"As I was coming out of the closet, our car was hurtling over an embankment." ― Lance Loud Topic(s): Poetry More From Lance Loud "Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography." "Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay images." "If there is a gay uniform, the differences are in how each man coordinates the details: the brand and cut of the jeans, the design of belts and boots, the haircut, the number and size of earrings." More In Poetry "A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a metaphoric connection, as any poetry does."― Robert Morgan "Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet."― Huston Smith "Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos."― David Lee Roth