Passionate Hearts: The Poetry of Sexual Love
In her search for positive, healthy sexual images to help her in educating couples, renowned therapist and author Wendy Maltz sought out "poems that inspire and celebrate healthy sexual intimacy; poems in which heart connection was at the core of the sexual experience." The result is a remarkable anthology of intimate, sensually explicit poems, representing new voices as well as more revered contemporary poets.
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Compiled by renowned sex therapist and author Wendy Maltz, Passionate Hearts is a remarkable anthology of intimate, emotionally explicit, yet accessible poetry, representing new voices as well as the most revered contemporary poets. Culled from classic works of poetry, unpublished work solicited especially for the book, and poetry and erotica journals, these poems celebrate sexual connection and expression. Contributors include Sharon Olds, Gary Soto, E. E. cummings, Marge Piercy, Raymond Carver, Galway Kinnell, Pablo Neruda, and Tess Gallagher.
Foreword Barry McCarthy, Phd xiiiPreface Molly Peacock 1Introduction 3Tender AwakeningsThe Trees that Change Our Lives Gary Soto 25Sharing Alan Yount 27Spring Storm Johanna Rayl 29The River Patti Tana 30Purple is the Color of the Longing David Steinberg 32Tango'd Love J. B. Bernstein 34"With You I Begin..." David Steinberg 35She Teaches Him to Reach Out Martha Elizabeth 37I Have Touched Patti Tana 38Desire Connemara Wadsworth 40First Night Julia H. Ackerman 42Remembering Stephen J. Lyons 43Passionate PleasuresPoem for R. Kim Ly Bui-Burton 47Snow Climbers Steve Wiesinger 48Transformation Adria Klinger 49"I Like My Body When It is With Your..." E. E. Cummings 51Late Afternoon Molly Fisk 52"Half-Sleeping..." JaneHirshfield 53Moonburn Laura H. Kennedy 54Morning Love Song Marge Piercy 55"Fortunately the Skins..." Judy Grahn 56Marvelous Beast Patti Tana 58Untitled I Laura H. Kennedy 59Lovers' Duet Wendy Lee 60Learning to Laugh Allison Joseph 62Aubade Kate C. Richardson 65"Good God, what a Night that Was..." Petronius Arbiter 67The Morning After Johari M. Rashad 68Love Poem E. K. Caldwell 69An Aubade Timothy Steele 70Alone in Your House Kim Addonizio 72Woman Bathing Raymond Carver 74Last Gods Galway Kinnell 75The Image Was of Me Flowing Through You David Steinberg 77Look at Me Kim Ly Bui-Burton 78My God, Why Are You Crying? Molly Peacock 80Midnight Alison Kolodinsky 81Sex has a Way Wendy Lee 82Desire Kim Ports 83All Day at Work Deborah Abbott 84Giving Thanks Anne K. Smith 86Wanting You Terra Hunter 87Privacy Olga Broumas 89Varied DancesImplications of One Plus One Marge Piercy 93With Thanks to Eddie Shaw Janet Lowe 95Flight from the Marriage Bed Lisa M. Carbone 96Her Back to Me Ed Stever 97The Purr Molly Peacock 98Music Natasha Josefowitz 99Wet Bodies Franz Douskey 101In Bed This Morning Teresa Blagg 103Touching You Under Water Stephen J. Lyons 104"Drunk as Drunk on Turpentine..." Pablo Neruda 105Loving Along Western Rivers Stephen J. Lyons 106Complicated Shadows Stephen Corey 108The Music Like Water Jane Hirshfield 109My Love is Like a Lily Kim Ly Bui-Burton 110Lullaby Molly Peacock 112The Blossom Thomas R. Smith 113New Mother Sharon Olds 115Milkflowers Robert Wrigley 116Balance James Harris 117After Making Love We Hear Footsteps Galway Kinnell 118Anniversary Gary Metras 119Descant Jane Mayes 120Dog Days and Delta Nights Franz Douskey 121It Arrives Suddenly and Carries Us Off as Usual Marge Piercy 123The Thief Dorianne Laux 125Dolce Kennette Wilkes 127No Patti Tana 129"Slowly, Slowly..." David Steinberg 130Thunder Storm George Keithley 131Little Invitation in a Hushed Voice Tess Gallagker 132Deeper IntimaciesThe Mystery Sara Teasdale 135To Drink Jane Hirshfield 136Red River Molly Fisk 137The Return Molly Peacock 139Keys Barbara J. Garshman 140A Need for Armor Eileen Stratidakis 141"He Kneels on the Rumpled Bed..." Gail Morse 142Waking up Twice James Clark Anderson 143The Surge Molly Peacock 145The Pleasure of Feeling Inside Your Body Rochelle Lynn Holt 146Sea Inside the Sea Tess Gallagher 148Palms June Sylvester 150Pleasure Allison Joseph 152Far In Rachel Loden 154Envoi: Waking After Snow David Baker 155Old Moon With Her Youth in Her Arms Gale Swiontkowski 156Dead Still Andrei Voznesensky 157You Touch Me Andrena Zawinski 159Manon Reassures Her Lover Martha Elizabeth 161You Bring Me Back Patti Tana 162Encounter Rick Fournier 163Bedside Clive Matson 164The Knowing Sharon Olds 166Graceful TransformationsWatering the New Lawn Michael S. Smith 171Married Love Kuan Tao-Sheng 172Praise Anne K. Smith 173Foreplay Natasha Josefowitz 174Orchestration Jane Mayes 175The very Floor of Our Existence June Billings Safford 176Your Body Glistens from the Bath Charles Rossiter 178Middle Age Arlene L. Mandell 179And This is So Joseph H. Ball 180Of Gravity & Angels Jane Hirshfield 181We Take the New Young Couple Out to Dinner Carol Tufts 182Springtime at Twilight Michael S. Smith 184Twin Flames James Broughton 185Our Love Jo Nelson 186Place Setting Johari M. Rashad 187Adagio at Twilight John Carter 188Nostalgia Charles Rossiter 189Decade Amy Lowell 190Return C. P. Cavafy 191Vanishing Point Gary Metras 192Acknowledgments 193Permission Acknowledgments 197About the Editor 205
