Ebook: The erotic spirit: an anthology of poems of sensuality, love, and longing

Thisextraordinary collection of poems—covering thirty centuries of poetry fromaround the world—celebrates the erotic spirit in all its forms, from thepassion of sexual desire to the intense longing for spiritual union. Beginningwith anonymous Egyptian love songs from the fifteenth century BCE andcontinuing up to today's finest poets, the book draws on a broad range ofcultural and spiritual traditions, including ancient Greek and Roman eroticpoems, ecstatic Sufi songs, Chinese elegies for lost lovers, and bawdy Englishsatires. Many of the poems are presented here in new translations by theeditor, Sam Hamill, one of America's premier poet translators.