Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Sweet temptations graze across your lips.
An indulgence that sends a current through your body and ignites you.
My full chocolate lips are lightly caressing yours.
Your anticipation is quite audible to me.
I can hear your heart pounding through your chest.
I sample the sweetness of your lips with my tongue
to take in all your flavor.
I can still taste the strawberries that I just fed you moments before.
How delectable you are.
I gently kiss your eager lips and the vibration of your moan on my lips
encourages me.
I slowly part your lips with my tongue and enjoy the flavors of our mouths.
Fiercely sensual, you make me feverish in my own skin.
Now steaming from the heat, my lips between my thighs begin to swelter.
We lose ourselves in each other, over and over again.
Each kiss, slays you with such precision and deliberateness.
The kiss of death, so sweetly urged.
Honey Love
You engage me with your honey hued eyes that have flecks of gold.
You entice me with the sweetness that lies behind them;
Making me wonder the flavor of the nectar you hold.
Fantasizing about the sticky sweetness that is your essence.
Immortalized on my lips only to taste you again with one graze of my tongue.
Such sweet seduction
Making Love
Kisses that could inflame the soul.
A tender touch that diffuses all my inhibitions.
The outside world wastes away and it's us.
We begin a dance of love and lust.
Both striving to please the other in hopes of a climatic release.
Our bodies move as one.
Methodically sending chills down each others spine.
Each stroke makes me submit and my body relaxes only to be tensed by an
eruption that starts at the pit of my stomach and simultaneously tingles down
to my toes and I erupt from both of my lips.
The set betweens my thighs tighten around you and release my love like a
waterfall flooding your member like a tsunami.
The lips on face release moans and screams of sublime pleasure.
As I come down from my high I am humbled to be your lover for life.
You killed the fight in me and to feel this good again, I'll die a million
times.
Thinking of You
I find myself laying in bed thinking of you.
Thinking of you watching me and I begin to touch myself.
My fingers slide into my moisten panties as my eager lips await the slightest
sensation.
Mmmm...Moans escape my lips as visions of you appear in my mind.
I am not sure what turns me one more.
Your sexy smile?
The swagger you rock?
Your sexy body?
maybe it’s the thought of what I want to do.
Wanting to taste your soft lips.
Or the thought of you kissing mine.....down there.
Maybe it's the thought of you stroking...my...mouthand hearing your sexy moan.
Mmmm...
My love pearl is so swollen wanting a release.
I let my fingers rub it faster in a circular motion imagining you watching me.
And then the vision comes to mind right before my release.
Your head in between my thighs licking, sucking, and nibbling on my love pear
until I let my river flow all over your lips, tongue and chin.
Then you raise your head and look up at me and I see my love glistening all
over your mouth.
I open my eyes and realize the mess I've made between my thighs.
I lick my fingers pretending I am tasting the thoughts of you that remain.
Lyric Ishani
Monday,
February 21, 2011
GANJA NIPPLES
BY: @KEMETICQUEEN
10,000 decibels too short of hidden this beat is tight
Out of sight...
Green lips set caged humming birds free (flight)
10,000 miles a second green wings shimmer
So sci-fi sky high type fly fly fly away
Black Snow white with the wild beasts jamming to Badu
Ooooo.
As Her indigo knuckles knock on my chest I bleed hot pink emotions
Drip drying all over my flustered face in faucets of blush
Masking this funk ship shifting rhythm in under ground oceans oceans
I'm stroking y'all...
We melt in a pot of sheets like steam over fat asses we drip...
Sip and hotcake on her griddle flip...tongue? lip hip grip suck dont slip
Aaaaahhh.... damn baby slow down...
Hookah bar type tities as I succulently molest medium deep mahogany mountains
Where smoke fountains tickled my tongue...pastel painted my lungs a ganja green
Serene scene of a titie fene... titie fene
This aint a dream y'all...
Baby doll so African perfectly carved wooden
Grape Jolly Rancher Draped Pantie
Fanti, see, I woman be Purrrr Purrr Pretty Puss Beauty
Oooo weee... Hmmm
Forefinger flexes fluidly for her fluid tree
Honey bee sticky icky juicy tea...
Jerk and || Vibrate and Beatin involuntarily
OOhhh I think she like me... yall...
Negroes cant swim so I drown in it
Ta-da-da-da that ass upscale fish scale mermaid
Sex slave whole sale gmail water hole big wale...
Well... you get the idea.. yall
I'm crazy
Creative anti-virginity activity
You kiss on me crucially swirling sanity and sanctity
Flammable aerosol puffs blaze brown bellies birthing heathen activity
It's called sensual fluidity teenage eccentricity
She is the zero gravity epitome
Dippn me in and out of reality...
