It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the '50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change! -Thom Gunn Teacher
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 Poetry
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 War
As humans we look at things and think about what we've looked at. We treasure it in a kind of private art gallery. -Thom Gunn Art
