There was a time when I believed that the depth of a feeling revealed the truth of it. If love struck with enough force, if longing rearranged the inner weather, if a face returned again and again in silence, if the heart suffered with a devotion it could not explain,…
Category: Love, Romance & Eroticism
Love, Romance, Eroticism, Erotic Literature & Arts, and Eros (Romantic Love)
The Hunger Beneath Everything: Why Humans Need Love and Sex
There are needs so basic that we rarely pause to name them. Air. Water. Food. Shelter. Their absence announces itself quickly. The body begins to fail, and no philosophy can argue its way around the fact. But there are other needs almost as deep, though easier to dismiss because they…
Thoughts on Love: What is Love?
What is love? That is a question that has been posed to us thousands of times, and it is one that humans do not seem to be able to answer. I’m not sure if there’s an actual scientific definition for the word ‘love’ since its usage varies from person to…
Our Romantic Wedding Vows
I wrote my wedding vows and shared with my love and to-be-wife. I spoke it first at our wedding. While writing, I could feel my heart and a deep sense of love within but I could have never predicted how it will feel at the time of the wedding. To say the least, it…
100 Reasons Why I Love You | A Letter To My Sweetheart On Her 30th Birthday
My Love, My Heart, Soul of My Soul, As we grow old together on this earthly journey, I wanted to take this moment and write to you on your 30th birthday to tell you how much I love you and how much you mean to me. Without you, I am…
Female Vs. Male Perspective On The Erotic Visual Art | The Nudes, The Paintings, The Photographs
Maja by Goya (ca. 1803)When we think of representations of the erotic in the art, the first thing that comes into our minds is the classic nudes which were an object of fascination for many male painters throughout history. It’s not accidental that I made a clear gender emphasis here….
Rumi to Lesbian Love to Black Erotica: Erotic Poetry Book Review
Erotic poetry lovers, this book review is dedicated to you all. In today’s blog post, I am going to review and highlight my pick for top 11 books of Erotic Poetry. You are going to love each and every one. These books span across time, geography, writing style, and theme. …
Compilation of 221 Erotic Poetry Books Published in the Last Century (1920-2020)
A compilation of 221 erotic poetry books published between 1920 and 2020. It took a lot of effort to put this list up. If you find a book or title is missing, please comment. Title Author Year of Publication Erotic Love Poems: Poems of Diverse Amatory Moods Citadel Press 1946…
The Erotic Poetry of Kamasutra: A Treatise on Pleasure
There is perhaps no literary work as tantalizingly erotic as the Kamasutra. When you visualize this book, you may only think of the sexual imagery contained inside. The truth is that this book while sexual in nature also has a rich history and contains beautiful poetic language. Kamasutra: A Treatise…
Erotic Poetry And Literature: Do People Prefer It Over Other Art Forms?
There is something particularly delightful and passionately engaging about reading erotic poetry. We all can agree to that. But, do people prefer it to watching erotic films or admiring the eros in other arts such as sculptures or paintings? Let’s look a little dipper into this question in this blog…
Spirituality and Eroticism: An Erotic Perspective
I’ve recently been looking into the history of spirituality and eroticism. Since the antiquity, there has always been some overlap and deep connection between the two great muses of human pursuits. Spirituality and Eroticism From my research, what I have found that either the religion has tried to suppress the…
Broken Boundaries: Most Striking Erotic Poems of All Time
Erotic poetry has always occupied a charged and unstable place in literature. It draws on desire, beauty, longing, the body, fantasy, shame, tenderness, and transgression. Sometimes it is lush and metaphorical. Sometimes it is raw. Sometimes it barely names the act at all and yet feels more intimate than explicit…
Top 10 Most Celebrated Erotic Poets and Their Most Famous Erotic Poems
Erotic poetry has always lived at the edge of literature’s oldest energies: desire, longing, beauty, memory, the body, and the ache of human intimacy. At its best, it is not merely provocative. It is charged language. It is sensuality shaped into music. It is longing made memorable. Any list of…
A Brief History of Erotic Poetry: The Evolution of Eros in Literature
Erotic poetry is almost as old as poetry itself. Before desire became a scandal, a doctrine, a psychological condition, or a private confession, it was a song. Human beings looked upon the body, the beloved, the absent face, the unreachable lover, the marriage bed, the forbidden glance, the ache of…