Fantasy on earth y'all...
I raise my hands in praise
Cupping her D-cup double gaze
I graze gracefully under holy ganja nipple a-maze
In body....
Green lips Humming birds anti virginity activity singing to me
Sex is better than drugs honey...
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Monday,
February 7, 2011
Shipwrecked
Water overhead, underneath.
How did we get here?
How did I get here?
Rising, sinking, sinking.
So suddenly, I am alone.
Will we ever catch our breath?
Will I ever catch my breath?
Fighting, screaming, screaming.
Water fills my lungs; I cannot speak, cannot think.
Are we strong enough to start over?
Am I strong enough to start over?
Winning, drowning, drowning.
I want to retire, just for a moment.
Can we be honest with ourselves?
Can I be honest with myself?
Pushing, struggling, struggling.
Pruny hands, hearts; we have expired.
Will we ever feel again?
Will I ever feel again?
Hurting, resting, resting.
My Heart is in Your Toaster Oven
There isn’t enough room in my heart for hate,
But I can’t even keep a promise to myself.
Your songs are just poems with a pretty melody,
My poems are just unfinished songs on a shelf.
You kiss gives me flies—what? I mean butter,
You’ve got me all worn down; I’m inside out.
But we spin faster and you tighten your grip,
Sun is bright, sky is blue, and I’m still full of doubt.
You say I’m pretty cute, but I don’t like how this rhymes,
Should we start over, make up for lost time?
I’m changing the beat, keep up with the pace,
You never seemed to like the sad look on my face.
We’re like the ocean, no, more like a tree,
I’m not sure how, but it’s a damn good simile.
Pick up your guitar, sing a song, make me smile,
I just wanna be here in your arms for a while.
I’m all over the map, but you’re the ink to my quill,
Wait, no, that was stupid; you’re the sprinkles to my vanill--
--A…ice cream? What? I’m not making any sense,
I’ll agree to let you rescue me if you’ll just be my prince.
You really make me laugh and your eyes make me melt,
You’ve got a heart of gold and you’re the best that I have smelt.
What? I mean smelled; I’m enunciating lazily,
Actually, I think it’s just you’ve got me going crazily.
Dead or Alive
This blank page underneath my pen
will soon be alive like that first night
spent in the arms of heartache.
Nothing ever felt more real,
and I never wanted so badly to be dreaming.
I was as fragile as a tulip
trying to fight off a hurricane.
I was drowning and losing.
Overwhelming, the feeling was when
you get too hot but you can’t get your coat off.
And no one is around to help you.
I was trapped inside that puffy, down coat,
all alone, in the middle of a hurricane.
If I could hold on long enough,
maybe if I could breathe in the eye of the storm.
But how do you break the news to yourself
that you’re already dead?
Ghost of You
You’re the Ghost that won’t leave me alone.
When I drive past exit sign 97B, there you are,
showing me your perfect smile,
your mouth slightly parted so the laughter can escape.
When I watch that movie,
they fall in love again and again and again,
thanks to “scene selection,”
and his body becomes your’s; her hands, mine.
When I see that dress and the silky fabric
spills over my shins, I can smell your hair
and feel your ear soaking up
my hot breath and secrets.
When I hear that song with that line
that made you laugh,
I feel your fingers between mine with the windows
down and my hair a crazy mess.
When I see my breath outside in the chilly air I look over
to my left and see you beside me on the top of your car,
waiting in the dead of winter for
a meteor shower that would never come.
It’s time for you to go now, move on, please.
You can’t keep haunting me late at night like this,
or when I’m in his arms,
or drifting off to sleep.
Let me go.
I can’t help you now.
You’re just the Ghost of who you were;
There’s a different you living inside that shell now.
But what you fail to realize is
my ghost is out there somewhere
because it made me different, too.
I’m Just a Toy Doll
The room is full of people,
but all I see is you--
you standing there in that dark suit.
Now I’m nothing but a puddle on the floor.
If you came in and scooped me up and
molded me into the girl you want me to be,
I’d look so different.
My nose would be smaller, maybe with a few freckles,
I’d be shorter, definitely shorter--
easier to pick up and carry around the house.
I’d make you feel like a man then.
Yeah, you’d be so amazing with a tiny lady
who enjoys cooking your spaghetti.
If you could, you’d take a saw to my head,
lift the top of my skull off like was just a
furry bowl resting there.
You’d take out my brain and exchange it with
you own.
I’d think just like you in this bite-sized form
with my culinary hands,
and you’d be in complete heaven.
You’d wipe off my girly nail polish,
smooth out my wild hair,
throw a racy outfit on me—no, nude.
