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Apparently it was quite fashionable to write them during the Restoration Camilla Send a noteboard - 23/03/2010 08:56:31 PM
Aphra Behn wrote one, as did Etheredge and Congreve, I believe. And it all follows a lot of writing on it in classical Roman literature. Ovid's Amores has something on it, at least.

and that is what most people get caught up in, but if you look behind that there is some excellent poetry. Not that the use of ... colourful words? ... in itself does not have an effect.

I'm kind of confused why you'd recommend him to Rebekah, though. :P


That is true. Then again, Rebekah is much less of a prude than I am.
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Poetry: care to recommend me some? Rebekah - 23/03/2010 06:57:49 PM 1103 Views
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester? Camilla - 23/03/2010 07:04:39 PM 933 Views
Re: Rebekah is not prepubescent. Ergo, no. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 23/03/2010 08:06:33 PM 399 Views
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That has to be the best (if, admittedly, only) poem on premature ejaculation I've ever read. Legolas - 23/03/2010 08:52:12 PM 832 Views
Apparently it was quite fashionable to write them during the Restoration Camilla - 23/03/2010 08:56:31 PM 775 Views
My favourite poet in English is a relatively unknown fellow called James Elroy Flecker. Legolas - 23/03/2010 07:11:03 PM 1252 Views
Baudelaire? Camilla - 23/03/2010 08:42:42 PM 867 Views
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Some Spanish and German Rebekah - 23/03/2010 08:57:59 PM 873 Views
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This is why I will never recommend А́нна Ахма́това/ Anna Akhmatova to anyone who The Shrike - 24/03/2010 04:16:07 PM 929 Views
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In their original tongues... Larry - 23/03/2010 09:52:32 PM 920 Views
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Unsurprisingly, I like simple poetry. nossy - 25/03/2010 03:52:11 AM 856 Views
e e cummings and Poe are two of my favorites *NM* damookster - 26/03/2010 04:13:13 AM 390 Views
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Thanks, all, for your recommendations. Rebekah - 27/03/2010 10:57:31 AM 848 Views
coming in late, but haven't seen anyone mention langston hughes? *NM* moondog - 30/03/2010 04:14:52 PM 412 Views
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