- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Everyman's Library (April 12 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0679433228
- ISBN-13: 978-0679433224
- Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 11.2 x 2.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 259 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #557,936 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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These poems, selected from most of the cultures and histories of world literature, provide magnificent witness to the fact that love is as much an act of the imagination as it is of the body. From fourth-century Li Ch'ung's "Parody of a Lover" to John Betmeman's "Late-Flowering Lust," they re-create, through the revelations of language, that experience of the erotic. Other poets include Theodore Roethke, Robert Graves, Octavio Paz, Joseph Brodsky, Sylvia Plath, Frederico Garcia Lorca, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and many others.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Passionate collection of sensuality,
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This review is from: Erotic Poems (Hardcover)
I bought this book 2 years ago now. The poems are sensual every every particular way.At the beginning of the book it states that if you're looking for "erotic" as in sexual then this wouldn't be for you, such as if you're expecting pornographic poems, then this wouldn't be the book you're after. However if you're into more sensual reading and enjoy poetry in general, then this little book is one you'd want to add to your collection. It has passion, desire, and sensuality all rolled into one little book. Beautifully written and very well composed.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A little gem of a book.,
This review is from: Erotic Poems (Hardcover)
There are poems from ancient tradition and from modern, short brash work, intense emotive pieces and snappy and witty tongue in cheek pieces. The book is a beatiful publication with a great introduction to a wide selection of poets. It explores the full gamut of what is eroticism from shy romantic fantasy all the way through to full frontal in your face sexuality. Great to read in bed with your partner, even better on your own on the bus on the way home from work.
5.0 out of 5 stars
This should be in every sensualists' library,
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This review is from: Erotic Poems (Hardcover)
The cover is demure but the words inside are not. Erotic Poems has selections from some of my all time favorite poets and I have discovered many more. If you love poetry, you should get this book. If you are an erotician, you should get this book. If you love classical literature, you should get this book. In fact, just get the book!
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