No, everyone is looking…a turtleneck and sweats--
Then you’d complain about how I look.
Tan skin (free of charge!),
and I’m ready and willing.
It’s unfortunate for you that toy dolls aren’t real.
Forever and for All of the Universe
My life is a sad song
A capella
No noise other than
One lonely voice
Singing words
About love and sorrow
About life and sadness
But we collided
And you put music
To my melody
And I can’t seem
To put the cassette down
Until I have just one more
Listen
It’s a symphony
Of gentle passion
That floods my ears
And enlightens
My system
And I’m pretty sure
This is my new
Favorite song
Of all time.
X-RAY
How do you do it?
My skin is translucent to your eyes.
You see straight to my broken heart;
sometimes it’s scary,
but you know me better than anyone.
The whole world knows I’m a jigsaw puzzle,
1500 pieces scattered wildly.
But you see a finished work of art
when you look at me.
I am my truest self when you’re there,
believing in me.
This poem is a mess,
but it’s like my heart that started in
a bunch of tiny fragments and you
stitched it back together.
It was initially so ugly and broken up,
but each piece was honest.
And when it beat as one again,
you saw.
You saw the miracle right through my chest.
It may not be pretty,
but that doesn’t mean it won’t work.
Ashley Doty
Friday, February 4, 2011
Her
My fascination obsession
with motifs
of the woman I want
to paint
create figures
of her
multiple poses
as in Ingres’ Turkish Bath
her repeated body
playing
a canvas
in the lens of my eye
I see her
even when not present
a hallucination gift
trouble in paradise
Break
when words start to break
when “well-hello”
becomes “he-y”
when stanzas become lines
when lines become words
a letter
A
Adieu
Alicia Ristau
for adam
of the things I wish I’d said,
next to thank you, I’m sorry, and—why
one sentence sits apart
at a lonely table,
its face obscured.
it is not “I love you,”
though who can say if I did
it is not “keep faith,”
though I wish you had—
in something, anything
but what destroyed what
you loved best—
only yourself, your better dreams. but
I would not say “let me help”
those words must not be said between us.
I would not challenge again
your skill in verbal cuts;
the play has died within you, leaving
nothing
and I would not remind you.
my regrets are bittersweet and fan out like flames
but with you, I regret one thing only:
I did not tell you what treasure you held
and let you burn it all away, unsaid
if you wonder, know:
you held your dreams and
a fragment of my heart;
they are both blackened—
my heart will heal.
Alexandra Hughes
Bet on you
If I could travel time
Transcend reality today
I would return to the moment
I made my fatal mistake
If I could rewrite one song
To make the words more real
I would write dramatic melodies
To show you how I feel
If I could rewind this movie
Now a horror film
I’d erase the tapes that play
And take out all the thrills
If I could take back all my chips
And keep my poker face
Then I’d recant my bet on you
And avert this great mistake.
Forgiveness is Bliss
Everyone knows I’m stuck
On what you did to me
Old wounds have yet to heal
I still see you in my dreams.
But I want to forgive you
For all that you did
I’ve tried so many times
But I grow bitter instead.
If I could let go of this
Of all the dark shadows in my life
I would feel such bliss
In knowing I’ll be alright.
But I have to forgive you
For myself alone
Because any other reason
Would just leave a hole.
I need peace of mind
In knowing I did this
Just for myself this time
I crave that bliss.
Hate
I hate the way you ramble
But I hate than in me too
I hate the way you lie
But falsehoods tend to fly
I hate that you never call
But I haven’t at all
I hate the games you play
But that is just the way
I hate your stupid stories
But mine are also boring
I hate not knowing stuff
But I don’t say enough
I hate your parents already
And we’re not even going steady
I hate when you’re not here
But we were never really near
I hate not being the one
But I should know we’re done
And most of all I hate
Rejection to my face.
Let go
It’s been a month
It’s been a year
I’ve had my time
To shed these tears
I must let go
I must move on
I’ll make my way
In not too long
I don’t miss you
I just miss “us”
But now I’m free
Is that a plus?
I’m going now
To not look back
I need to get
My life on track
I’ll let you go
Let go of “us”
Live only for me
Feel the rush.
Testing the Water
I am a child
Running up to the water’s edge
But no farther
For I fear the ocean’s depths
As it stretches to the horizon
I panic.
What if I swim out too far?
Who will save me?
I inch my feet forward in the sand
Just enough to dampen my feet
As the next wave rolls in.
Yes, no, yes, no
Maybe a little,
For the water is cold,
And even on a hot summer’s day
It chills you to the core
I take three forced steps
Right, Left, Right…
I scamper sideways
As I feel the intruding object
Brush against my ankles
I see the seaweed and remember to breathe
I continue.
