UNEXPECTEDNESS is an essential element of wit,-perhaps, also, of pleasure; and it is the ill-fortune of professional reviewers, not only that surprise is necessarily something as rare with them as a ...
Yes, the poem discusses his fears of coming out—which, really, are all gay teens' fears of coming out—and the freedom you feel once you do. But it also talks about something that anyone, gay or ...
Each of the senses has a way of evoking time and place. In this bittersweet poem by Jeffrey Harrison of Massachusetts, birdsong offers reassurance as the speaker copes with loss. for only a few days ...