What are we looking for? - Honest erotica
I love writing erotic poetry. I remember writing one of my first erotic poems about watching myself masturbating in the reflection of a radiator, and how I didn’t ever question whether this was something I should be writing. When I write about the point of orgasm or oral sex or the bodily experience of arousal, there is a sense of calm and confidence about what I am writing. This is my experience, this is what I know, and ultimately, this is the moment when I feel at my most perfect. And I return to the end of this essay by Adrienne Rich from What is found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics: “A poem can’t free us from the struggle for existence, but it can uncover desires and appetites buried under the accumulating emergencies of our lives” (p12,13 ) I’m not claiming any political agenda by writing in this way, I want only to write about experiences we often bury in our lives. And what a beautiful feeling to write about. Love, Wendy x