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Indigiqueer Poetry 🏳️‍🌈

Celebrate both National Indigenous History Month AND Pride Month with these poetry collections by Indigenous 2SLGBTQIA+ writers!

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  • An Indigenous trans woman's exploration of the intersection of Indigeneity and Queerness.
    eBook, 2020Nightwood Editions, 2020
  • Rage, tenderness, grief, trauma... Arielle Twist unravels human relationships after death and metamorphosis.
    Book, 2019Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, 2019. — 819.16 Twist
  • Desire and exploration are examined through erotic poems in this New Zealand poet's second collection.
    Book, 2024New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. — 821.92 Tibbl
  • Poetry and original artwork that delves into personal narratives, First Nations wisdom, and the shapes of love, by a young Australian poet.
    eBook, 2025Allen & Unwin, 2025
  • Billy-Ray Belcourt examines everyday life through an anthopological lens to identify how violence manifests.
    eBook, 2019House of Anansi Press Inc, 2019
  • Dream-like, blood-soaked poetry that explores history, myth, and mourning.
    eBook, 2022Copper Canyon Press, 2022
  • A book-length poem about an American Indian man who hates nature and cannot bring himself to write about it!
    eAudiobook, 2020Tantor Media, Inc., 2020
  • Split into three distinct sections, this poetry collection is filled to the brim with storytelling, history, and autobiography.
    eBook, 2016Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd., 2016
  • These poems break language apart from the inside and asks readers to let go of their expectations and give into the sonically immersive experience.
    eAudiobook, 2025Wave Books, 2025
  • Gwen Benaway explores the complexities of being an Indigenous trans woman through autobiographical poems.
    Book, 2018Toronto : Book*hug, 2018. — 819.16 Benaw
  • How do our inner and outer landscapes evolve within the confines of the English language, asks Brandi Bird.
    Book, 2023Toronto, ON : Anansi, [2023] — 819.16 Bird
  • Explore the gorgeous diversity in decolonized desire as Tenille Campbell writes about the space a sensual Indigenous woman creates.
    eBook, 2021Arsenal Pulp Press, 2021
  • Poems about belonging, mental health, queerness and more from a trans Muslim displaced Indigenous Palestinian.
    eBook, 2023Meraj Publishing, 2023
  • Ellen Van Neerven bridges the gap between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous experiences by exploring land, family, and self-discovery.
    eBook, 2016University of Queensland Press, 2016
  • Poems that look at how history reveals itself in the everyday, following a Two-Spirit Indigenous person as they navigate urbanity and queerness.
    eBook, 2022Brick Books, 2022
  • A glimpse into Mojave life through darkly comedic poems in Natalie Diaz's debut collection.
    eBook, 2012Copper Canyon Press, 2012