Up to my knees now,
The water is cloudy
I can no longer see my legs.
Should I continue, or dash towards shore
Towards safety
I press on,
Because Life is full of seaweed and sharks and
So many dangers,
Often inevitable.
So now, as an adult,
I take the plunge
Into life
And Love
And Loss
Knowing all the while
That potential heartache lay ahead
But knowing as well
That it is better to have tried and failed
Than to never have tried at all.
It’s time to wade into life.
Three strikes
I warned you not to break her
But you still made her cry
And even after all you’ve done
She still won’t say goodbye
I told you not to lie
But that was your first strike
I told you not to yell
But drugs became your life
I said to watch yourself
But you made careless mistakes
Your second strike was
Making her heart break
I warned you not to argue
But you control her every move
So there’s your third strike
And who became the fool?
Ready, Set, Scream
I can see it in your eyes
You can see it on my face
We can hardly even breathe
So Ready, Set, Scream
I know you want to
I can see your fists curl
I can see the tensing of your skin
So Ready, Set, Give In
I hate seeing you hurt
And I know you’re about to break
So take my hand and hold on tight
Ready, Set, Fight
I hate this room
You hate the noise
So let’s just get out of here
Ready, Set, Disappear
Leave everyone, leave everything
But first we’ll have our final words
Or maybe trust what the sun shall bring
Ready, Set, Scream
Amber Roberson
The
Hydra of Female Desire within the Literary Tradition
by
Tanya Andrious
Throughout history women have been confined to the male perspective, not only
with how men look at women but how women look at themselves. Women writers,
especially in the early budding of the female literary tradition, barely
touched the taboo topic of female desire and sexuality. The exploration of
female sexual desire by women writers has evolved throughout the centuries,
beginning first with Aphra Behn in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries;
Christina Rossetti in the nineteenth century, and ending with Andrienne Rich in
the late twentieth century. All three authors, in their respective century,
explore a female’s desire through different perspectives, revealing the
different perceptions about women’s sexuality in the literary form.
The seventeenth and eighteenth century was not an easy time for women writers.
They could easily be dismissed and ostracized by their peers if a literary
topic was disliked. Women writers were thus indirectly controlled by men.
However, as Susan Gubar and Sandra Gilbert mention, “Aphra Behn was England’s
first professional woman writer” (The Norton Anthology 109) that took chances
with her writing and began to put a dent into what was considered acceptable.
She broke the first boundaries where some of her verses were “marked by an
erotic honesty that scandalized many of her readers” (Norton 109). Unfortunately,
consequences resulted from Behn’s bold foray into the exploration of female
desire: The same literary circles that Behn frequented “…expected women to
remain decently silent about their own desires” (110). Behn, however, saw
nothing wrong with celebrating women enjoying their sexuality and her poem “The
Willing Mistress” is a testament to her treatment of the topic.
Behn’s perception of female sexuality was not confined to the male perspective;
her character neither suffers consequence or regret for enjoying her sexual
exploitations. In fact, the Mistress describes her enjoyable, impending foray
with a man by stating:
Amyntas led me to a grove,
Where All the trees did shade us;
The sun itself, though it had strove,
It could not have betrayed us
The place secured from human eyes (1-5).
There is anticipation in the Mistress’ voice as she describes the need for
secrecy without regret. In fact, Behn writes each subsequent line by describing
the Mistress’ increased gratification:
Down there we sat upon the moss,
And did begin to play
A thousand amorous tricks, to pass
The heat of all the day (9-12).
There is a sense of fun to be read in the lines, where the reader grasps the
Mistress’ amplified arousal. A woman has needs, and as much as men in Behn’s
century wanted to deny such truths, Behn tastefully expresses the needs of her
female character:
A many kisses did he give
And I returned the same,
Which made me willing to receive
That which I dare not name (13-16).
Behn was unleashing Pandora’s Box by outwardly proclaiming a woman’s sexual
experience and revealing that women’s desire is nothing to be ashamed of. The
third stanza deals with give and take, where the Mistress is in control as much
as the man:
On her that was already fired,
‘Twas easy to prevail.
He did but kiss and clasp me round,
Whilst those this thoughts expressed:
And laid me gently on the ground;
Ah who can guess the rest? (19-24).
A woman can be a sexual being, willing and wanting as lines 19 and 20 indicate.
Women’s sexual desire should not be held as a disparagement but rather a
positive aspect on the female experience. Although the Mistress’ explorations
went without consequence, Behn however, did not. By bringing the topic of
female desire out into the open Behn’s “reputation was to be obscured or
defaced for centuries after her death” (110). Behn saw female desire through
her own eyes, yet Christina Rossetti, in her poem “Goblin Market”, ends up
viewing desire through the male lens.
