This is a wonderfully heartfelt, beautiful, enchanting, and soul-spoken collection of poetry that encompasses love and belonging in all its wondrous forms.

Written by members and friends of the LGBTQIA+ community, the raw emotion ripples through the pages and reaches out to all who need to hear.

This is no small collection, and I found many favourites among the multitudes shared within.

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You chose a tattoo like the sun for your fortieth birthday
and I wondered— do you know that you are sunlight, lit from within?
And that I feel warmed when standing next to you?
- Extract from 'Golden Hour' by MAYA STEIN

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These are the connections and simple acts of kindness that can and will save lives. I know this to be true, because my community opened its arms and helped save mine.
- Extract from 'Now is Our Time' by BRAD PEACOCK

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This collection has something for everyone, and I recommend it to all who want to fill their hearts with love.


*I received an advance reader copy for free, and I'm voluntarily leaving a review*

I gulped down this anthology in one sitting. What a beautiful collection of poetry celebrating the spectrum of the queer romantic experience! Highly recommend adding to your collection.

Essa coletânea é um aconchego e um presente para nós da comunidade lgbt+, ter um espaço para expressar atráves da linguagem, a nossa existência e amores com as nuances que passamos durante a vida, de forma terna ao mesmo tempo poderosa.

Nossas palavras e nossos sonhos, assim como nosso sofrimento diante de um mundo que nos anula, persegue e nos nega a cada chance, e apesar de tudo a nossa existência e estar no mundo importa sim, resistimos e florescemos pelo processo singular, identitário e como seres sociais e políticos e obras como essa fortalece, abraça e são facilitadoras durante os percalços nas passagens diferentes da vida.

Agradeço ao netgalley pela cópia antecipada da obra.

I got this as an arc on Netgalley and it will come out in May. Yeah this boek of poetry is so important right now. To be queer and not to disappear, that is the question. No, actually that is the answer this book lovingly shows.

This book is what the world needs in late 2024. It's crafted full of love and solidarity, community and strength in times where people who love whom they love are targeted and ostracized. Queer Joy as well as Hurt breathes through these poems. Everyone should read this collection.

I felt that this anthology was an essential and valuable addition to the literary sphere. A collection of poems celebrating queerness and the love inherent in it is essential in this day and age. I loved the format of the book, the way it was structured, and the poems and stories included.