“In the name of / Man, member, / and the holy fluid, / Amen,” begins Mutsuo Takahashi’s epic one-thousand-line erotic fantasy poem, “Ode,” the centerpiece of his groundbreaking collection of queer poetry, Poems of a Penisist. Takahashi’s work, reminiscent of Walt Whitman’s, is a celebration of the male body, treating homosexual desire as something sacred. Stunningly beautiful and passionate, Poems of a Penisist is one of the most important compilations of homoerotic poetry written in the twentieth century.
| notes: | Introduction by Burton Watson. |
| subjects: | Erotic poetry |
| genre: | Poetry |
| ISBN: | 9780914090076 9780914090083 |
| OCLC number: | 1932299 |
| publisher: | Chicago Review Press, 1975; University of Minnesota Press, 2012 |
| publication place: | Chicago; Minneapolis |
| english publication date: | 1975 |
| document type: | Book |
| description: | xv, 108 p. : ill. ; 22cm. |