More From Lance Loud
- "As I was coming out of the closet, our car was hurtling over an embankment."
- "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."
- "Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography."
More In Poetry
- "My mom took me to a Dolly Parton concert when I was 3."― Kat Dennings
- "What actually makes poetry poetry is of course impossible to define. We recognize it when we hear it, when we see it, but we can’t define it."― Robert Morgan
- "When you’re going through something, whether it’s a wonderful thing like having a child or a sad thing like losing somebody, you often feel like ‘Oh my God, I’m so overwhelmed; I’m dealing with this huge thing on my own.’ In fact, poetry’s a nice reminder that, no, everybody goes through it. These are universal experiences."― Caroline Kennedy