Obscenity

Poet
since we're
so far apart
I'd like you to

Write me

No!

Not like that

I mean stick your
dirty little pen

In

The ink-bottle of my being
and spread it all over
the page

Spill some ink
get your fingers dirty
don't clean it up

Write longhand and don't stop
swirls on the capitals

Please

Don't dot the i's
or cross the t's

Make the words colorful
but keep the sentences short

Cuss and swear

Invent your own grammar

Do it your way

Think of all the things
your English teacher
said 'Don't Do'

Then do them

Let my sweet black
liquid ecstasy flow

Be Romantic
do it old school

Think John Keats

Baudelaire

Blake

Emerson

Byron

And throw in a little
E.E. Cummings
to keep me
cumming

Get Erotic
lick my ink

Get Freaky
lick yours

Be a modern day
Marquis De Sade

Make my poem so obscene
a w***e would blush

And the world would cry
for me to be banned

Libricide

Even the dirtiest mind
would set a fire
to censor
ME

By Samantha Campbell

Reviews

[Sarah Deckard]

I like how you use writing terms in a unique and sensual way -- "Write longhand and don't stop swirls on the capitals," "Invent your own grammar," etc.. You mention the Marquis de Sade in the poem. That's very apt because it reminds me of how he was portrayed in the movie "Quills." He writes with ink and pen in the asylum and when they take those away, he is so driven to write that he uses his own blood on bedsheets to get out his feverish need to write. The speaker seems to be saying that is how she wants to be "romanced" in the poem--with all the intensity of a poet's drive to create art.

[Mark D]

I enjoyed this but mainly it made me laugh!! I hope that is a good thing for you!!?

"and throw in a little
E.E. Cummings
to keep me
cumming"

That cracked me up!

Thanks for sharing. I'm still smiling

[Demi Rose]

oh meowmers this was wonderful!

[eatmills]

I will tell you a curious story first. I remember in High School the librarian said the school board wanted to ban Leonard Cohen for being so risque. I said "No they shouldn't. Leonard writes about life are you trying to say life is dirty?"

Dirty is... (Naw, skip that I usually win.)

You're not dirty, just passionate. Loved the form and the metaphors you've created. Break all the rules. I do. Make my own words up all the time. Just like you've capitalized good ole e.e..

Just to let you know this poem has gotten way dirtier than when I started reading it.

Have to go find my ink well.

[SoulCrusader (Yas)]

Great beat to this one...excellent :D

[J.V. Stanley]

Enticing read! And my thoughts...well...lets just say that I share the same sentiments. Perhaps not so far as De Sade goes, personally-but have to admire the way he blatantly refused to censor himself. Emotion is emotion, and as poets we thrive upon what we feel and we tend to feed off each other-Inspiration breeds inspiration.

[AK]

Wow! It's great. It has an aura of great distinction. Great use of words. Wonderful write on a whole!

[Coyote Poetry]

You are amazing. You make writing exciting and give me reason to keep writing. I would add your book of poetry to my collection. Thank you for your lively and energetic poetry. A outstanding poem.
Coyote

[isasi]

Awesome poem. nice tempo.

[Jibey]

I like the idea... we find intenses pleasure in being taken into another's wildest desires... and made into a filthy mind f**k... like writing in cum

[Amila Jay]

Wild thoughts there! Amazing write:)