Christina Rossetti brings us into the nineteenth century with her poem “Goblin
Market,” where she offers readers a different slant on the perception of female
desire. “Goblin Market” expresses a deeper journey of the female experience,
where Rossetti “meditate[s] on the dangers of desire, especially the dangers of
female desire” (Gubar 894). In contrast to Behn, Rossetti’s thoughts on female
desire were influenced by the ideologies of the male literary tradition as well
as male definitions of women. “Goblin Market” offers an enticing taste of a
female’s attraction to her own desires and the consequences that come from
following that desire.
“Goblin Market” begins simply enough: two innocent sisters overhearing the
alluring call of Goblin men. The contrast and dilemma of the drama becomes
apparent: “Laura bowed her head to hear, / Lizzie veiled her blushes” (34-5).
Laura is at once attracted to the call, her desire evident. Yet her sister
Lizzie is intent on preventing Laura from following through, stating: “We must
not look at Goblin men” (42). Lizzie stresses the danger that Laura is toying
with when it comes to the idea of not only contemplating but submitting to her
female desire.
The form of the poem portrays Lizzie as the “conscience” and Laura the
“desire,” waging battle between restraint and enjoyment of desire:
“Oh,” cried Lizzie, “Laura, Laura.
You should not peep at Goblin men,”
Lizzie covered up her eyes,
Covered close lest they should look:
Laura reared her glossy head (48-52).
The dilemma is nicely portrayed between Laura wanting to let go and Lizzie’s
hard restraint. Rossetti’s indecisiveness and confusion shines through, unsure
of which female image is the “right” one.
Rossetti continues to imply that female desire is wrong:
“No,” said Lizzie: “No, no, no:
Their offers should not charm us,
Their evil gifts would harm us” (64-66).
Rossetti chooses an interesting phrase in line 65 in regards to charm: it
“should not” have an influence on them, meaning that there is something wrong
about feeling attraction. However, Laura continues to become more ensnared in
the game of desire: “Curious Laura chose to linger / Wondering at each merchant
man” (69-70). Laura’s well of desire has sprung up inside her and she is
without self-discipline. This side of the poem connects with Behn’s “The
Willing Mistress,” where both Laura and the Mistress want only to succumb to
the joy that awaits them. Yet, the entryway into the exploration of female
desire depicts a difference between the two centuries, where Laura’s actions
result in a penalty.
To be aware of consequence one must be warned, and Lizzie continues to educate
Laura on the etiquette of behaving:
“Dear, you should not stay so late,
Twilight is not good for maidens;
Should not loiter in the glen
In the haunts of goblin men (145-8).
Rossetti gives the impression that Laura is in need of being saved from making
a big mistake. To further enhance the loving reproach, Lizzie offers Laura an
indirect experience to learn from: “Do you not remember Jeanie, / How she met
them in the moonlight” (147-8). A brief reference is established before Lizzie
fully embarks on the ramifications of Jeanie’s explorations and dives into the
story:
But ever in the noonlight
She pined and pined away:
Sought them by night and day,
Found them no more, but dwindled and grew gray;
Then fell with the first snow,
While to this day no grass will grow
Where she lies low: (153-59).
Rossetti implies in lines 154-55 that to follow one’s desire can be addictive.
Jeanie, for example, not only succumbed to her desire but could not cope with
the thought of not ever satisfying her desire again. More importantly, Jeanie
felt such an intense need for a refill that when her need could not be
satisfied she ends up dying. Laura’s experience then begins to mirror that of
Jeanie. As Laura’s cravings become more intense, she states:
“I ate and ate my fill,
Yet my mouth water still:
Tomorrow night I will
Buy more” (165-8).
Rossetti also implies in line 166 that not only does a woman have wants, but
that they are not a one time deal; a woman’s desires are always existent.
Yet, the insistent need for fulfillment leaves Laura in a somewhat detached
emotional state as she goes from innocent virgin to a desirous young woman and
then to a slightly mad, near death young woman addicted to her female desire:
“Laura in an absent dream, / One content, one sick in part” (211-12). Laura is
saved from death by her sister’s selfless act, who ends up getting “goblin
juice” and feeding “the fiery antidote” (559) to Laura. Rossetti offers a
complex look at the female experience, one that is riddled with mixed images of
female sexuality and the guilt that was so often connected with it. However, as
the later twentieth century blew in, the male stronghold was beginning to
lessen its grip as women writers were now making their own traditions born out of
the female experience. This tradition continues with Adrienne Rich, who
explores female sexuality from a broader perspective.
