Well, no: it seems to me to be saying, "Seduce me." On 5/7/06, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On 8/5/06 2:03 AM, "Jon Corelis" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Anyway: If seduction poetry is a > > linguistic sexual display action, then it is essentially male, which > > means that women can enter into the whole half realm of poetry which > > is seduction display only by taking on a male voice. > > Funnily enough, when I was around 20 (such ages past, and long enough ago to > be another person) I wrote a poem called Seduction Poem. Is it in a "male > voice"? Just curious - > > Cheers > > A > > I want the slew of muscle, a less > cerebral meeting place: no word > but your male shout, the shirred > unpublic face and honest skin > crying to me, yes, > the mouthless, eyeless tenderness > crying to be let in. > > Unbutton all your weight, like a bird > flying the night's starred nakedness: > put down your grammatical tongue, undress > your correct and social skin: > come white and absurd > all your language one word > crying to be let in. > > > > Alison Croggon > > Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com > Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au > Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com > > -- =================================== Jon Corelis www.geocities.com/jgcorelis/ ===================================