- 703 Words
- 880 Views
- 2 Comments
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...what desire draws them to...
- 110 Words
- 832 Views
- 3 Comments
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44.
...Comic Book Heroes I...
- 422 Words
- 418 Views
- 6 Comments
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...Comic Book Heroes II...
- 458 Words
- 762 Views
- 2 Comments
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...Comic Book Heroes III...
- 463 Words
- 664 Views
- 6 Comments
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47.
...Grant him to me...
- 112 Words
- 681 Views
- 4 Comments
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48.
A Tardy Little Valentine for Sunny
- 131 Words
- 756 Views
- 10 Comments
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49.
...Common...
- 351 Words
- 351 Views
- 0 Comments
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50.
The Climax
- 514 Words
- 916 Views
- 6 Comments
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51.
...a moment leaning beside you...
- 298 Words
- 497 Views
- 2 Comments
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52.
...an answer to my wishing came...
- 922 Words
- 636 Views
- 3 Comments
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53.
...just a peck...
- 172 Words
- 878 Views
- 5 Comments
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54.
Dorothy Parker “to put it mildly”
- 2,599 Words
- 458 Views
- 3 Comments
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55.
...in one Ione corner...
- 1,748 Words
- 436 Views
- 4 Comments
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...I'm sick of it...
- 361 Words
- 700 Views
- 4 Comments
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...where will you be...
- 957 Words
- 440 Views
- 4 Comments
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“…words from the outside…”
- 791 Words
- 737 Views
- 2 Comments
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59.
from Montage of a Dream Deferred
- 1,696 Words
- 478 Views
- 2 Comments
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60.
...I long for you, my friend...
- 334 Words
- 1,005 Views
- 7 Comments
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61.
...in plenitude...
- 203 Words
- 480 Views
- 4 Comments
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62.
...of salt and flowers...
- 3,255 Words
- 330 Views
- 2 Comments
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63.
The Barber
- 179 Words
- 305 Views
- 2 Comments
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64.
Two Civil War Poems
- 336 Words
- 414 Views
- 2 Comments
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65.
...how our noble Willie fell...
- 352 Words
- 658 Views
- 6 Comments
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66.
...he's with me still...
- 1,626 Words
- 335 Views
- 2 Comments
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...every wish...
- 61 Words
- 333 Views
- 2 Comments
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68.
A Glorious Pride Poem
- 171 Words
- 361 Views
- 5 Comments
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69.
An X-Rated Dialogue From Ancient Greece
- 210 Words
- 339 Views
- 0 Comments
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70.
...an unexhausted stream...
- 68 Words
- 345 Views
- 1 Comments
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71.
Three Shades of Jade
- 194 Words
- 869 Views
- 4 Comments
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...Still when his pilgrim words return...
- 1,642 Words
- 336 Views
- 6 Comments
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Proverbs 18:24
- 37 Words
- 398 Views
- 0 Comments
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EPITAPH FOR PEGASUS, A GAY GLADIATOR
- 266 Words
- 642 Views
- 8 Comments
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...since you went away...
- 427 Words
- 292 Views
- 2 Comments
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76.
...Laws unto the other give...
- 212 Words
- 282 Views
- 2 Comments
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The Fart of Every Heart
- 135 Words
- 276 Views
- 2 Comments
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78.
...your eyes so beautifully gray...
- 283 Words
- 255 Views
- 2 Comments
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79.
...from the lifetimes we’ve lived before...
- 87 Words
- 349 Views
- 2 Comments
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80.
...the bliss that saints approve...
- 170 Words
- 596 Views
- 4 Comments
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81.
...not for twenty million!...
- 695 Words
- 657 Views
- 12 Comments
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82.
. . . how you became a rigid bloke over night? . . .
- 663 Words
- 273 Views
- 4 Comments
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83.
...her deepest silence is her most enticing song...
- 721 Words
- 606 Views
- 7 Comments
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84.
...to cherish truths and yet conceal...
- 252 Words
- 481 Views
- 4 Comments
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85.
...bees in the heart of a rose...
- 514 Words
- 264 Views
- 2 Comments
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86.
...seed carrier...
- 475 Words
- 414 Views
- 8 Comments
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87.
...love is two sides of a mountain...
- 65 Words
- 293 Views
- 6 Comments
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88.
...flocks of white doves...
- 92 Words
- 318 Views
- 6 Comments
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89.
I feel the truth in his body
- 510 Words
- 277 Views
- 9 Comments
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90.
...arise, dear boy...
- 105 Words
- 349 Views
- 8 Comments
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91.
Three Poems from March
- 392 Words
- 263 Views
- 6 Comments
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92.
. . . the best of friends must part . . .
- 330 Words
- 404 Views
- 12 Comments
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93.
...the trove of tenderness within...
- 256 Words
- 391 Views
- 8 Comments
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94.
...He's 19 years old...
- 442 Words
- 342 Views
- 8 Comments
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95.
Seven Poems by Walt Curtis
- 1,509 Words
- 225 Views
- 5 Comments
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96.
...the boy smiled at me...
- 215 Words
- 459 Views
- 7 Comments
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97.
...waiting all...
- 280 Words
- 197 Views
- 2 Comments
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98.
Alan Seeger to Jack Reed
- 750 Words
- 553 Views
- 5 Comments
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99.
“Something Natural”
- 733 Words
- 500 Views
- 5 Comments
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100.
“As if an outcast” a selection of James Russell Lowell’s Sonnets
- 1,505 Words
- 234 Views
- 3 Comments
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101.
Four Geoffrey Dearmer Poems from the War
- 534 Words
- 309 Views
- 4 Comments
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102.
. . . Oh, if you would, if you could . . .
- 188 Words
- 192 Views
- 5 Comments
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103.
Allie Foss, from "Hardrock for Jackchazz"
- 12 Words
- 256 Views
- 3 Comments
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104.
...where I also live...
- 263 Words
- 315 Views
- 11 Comments
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105.
"Till tireless propaganda tames" -- a voice from the wardrobe
- 1,429 Words
- 239 Views
- 7 Comments
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106.
“Broken Images” – Three poems by Robert Graves
- 425 Words
- 169 Views
- 5 Comments
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107.
James Joyce's "ache of love"
- 114 Words
- 347 Views
- 6 Comments
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108.
...where the hours are suns...
- 215 Words
- 306 Views
- 7 Comments
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109.
Two from Issue No. 8 of "Manroot" magazine
- 221 Words
- 205 Views
- 4 Comments
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110.
the love of an emperor
- 225 Words
- 175 Views
- 5 Comments
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111.
mit Seele
- 220 Words
- 177 Views
- 6 Comments
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