Thom Gunn It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the '50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change! Teacher ⧉ ↗ ♡
Thom Gunn There have been two popular subjects for poetry in the last few decades: the Vietnam War and AIDS, about both of which almost all of us have felt deeply. Poetry ⧉ ↗ ♡
Thom Gunn Deep feeling doesn't make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help. Poetry ⧉ ↗ ♡
