I once liked sex, But now it just makes me panic. The hormones that fire during sex are a firing squad And I am target practice. He made thorns the …Sort of a poem about sex
Gacela III. Del amor desesperado, de García Lorca
Gacela III. Del amor desesperado - Diván del Tamarit - Federico García Lorca - 1936 - with translation into Italian by Enzo Martinelli 🇪🇸 Gacela III. Del amor desesperadoLa noche no quiere venirpara que tú no vengas,ni yo pueda ir.Pero yo iré,aunque un sol de alacranes me coma la sien.Pero tú vendráscon la lengua quemadaContinue reading "Gacela III. Del amor desesperado, de García Lorca"
Rainbow Tweets #7 – Collective Writing Challenge
🇬🇧 Each week a photo prompt will be provided for you to tell a story in 280 characters or less. Post your little story/entry inspired by the picture in the comments of this post, in the format you prefer (prose, poetry, picture, etc) and using the language of your choice. You can choose to addContinue reading "Rainbow Tweets #7 – Collective Writing Challenge"
Ville, by Rimbaud
Arthur Rimbaud Ville - Les Illuminations - Arthur Rimbaud - 1873-1875 - with translations from French into English and Italian by Enzo Martinelli 🇫🇷 Je suis un éphémère et point trop mécontent citoyen d'une métropole crue moderne, parce que tout goût connu a été éludé dans les ameublements et l'extérieur des maisons aussi bien queContinue reading "Ville, by Rimbaud"
When You’re Not Here, by Janis Freegard
One of Janis Freegard's first poems, originally appeared in ‘Eat These Sweet Words: the New Zealand Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Poetry’ by Publishing Giant Press in 1999. Next, it appeared in the collection, ‘The Glass Rooster’ (AUP, 2015). Now, here’s a clip reading it on the Meow Gurrrls Youtube channel. (Mask by Sally of Masquerade;Continue reading "When You’re Not Here, by Janis Freegard"
How many masks wear we, and undermasks, by Pessoa
from «35 Sonnets». 1918, in Poemas Ingleses. by Fernando Pessoa - translated into Italian by Enzo Martinelli 🇬🇧 VIII - How many masks wear we, and undermasks How many masks wear we, and undermasks, Upon our countenance of soul, and when, If for self-sport the soul itself unmasks, Knows it the last mask off andContinue reading "How many masks wear we, and undermasks, by Pessoa"
Rainbow Tweets #6 – Collective Writing Challenge
🇬🇧 Each week a photo prompt will be provided for you to tell a story in 280 characters or less. Post your little story/entry inspired by the picture in the comments of this post, in the format you prefer (prose, poetry, picture, etc) and using the language of your choice. You can choose to addContinue reading "Rainbow Tweets #6 – Collective Writing Challenge"
Poem – ‘A Guide to First Impressions as a Gay Man’
Rainbow Ink July contest
Monthly call for submission of short LGBT-themed poetry and narrative This is an invitation to poets, writers and artist to submit LGBT-themed poetry or short narrative to Rainbow Ink, an online blog journal, for a monthly contest. This round of submissions is open for a month, until the end of July 2019, all month round,Continue reading "Rainbow Ink July contest"
Rainbow Ink 