Talking With Poets Pride Month Special with Elizabeth Gordon, Nancy Klepsch, and Tim Verhaegen

To celebrate Pride Month, Thom Francis shines the spotlight three incredible local LGBT poets and their work – Elizabeth Gordon, Nancy Klepsch, and Tim Verhaegen.

Pride Month is dedicated to celebrating and commemorating lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) pride. Pride Month began after the Stonewall riots, a series of gay liberation protests in 1969, and has since spread worldwide. Modern-day Pride Month both honors the movement for LGBT rights and celebrates LGBT culture.

The first poet up is Elizabeth Gordon who read her poem “The 12th Round” at the Brass Tacks poetry and spoken word open mic on August 21, 2018 at The Low Beat.

We then hear from poet, open mic host, and retired educator Nancy Klepsch. She read her poem “We All Pray for Different Reasons” at the Up The River journal launch on April 12, 2015 at McGeary’s.

Our final poet this week is Tim Verhaegen reading his piece “Swans” when he was the featured reader at the Poets Speak Loud series on Monday, October 26, 2015.