Fourteen Poems #13 - Queer Poetry Anthology

Fourteen Poems #13 - Queer Poetry Anthology

We’re so excited about the new issue of fourteen poems, featuring 14 snapshots of queer life from across the globe. With award winning poets alongside never-before-published writers, we hope you love this issue as much as we do.

These poems look at such a wide array of topics: online flirting, gender questioning, hope in the face of dark times, sex and love, and what our childhood crushes have to say about us now.

In this issue, there’s John McCullough writing in his trademark surreal style about optimism, Hetty Cliss using emojis to depict digital interactions, Titilayo Farukuoye using a slowly disintigrating form to dissect gender expectations, and So Mayer queering the concept of romance through language and imagery. And many more exciting poems.

We can’t wait for you to read these! Here are our latest fourteen poems:

• The Long Jumper’s Diary by John McCullough
• Body Counts by William Ward Butler
• NO WORRIES IF NOT :) BY Hetty Cliss
• lop— by Toby Campion
• Free Bleed by Titilayo Farukuoye
• freestyle by Jo Morris Dixon
• Between the Superdrug Aisles by Stuart Charlesworth
• belly as dirty/sacred word by Elizabeth Gibson
• Somewhere in my parents’ attic is a homemade compilation VHS of Danny from MTV’s The Real World: New Orleans by Rich Ware
• Beauty by André Le Mont Wilson
• jardim da estrela (garden of stars) by Alexander Leon
• THE LOVE OF MY LIFE IS A HAUNTED HOUSE WITH A PICKET FENCE by Kayleigh Jayshree
• Where are you FROM from? PART 1 by Arun Jeetoo
• epithalamium by So Mayer

Rasha Abdulhadi “Fathering Lessons”

Rona Luo “Half Tulip”

Ben Dalitz “nightlife”

Stephanie Colwell “Eventually (They Wanna Move to Portland)”

Nicholas Wong “The World’s Smallest Window”

Nadine El-Enany “White Porcelain Button”

Ami Patel “Abecedarian for My Napping Nephew”

About Fourteen Poems:

Fourteen Poems is a London-based poetry journal, publishing the most exciting LGBTQ+ poets 3 times a year. 

Every issue we bring together fourteen of the best poets in the world, printing their queer takes on sex, love, race, gender and life in the LGBTQ+ global community.

Our print edition is released three times a year, and is designed to bring modern poetry into your everyday life. We hope by limiting it to just fourteen poems, you’ll be able to get a snapshot of the diverse, exciting takes on queer life.

Explore other titles from the Fourteen Poems Collection.