The advent of the later part of the twentieth century brought with it a large
exploration of themes, where women writers began “exploring and dramatizing
their national, economic, linguistic, regional, ethnic, religious, and
political divergences along with their differing sexual preferences” (Gilbert
1616). Women writers no longer had to worry what men thought. Adrienne Rich was
concerned with her own identity and experience, exploring a female’s desire
through the lens of lesbianism. Just as Behn and Rossetti wrote of a woman’s
enjoyment of her desire so too does Rich. Rich explores lesbian desire in a
more descriptive manner that would have drawn more than gasps a few centuries
ago.
Adrienne Rich, in her poem “The Floating Poem, Unnumbered,” delights the reader
with a more upfront portrayal of female sexual desire. Gracious in her
description, Rich expresses a woman’s positive portrayal of her enjoyment
without guilt, reservation or consequence:
What ever happens with us, your body
Will haunt mine – tender, delicate
Your lovemaking (1-3).
The narrator is looking back at a past experience with fondness and the
stronger the memory gets the more descriptive the poem becomes. Free from male
reproach Rich is able to fully express her direct observations on the extent of
a woman’s desire. The perception of a woman’s sexuality is no longer to be
feared, as Rich’s poem indicates:
Your traveled, generous thighs
between which my whole face has come and come –
the innocence and wisdom of the place my tongue
has found there – (5-8).
Rich is explicitly exploring female desire by not only describing a “lady love”
(1954) but addressing a “lady love.” Female desire has thus become more about
women’s pleasure and enjoyment. The discovery about documenting women’s
experiences now takes precedence and Rich is not shy in sharing this
perspective with her reader. Lines 9-13 further illustrate this point:
the live, insatiate dance of your nipples in my mouth –
your touch on me, firm, protective, searching
me out, your strong tongue and slender fingers
reaching where I had been waiting years for you
in my rose-wet cave – whatever happens, this is.
Rich explores in-depth the wants of a woman; that desire is nothing to be
scared or ashamed of, regardless of gender. The narrator’s experience becomes a
fond memory which Rich outwardly describes. Her poem is thus bold and
courageous with its content, extending the female tradition into further
depths.
Women’s experiences were often categorized through male definitions of what
women should and should not be, and this penetrated the literary voice of
female writers. Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market” is a testament to this.
Change, however, can often be a balm that heals such confusion. The only way
for women to know themselves is to also know each other and this can only be
achieved if women make their voice known. Aphra Behn was the first to take such
a step. Each century revealed a different voice that expressed feelings about
the issue of female desire and what women themselves thought of it. To know the
importance of what has been achieved can only be appreciated through the path
that was taken. Behn took the first steps and allowed Rossetti to continue the
tradition and bring us to get where we are at present; where Adrienne Rich has
spiced up the freedom that women can now express without reservation.
Works Cited
Gilbert, M. Sandra and Gubar, Susan, ed. The Norton Anthology: Literature By
Women.
2nd ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996.
Behn, Aphra. “The Willing Mistress.” Gilbert 111.
Rich, Adrienne. “The Floating Poem, Unnumbered.” Gilbert 1963.
Rossetti, Christina. “Goblin Market.” Gilbert 903-915.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
"Alphabettica Thealogica"
Athena opens wide grey eyes to the beat of owl's wings
Blodeuedd, her body composed of exotic blooms, perfumes the air
Chang-O turns her regal back to the world, offering the drape of her deep-black
peignoir to the night's darkness
Demeter garlands the chamber with sheaves of golden, shining wheat
Europa, in the form of a magnificent white cow, leaps over Chang-O bearing
Zeus, her royal cup-bearer, on her pearlescent back as blood-red wine spills
from her silver cup
Freya unleashes her cats, ruffling their blue-black fur with one elegant hand.
She glances over her shoulder and into one of the many mirrors to see
Guinevere weaving a crown of white daisies,
Hecate combing her flowing silver hair as she toys with the locks of Heaven's
gate,
Isis unfurling her protective wings over the bed, the many colors of her feathers
reflecting in candlelight bounced off white silk sheets,
Juno, on her throne, fanned by the tails of a thousand peacocks, sipping ouzo,
Kuan Yin, tuning her telepathic compassionate radar to my frequency, sensing
pain, and then discovering the razor sting is all part of sweet joy,
Lakshmi, her many hands throwing golden coins from her many Dolce & Gabbana
handbags, whispering blessings of prosperity,
Medusa's serpents shed their skin as elegant peels of white chocolate; their
mistress stirs them into my drink,
Nymphs drop the maroon leaves and pink blossoms of springtime plum trees from
the rafters,
Oshun crosses oceans of time, and cultures, to pick up Lakshmi's chant and form
a duet,
Pele's volcanoes spout benevolent, incensed pink smoke and rainbows of sparks,
Queen of heaven Inanna lifts Pele's sparks to the sky and transforms them into
stars to decorate her temple,
and Rhiannon opens a pine chest to reveal an exquisite selection of riding
crops.
