what do you think of this poem?
"Penis Envy"
Erica Jong
I envy men who can yearn
with infinite emptiness
toward the body of a woman,
hoping that the yearning
will make a child,
that the emptiness itself
will fertilize the darkness.
Women have no illusions about this,
being at once
houses, tunnels,
cups & cupbearers,
knowing emptiness as a temporary state
between two fullnesses,
& seeing no romance in it.
If I were a man
doomed to that infinite emptiness,
& having no choice in the matter,
I would, like the rest, no doubt,
find a woman
& christen her moonbelly,
madonna, gold-haired goddess
& make her the tent of my longing,
the silk parachute of my lust,
the blue-eyed icon of my sacred sexual itch,
the mother of my hunger.
But since I am a woman,
I must not only inspire the poem
but also type it,
not only conceive the child
but also bear it,
not only bear the child
but also bathe it,
not only bathe the child
but also feed it,
not only feed the child
but also carry it
everywhere, everywhere...
while men write poems
on the mysteries of motherhood.
I envy men who can yearn
with infinite emptiness.
I have been ingesting (not literally!) a lot of art lately. Unfortunately, almost none of this has been the kind of art that leads to me finishing my thesis or getting my homework done / application for graduation in on time. Nonetheless, I can tell that I am expanding my perception, so that when I come back to the bland work of college I should be able to have a fresh perspective and better insight. My two most thought provoking influences lately have been The Cardigans' "Lovefool" and Erica Jong's Loveroot, from which the above selection is from. There is also a cover of "Iron Man" on the Cardigans album I recently downloaded. I rccomend it highly. (Just the cover of "Iron Man." Beyond the upbeat "lovefool" and the quirky cover of "Iron Man," the album seems to fall flat. It really lacks any of the energy which these two tunes push out.)
Bought some port today, then found out that it is sissy-girl port for people who dont like port. This is why I always buy cheap nasty tasting alcohol, because at least then you are guarunteed that it hasnt been toned down for people who dont like the taste of the drink in the first place.
Erica Jong
I envy men who can yearn
with infinite emptiness
toward the body of a woman,
hoping that the yearning
will make a child,
that the emptiness itself
will fertilize the darkness.
Women have no illusions about this,
being at once
houses, tunnels,
cups & cupbearers,
knowing emptiness as a temporary state
between two fullnesses,
& seeing no romance in it.
If I were a man
doomed to that infinite emptiness,
& having no choice in the matter,
I would, like the rest, no doubt,
find a woman
& christen her moonbelly,
madonna, gold-haired goddess
& make her the tent of my longing,
the silk parachute of my lust,
the blue-eyed icon of my sacred sexual itch,
the mother of my hunger.
But since I am a woman,
I must not only inspire the poem
but also type it,
not only conceive the child
but also bear it,
not only bear the child
but also bathe it,
not only bathe the child
but also feed it,
not only feed the child
but also carry it
everywhere, everywhere...
while men write poems
on the mysteries of motherhood.
I envy men who can yearn
with infinite emptiness.
I have been ingesting (not literally!) a lot of art lately. Unfortunately, almost none of this has been the kind of art that leads to me finishing my thesis or getting my homework done / application for graduation in on time. Nonetheless, I can tell that I am expanding my perception, so that when I come back to the bland work of college I should be able to have a fresh perspective and better insight. My two most thought provoking influences lately have been The Cardigans' "Lovefool" and Erica Jong's Loveroot, from which the above selection is from. There is also a cover of "Iron Man" on the Cardigans album I recently downloaded. I rccomend it highly. (Just the cover of "Iron Man." Beyond the upbeat "lovefool" and the quirky cover of "Iron Man," the album seems to fall flat. It really lacks any of the energy which these two tunes push out.)
Bought some port today, then found out that it is sissy-girl port for people who dont like port. This is why I always buy cheap nasty tasting alcohol, because at least then you are guarunteed that it hasnt been toned down for people who dont like the taste of the drink in the first place.