THREE NEW POEMS: The Daily Grind, Acceptance, and To Look Up Up To
- S P Clark
- Feb 27
- 2 min read
This LGBT+ History Month (U.K.) S P Clark is sharing 20 new poems to mark the 20th anniversary of this historic celebration of the LGBT+ community and its contribution to society. Each poem celebrates S P Clark's own journey navigating his way through the world as a member of the LGBT+ Community. These three poems each look at different aspects of the poets journey: the hook-up culture, self-acceptance, and continuing to blaze the trail that icons and activists have blazed before.

The Daily Grind
Written to coincide with LGBT+ History Month (U.K.) 2025
How little I think of myself sometimes that I seek to find the answers
Seek to find the answers on an app
An app that shows me the nearest place to fuck
To fuck a stranger
Even after I’ve exposed myself to danger
I still go back for more.
The daily grind is joyful, thrilling but rarely fulfilling
The daily grind is risky, parlous and how I ended up on the tarmac looking up at the sky so starless
In pain.
Oh how little I think of myself sometimes that I seek to find some comfort
Seek to find some comfort on an app
An app that points out the nearest place to breed
To breed self-contempt
Even after the attack I think I’m exempt
Free from the daily grind.
Acceptance
Written to coincide with LGBT+ History Month (U.K.) 2025
After foozling my way through life
After meandering between self-loathing and self-fancy
After travelling the distance between living and merely surviving
After peregrinating over the gaps between hurting and healing
I found a place where I could a dance
A cotillion where I could masquerade amongst the boys with glee
A place where I reached acceptance
A place where I could just be me.
To Look Up To
Written to coincide with LGBT+ History Month (U.K.) 2025
The source of strength through the ages
The people to look up to
From Sappho through to Adrienne Rich
From Enheduanna to Pat Parker
We’ve learned how to write our loves and right the wrongs.
The source of strength through the ages
The people to look up to
From Elagabalus to Sarah McBride
From Harry Allen to Charley Parkhurst
We’ve learned how to hide ourselves and love ourselves.
The source of strength through the ages
The people to look up to
From William Dorsey Swann to Frank Kameny
From Patrick Trevor-Roper to Peter Tatchell
We’ve learned how to stand up tall and stand for all.
We’ve learned how to look up to those who’ve gone before
We’ve always taken the mantle and carried the torch
Fought for things that are worth fighting for
Will we be the people others can look up to?
We may have no choice.
© S P Clark
You can purchase more S P Clark poetry on LGBTQ+ love by clicking the links below:
The Journey To Love: (A Long Weekend Away - Thursday to Tuesday)
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