Selene, my Goddess, all the minor deities Gather at your feet to worship, and
my heart quivers to realize you've chosen me from all among the host who vie
for your attention.
(inspired by VictoriaSelene Skye Deme and by Kris Waldherr's The Book of
Goddesses)
"Moist Howlette: For Allen Ginsberg"
Sacred! Sacred! Sacred! My poet, my prophet, my Jewish saint and guru declares
that all is sacred!
The world is divine! The soul is divine! The skin is sacred! The vulva is
sacred! The tongue and cock and hand and asshole sacred!
Everybody’s sacred! Everywhere’s sacred! Every thing is sacred! Every day is an
eternity! Every man and woman is an angel!
The sacred whore’s as holy as the seraphim! The sex worker is holy as you my
soul are holy! The clitoral orgasm’s as sacred as the vaginal orgasm!
The keyboard is sacred the poem is sacred the voice is sacred the hearers and
readers are sacred the ecstasy is sacred!
Holy Erin holy Allen holy Purrrrrrrrr holy Kathryn E holy Walt Whitman holy
Joan Jett holy fuckers holy every human angel!
Sacred the vibrators! Sacred, the cock and the cock ring and the clit and the
clit ring!
Sacred the groaning saxophone! Sacred the orgasm apocalypse! Sacred the womb
scrotum balls peace & junk & drums!
Sacred the solitudes of men’s rooms and elevators! Sacred the strip clubs
filled with the millions! Sacred the mysterious rivers of cum and pussy juice
and blood and sweat and tears under the sheets!
Sacred the lesbian and the gay man! Sacred the bisexual! Sacred the straight
feminist and sexual shepherds of rebellion!
Sacred forgiveness! Mercy! Charity! Faith! Love! Affection! Touch! Sacred!
Ours! Bodies! Pain and pleasure! Magnanimity!
Sacred the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent kindness of Allen
Ginsberg’s dear departed soul!
"Ode a Pete Wentz"
"Sugar, We're Going Down"
may be the only Fall Out Boy song I like
or know,
but I like things named after Simpsons characters,
and I like Pete Wentz.
When I first saw him in glossy magazines,
with Lindsay Lohan, or Ashlee Simpson,
or some other dishwater redhead,
I thought he was a lesbian,
Not a him,
But a hym,
a potential hersband for said starlet du jour.
His long-haired androgyny
and skinny legs are why
if I ever got him alone
I would like to bend him over,
pull those too-tight emo pants down
over his pasty, girlie ass
and take him from behind.
A strap-on should do nicely,
With a nice jelly dildo--
Red,
Silicone, not latex
(I have an allergy)
And, preferably, the kind that's a vibrator, too.
This has to be fun for us both.
I'm just a notch in your bedpost,
But you're just a few lines
In a dirty poem.
Erin O'Riordan
Sunday, January 9, 2011
WHY DOES IT GOT TO BE LIKE THIS
I CAN’T FIND MYSELF IN THIS WORLD WIND
I DON’T KNOW WHERE I LOST ALL CONTROL
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE ANYMORE
WHY DOES IT GOT TO BE LIKE THIS WHO AM I
I DON’T BELONG
I LOST MY LOVE
I DON’T TRUST ANYTHING
WHY DOES IT GOT TO BE LIKE THIS
I STOP CARING AND GIVING IN
I AM TIRED OF GIVING IT MY ALL
I AM NOT ME,MAD ABOUT EVERYTHING,DON’T KNOW WHY
WHY DOES IT GOT TO BE LIKE THIS
JEALOUS OVER EVERYTHING FEEELING OF UNFAITHFULLNESS IN MY MARRIAGE
SO SAD, LONELY AND ANGRY I HATE WHO I AM
WHY DOES IT GOT TO BE LIKE THIS
lashaun guel
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Queer in the bible belt
Mindless chatter flows.....
outta of my homosexual mind
do you hear it?
do you hear the thoughts I be thinkin'?
do you see the images,
that I be poulluting the air with?
