Queer
Representation matters to the Library of Love. If it’s important to you too, these poems from Queer writers may be a wonderful contribution to your wedding.
9 poems
Book of Genesisby Kei Miller, b. 1978“Until even silent dreams had been allowed”
How long we were fool'dby Walt Whitman, 1819 ~ 1892“We have voided all but our own freedom, all but our own joy”
I know you knowby Michelangelo, 1475 ~ 1564“Let the wall between our hopes and desires be battered down.”
Love from NGC7318by Tanerelle, contemporary“You make me feel like each of the five galaxies swirling in Stephan's Quintet”
Mysteries, yesby Mary Oliver, 1935 ~ 2019“Let me keep company, always, with those who say 'look' and laugh in astonishment and bow their heads.”
Obergefell v Hodgesby Anthony Kennedy, b. 1936“Since the dawn of history marriage has transformed strangers into relatives, binding families and societies together”- Song of the Open Roadby Walt Whitman, 1819 ~ 1892“I give you myself before preaching or law”
White Writingby Carol Ann Duffy, b. 1955“No poems written to praise you. I write them white.”- Wild Geeseby Mary Oliver, 1935 ~ 2019“You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.”