Blossomed furze - the furze plant is in flower
Unprofitably gay - nothing is gained by the beauty of the flowers
The teacher's classroom is the hedgerow - the hedge schools, where the gain is in the learning not the flowers - pretty as they may be.
The poet describes the blossomed furze as "unprofitably gay" to convey that the beauty of the flowers serves no practical purpose and does not provide any tangible benefit or value. This suggests a sense of wasted potential or frivolity in nature's display of beauty.
beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way with blossomed furtze unprofitably gay
No. His partner is the poet Grace Nichols.
If you're talking about the poet e. e. cummings, yes.
The sexual orientation of this female director and poet is not publicly known.
There is no definitive evidence to suggest that Robert Browning was gay. He was married to poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Yes, Little Ashes. But Salvador Dali was a surrealist painter.
There is a misunderstanding that John Gay wrote an opera called The Beggar's Opera. This is not the case. Gay was born in Barnstaple, Devon , England and was a poet, not a composer. The words to The Beggar's Opera were written by Gay but the music was by Pepusch ( a German composer )
Samuel Delany was a black gay science fiction author. He wrote  Dark Reflections which had a gay black poet.
African American writer-poet Langston Hughes. For years had a romatic relationship with his (late) "assistant," Raoul Abdul.
It has generally been assumed that Walt Whitman was either gay or bisexual, simply from reading his works. Evidence from personal accounts, including Oscar Wilde and several other long-time friends or companions.
There is no evidence to suggest that Francis Scott Key was gay. Key was a lawyer, author, and poet who is best known for writing the lyrics to the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Walt Whitman's procreant urge refers to the theme of creation and growth found in his poetry, particularly in his work "Song of Myself." It reflects his celebration of life, vitality, and the interconnectedness of all living things. This urge encompasses both a physical and spiritual sense of renewal and regeneration.