On a single day-
my obscenity will cover the smog of LA
but the people still be gaggin'
this not be on Johnny's balls neither
they be gaggin' at my thoughts
my own freedom of expression
my own version of true love
they be gaggin'
at me and my girl
holdin' hands
I could have been born with red hair
and freckles
I could have been born destined
to a 34DD
I could have been born to be
a movie star
I could have been born
wishing for a MBA
I could have been born with
some abnormality-
the only thing worse
for me
would have been to be born-
straight
My Number- Is like this
Liking girls isn't always as convenient
as liking boys
but sometimes it calms the heart
and seems less fragile
cause you both are so soft
you won't have to be wondering
if one of you will break
and the glue
that sticks to your insides
has already poured out
Yeah- I wish for simple things
like the love between two girls
me being one
her one too
but something came in between
the simple thing,
A boy
has screwed our equation
and now it is not equal to love
a boy has fucked
my number- on this occasion
Not A Pretty Girl
I once attempted to write a love poem
and I did write it
but why call it a love poem
I never even gave it to that girl
the girl whose phone number I got,
hung out with once,
smoked some weed with
and then I had decided,
she had made-
a bad impression
forget the fact that she likes Ani
forget the fact that night-
sitting on her couch,
she put in Not A Pretty Girl
hours earlier-
I had thought of buying a bottle of wine
so the two of us would believe-
we were intoxicated on each other
she wasn't even that pretty-
a blond
and I always state the fact loud;
that blonds aren't my type;
I am known to lie
I saw this girl once more
my hair was shorter
maybe she didn' think I was as cute-
as she once had
I did get her new number
I din't use that one either
Bethany Young
Thursday,
July 22, 2010
As soon as you go inside of me
I’m unplugged from the rest of the world
Nothing even matters
But your breath on mine
I’m thrown into morning
As my body awakes from a dreamer’s death
Resurrected by the early dew
And the aroma of earth
My suspicions of being alive
Unveils itself at that moment
My disoriented mind is sober again
And I take in the day
Outside the window
There is life waiting for me
A force pulling at me to move
Onward from this dark lit room
Next to me he slumbers
Like the night still owned the sky
Sifting through his dreams’
Demands to be a character in its play
He looks peaceful but his body lays reckless
I look at him wondering
If he is as fond of me as he claims
Or am I just a body to sleep next to
A voice to talk to
I wish in his lifeless body
His lips would move me
With truth
With words of adoration
Or even spite
Anything to set my uncertain
Mind at ease
But he is only a man
I make a note to myself
As I look at him once more
I will not fall deeply for him
I fear one day he would
Betray my heart and leave it
For dead
I look through the window
And I’m reminded
That is where I ought to be
My shoes are beneath the bed
I hide them like a shameful parent
The soles have tired and
Their holes grow larger
The day I throw them away
Will be a sad day
But after awhile
You can’t avoid the inevitable
Sometimes you have to throw
Things away
But I slip them on happily
Knowing that day is not today
My leather jacket rests sloppily
On the floor
The only item
I’ve ever bought without regretting
I rush to walk on
To that big white front door
To start over again
Divinity
God is divine
The way he brought you to me
Without so much as a warning
As he placed you before me
Before me you sat unrecognizable
Unimaginable to my mind
You were just another man
Like the ones seated next to you
Suddenly God intervened
And made you so much more to me
At that moment
You were no longer camouflaged
With the many men surrounding you
You filled my eyes with your colors
The way a rainbow paints across
A dull gray sky
You became the only reason to see
No one else mattered
They were saturated with black and white
Never to stand out and illuminate my sight
But your reds and yellows were blinding
Could you be more beautiful
God is divine
How does he decide who will connect with who
And who will feel for who
Maybe it is not for and I to know
But it is amazing
To have no control
And watch god create magic
Between you and a complete stranger
Sunday, May 16, 2010
The inspiration for this prose poem is the way that pop-culture portrays men as being sex machines, while women try to wheedle out sex in the concept that heterosexual sex is still being treated as an economic contract. Women are still being held to the same standards of Victorian sexual codes at the same time that casual sex is supposed to be the norm. The poem is about sex from a female point of view.
Thanks
Every Night
Get it on every night and your man might last one week, no matter how much he
says he wants suck or bone. You ain't no nympho, no slut. Men just can't keep
up. No bullshit of emotional neglect makes you need it. It's all chemical. It's
all the oh. No need attention and feel valued through six minutes of oh baby
you're so beautiful, and, yeah yeah you know what I like. If he knew what you
liked it would be all night, all bone, all head. It would be chocolate
afterward, and steak. It would be all of how eating steak is like eating pussy.
He says you've got post-coital glow but what he means is he's glowing. When he
thinks he satisfied you he means he satisfied himself, and he'd like to see you
in facial porn. He means he's easy and you're hard and he can get it on with
anyone, and you? You need it everyday. You need it from him.
Susan Swanton
