Acknowledgements

Earlier versions of these poems appeared in the journals Ganymede, Gay and Lesbian Review, PN Review, Poetry Salzburg Review, Polari Journal and Staple, as well as in the following anthologies: Amie M. Evans and Trebor Healey (eds.), Queer and Catholic (New York: Routledge, 2008), Jo Harding and Theresa Robson (eds.), Slip Through the Silence: Facing Adversity with Verse (Clitheroe: Clitheroe Books, 2008), Kapow: New Writing with Impact (Nottingham: Launderette, 2009), Gregory A. Kompes (ed.), The Queer Collection (Las Vegas: Fabulist Flash, 2007), Reflections: A Collection of Poetry for the Waiting Room (Derby: Reflections, 2007). ‘Echo’s Echoes’ was first publshed on Twitter. I was awarded a second Hawthornden Fellowship in 2008.

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