When I first started teaching at Berkeley in 1958, I could not announce that I was gay to anybody, though probably quite a few of my fellow teachers knew. Thom Gunn announceberkeleyfellow Change image and share on social
I don't think of sex as a self-destructive impulse. Thom Gunn destructiveimpulsesex Change image and share on social
There have been two popular subjects for poetry in the last few decades: the Vietnam War and AIDS, about both of which almost all of us have felt deeply. Thom Gunn aiddecadedeeply Change image and share on social
I don't know how to sit outside myself and test against a hypothetical self who stayed home. Thom Gunn homehypotheticalsit Change image and share on social
I had assumed that I would age with all my friends growing old around me, dying off very gradually one by one. And here was a plague that cut them off so early. Thom Gunn ageassumecut Change image and share on social
Deep feeling doesn't make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help. Thom Gunn bitedeepfelt Change image and share on social
Ginsberg's Collected Poems contains a wonderful poem about making it with Neal Cassady. Thom Gunn cassadycollectginsberg Change image and share on social
