Walta Borawski was born on October 15, 1947, in Patchogue, New York, where he attended high school.
He published two collections of poems: Sexually Dangerous Poet[2] and Lingering in a Silk Shirt.
[4] This volume won the Publishing Triangle's 2023 Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry.
[5] His poems "Some of Us Wear Pink Triangles" and "Power of One" are included in The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature : Readings from Western Antiquity to the Present Day[6] and "Invisible History", "(No title)," "Things Are Still Sudden & Wonderful," "Traveling in the Wrong Century," and "Trying to Write a Love Poem" are included in Persistent Voices : Poetry by Writers Lost to AIDS, edited by David Groff and Philip Clark.
[8] They are also featured in the anthology Two Hearts Desire: Gay Couples on their Love, originally published in 1997, and republished in digital format in 2017.