- Non-Erotic Poetry
- The House of the Tragic Poet
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Click hereOn the Via di Nola, February 14
Cave canem, the threshold read.
A modest villa in Pompeii,
All living there that day are dead.
The house, preserved from time's decay
And heat of pyroclastic flow—
A modest villa in Pompeii,
Whose Poet knew love long ago,
Inspired by Lupercalia,
Love hot as pyroclastic flow.
But did he write erotica?
Whip lover with a goatskin thong
Inspired by Lupercalia,
So she'd be fertile, children strong?
(That festival, now Valentine's,
Struck women with thin goatskin thongs.)
Such different loves in different times:
All living there that day are dead,
The festival's now Valentine's.
Cave canem, the threshold read.
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- COMMENTS
Maria2394about 15 years agoMy Latin teacher would have loved this. She had an erotic side which was cool for such an old lady.
I loved the story, and the thought made me sort of sad. enjoyed your poem, ~m
