Thom Gunn - When I first started to write, I w...

When I first started to write, I was aware of being queer, but I didn't write about it. Queer poems would probably not have been accepted by the editors I sent them to.

Thom Gunn

British Poet

Born: Aug 29, 1929

Died: Apr 25, 2004

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First, Would, About, Poems, Write, Accepted, Editors, Queer, Been, Being, Sent, Them, Aware, Started

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