"I too having lost faith / in language, have placed my faith in language."

I found that line from a post on a favorite blog of mine called for southern boys who consider poetry.

Click on that link to see who wrote the line and to read Saeed's post about which poems from 2010 which he "placed his faith in."  I like this idea, how he phrases it and how he differentiates it from the "poems that saved my life" kind of thing.

Not that there has to be a gay angle, but Saeed is a gay poet and at least two of the poems on his list are by (gay) poets:

"Another Elegy" by Jericho Brown

"Song on the Subway" by Ocean Vuong