Queer joy in Poetry for LGBTQ+ history Month
Jessica
“The second birth: Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman. God,/ her heels startling across a hard floor. Image passed/ through me like a cartoon ghost.” K. Patrick
What better way to end LGBTQ+ History Month than by welcoming a poetry collection that explores the joy and fluidity of queer love to the world?
On Monday 26th we’re hosting the launch of Three Births by K. Patrick, author of the much loved novel Mrs S. and one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. Giving room to states of flux in the body, ecologies and relationships, Three Births culminates in the subtle but powerful message that we should be able to inhabit the body we want to inhabit and love freely within this.
You can read more about the book and grab your slot for the night HERE!
Inspired by Three Births, we put together a list of our favourite poetry collections that explore queer joy, be it in memories of it, in longing for it or as a promise of possible new worlds. Poetry, with its immense ability to unsettle, redefine, uproot and create anew, often seems like the perfect space in which to celebrate the endless joys of queer lives.
Linked Books
![Image for Three Births](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97819150/9781915051097.jpg)
- title
- Three Births
- author
- K Patrick
![Image for Wain : LGBT reimaginings of Scottish folktales](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819101/9781910139479.jpg)
- title
- Wain : LGBT reimaginings of Scottish folktales
- author
- Plummer, Rachel, Boppert, Helene
![Image for 100 QUEER POEMS](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97815291/9781529115321.jpg)
- title
- 100 QUEER POEMS
- author
- Ed Marie Jean Chan and Andrew McMillan
![Image for This Fruiting Body](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819134/9781913437251.jpg)
- title
- This Fruiting Body
- author
- Parkin, Caleb
![Image for Postcolonial Love Poem](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97805713/9780571359868.jpg)
- title
- Postcolonial Love Poem
- author
- Diaz, Natalie
![Image for Bright Fear](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97805713/9780571378906.jpg)
- title
- Bright Fear
- author
- Chan, Mary Jean
![Image for Human Body Is A Hive](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97819139/9781913917074.jpg)
- title
- Human Body Is A Hive
- author
- Erica Gillingham
![Image for Haruko/Love Poems](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97818008/9781800814813.jpg)
- title
- Haruko/Love Poems
- author
- June Jordan
![Image for C+nto : & Othered Poems](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819089/9781908906489.jpg)
- title
- C+nto : & Othered Poems
- author
- Taylor, Joelle
![Image for At Least This I Know](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97819124/9781912489466.jpg)
- title
- At Least This I Know
- author
- Andres Ordorica
![Image for Gay Poems for Red States](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97808131/9780813198125.jpg)
- title
- Gay Poems for Red States
- author
- Carver, Willie
![Image for a "Working Life"](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97818047/9781804710333.jpg)
- title
- a "Working Life"
- author
- Eileen Myles
![Image for Joy//Us : poems of Queer Joy](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97819136/9781913665890.jpg)
- title
- Joy//Us : poems of Queer Joy
- author
- Jeremy Dixon, editor