This is the female form,
A divine nimbus exhales from it head to foot,
It attracts with fierce undeniable attraction,
I am drawn by its breath as if I were no more than a helpless
vapor, all falls aside but myself and it,
Books, art, religion, time, the visible and solid earth, and what
was expected of heaven or fear’d of hell, are now consumed,
Mad filaments, ungovernable shoots play out of it, the response
likewise ungovernable,
Hair, bosom, hips, bend of legs, negligent falling hands all
diffused, mine too diffused,
Ebb stung by the flow and the flow stung by the ebb, love-flesh
swelling and deliciously aching,
Limitless limpid jets of love hot and enormous, quivering jelly of
love, white-blow and delirious juice,
Bridegroom night of love working surely and softly into the
prostrate dawn,
Undulating into the willing and yielding day,
Lost in the cleave of the clasping and sweet-flesh’d day.
-Walt Whitman



thank you sexy friday.
And this is why I vote for KSK everyday as blog of the year.
Angel Lola Luv made my pants go PEW PEW PEW.
“i sing the booty electric”
tremendous!
That is the biggest butt I’ve seen…ever.
Can a gay poet write non-gay poetry? Why no, no he can’t.
DAMN!
Bridegroom night of love working surely and softly into the prostrate dawn
For a second, I thought that that said prostate, and sexy friday almost made me feel gay.
I clicked the Web site
My heart raced, visions of girls
Sports comedy too
If you’ve read Walt’s poems about nursing the soldiers in the Civil War you might question just how much he loved the female form.
Angel is definitely a pick for the female form.
You see kids, it turns out that poetry is not only one of the highest forms of human expression, it can also totally give you a boner! Don’t you wish you paid more attention to that nerdy English professor now? You know, the one in the tweed jacket with the elbow patches.
Oh yeah, Walt makes my panties wet every time.
Honestly, I didn’t even see there was a poem there.
By her comments on the last two posts, I wonder in what kind of mood FMRA happens to be right now.
SHAM-WOW.
Damn!
Roses are red
Pickles are green
I like your legs
And what’s in between
I have on good authority that Rocco also finds the novels of Susan Sontag to be self-indulgent, overrated crap.
plus if youre going to make fun of poetry, youre not supposed to say it sucks, youre supposed to call it totally gay
/Misses Matt Ryan explained….
/misses fictional cheerleader bios
CC v. Jay Mohr poetry slam?
[Riding up the North exit of the Dupont Metro]
“What’s that poem they’re carving?”
“Whitman, great, cause I don’t feel gay enough saying I’m getting off at dupont every day.”
@Otto
To be fair I doubt romance is very high on the list of qualities cheerleaders look for in a guy.
All Rocco’s favorite poems feature a boy from Nantucket.
I was thinking Andrew Dice Clay, but, yeah, that’ll do.
Hard to believe a romantic like Rocco wound up divorced.
@Katni: where can I get a copy? It’s not on Rodale’s website… out of print?
really though, I’m wondering if CC found hisself a lady-friend or something, ’cause this is much less angry than usual. Where are all the “fuck the fucking Chargers and that cum-shitter laserface” jokes?
Poetry? Really? Is it time to vote on the “Most Pretentious KSKer” again?
Quick, somebody tell a dick joke! Fast!
@Kiddicus: You can only read Rodale’s Dick Joke Compendium with Bonus Dead Hooker Disposal Tips so many times, you know.
All Rocco’s favorite poems feature a boy from Nantucket.
Oh, and bravo for avoiding obvious and un-Friday photos of Susan Sarandon.
@FMRA: I consider it romantic if there’s an actual bed involved, instead of, say, a coffee table or bus stop.
@Katni: or Dr. Seuss.
never, in a million years, would I have expected to see Walt Whitman quoted on KSK
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT CAPTAIN CAVEMAN IS LITERATE? AND HAS APPRECIATION FOR CLASSIC LITERATURE?
And yes, CC, Rocco’s ex-wife’s face looks like Ozymandias’ statue – vast and lifeless.
@Rocco: Maybe you should start with something a little more your speed. Like Shel Silverstein.
Yeah, poetry blows. I fucking hate when people try to make sex seem like it’s supposed to be beautiful, intimate, romantic, or anything other than one person reaming another out.
Leda and the Swan on KSK is uncharted waters.
+many for that comeback CC.
A sudden blow: the great wings beating still
Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed
By his dark webs, her nape caught in his bill,
He holds her helpless breast upon his breast.
How can those terrified vague fingers push
The feathered glory from her loosening thighs?
How can anybody, laid in that white rush,
But feel the strange heart beating where it lies?
A shudder in the loins, engenders there
The broken wall, the burning roof and tower
And Agamemnon dead.
Being so caught up,
So mastered by the brute blood of the air,
Did she put on his knowledge with his power
Before the indifferent beak could let her drop?
- Jerramy Stevens
Is there some kind of form I have to fill out or something if I want to make her ass my deity?
Poetry sucks.
So does your ex-wife’s face, Philistine.
/built-in put-down for anything Rocco ever says again, ever
Poetry sucks.
You’re a gentleman and a scholar.
Had no idea ol’ Walt was big into the yayo.
WALT WHITMAN?! GAHHHHH! DAMN YOU WALT WHITMAN!
Kerry Collins would like more cream in his coffee. In fact, just give me the cream.
Poetry sucks.
Oh, and yes. Definitely yes.