I was inspired and influenced by women I had been in contact with. Not necessarily meeting them in person but generally via the internet. If they were on dating websites they generally used pseudonyms in order not to be recognized by anyone who may know them. _ is intrigued me as to why they felt or needed to be on these websites in the first place. I wondered about their motives, did loneliness instigate their actions, did they do it just for fun or were they actually looking for another partner or even a discreet lover.

In these volumes Eros rules and Aphrodite guides the passionate motives. Published in 1921 this is an absorbing collection of poetry. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original artwork and text.

Shawn Aveningo, Lytton Bell, and Cynthia Linville (also known as "Poetica Erotica") explore lust, love, and longing with irreverence, and at times humor, but always with unbridled sensuality in this collection of erotic poetry. Excerpts: All it took was the minute your tongue introduced himself to my mouth flicking like the seconds ticking on an Olympic stopwatch, awaiting a chance to take the baton crossing our pillow top finish line together (Aveningo "All It Took") lick suck nibble flicker over tremble flutter quiver a clear slippery thread stretched between your mouth and mine (Bell, "Juicy Poem") I would die for this saxophone singing through the wrong side of the fence, bending just so practically sitting on my lap. Bitter-tongued kiss smudged eyes smeared lipstick - already too hot to even look at. (Linville, "How to Seduce Me")

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