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The Erotic Spirit

An Anthology of Poems of Sensuality, Love, and Longing

An Anthology of Poems of Sensuality, Love, and Longing

Edited by Sam Hamill

Edited by Sam Hamill

By Sam Hamill

By Sam Hamill

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Category: Poetry

Category: Poetry

Paperback $24.95

Mar 30, 1999 | ISBN 9781570622342

Ebook $16.99

Mar 30, 1999 | ISBN 9780834823976

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    About The Erotic Spirit

    This extraordinary collection of poems—covering thirty centuries of poetry from around the world—celebrates the erotic spirit in all its forms, from the passion of sexual desire to the intense longing for spiritual union. Beginning with anonymous Egyptian love songs from the fifteenth century BCE and continuing up to today’s finest poets, the book draws on a broad range of cultural and spiritual traditions, including ancient Greek and Roman erotic poems, ecstatic Sufi songs, Chinese elegies for lost lovers, and bawdy English satires. Many of the poems are presented here in new translations by the editor, Sam Hamill, one of America’s premier poet translators.

    About The Erotic Spirit

    This extraordinary collection of poems—covering thirty centuries of poetry from around the world—celebrates the erotic spirit in all its forms, from the passion of sexual desire to the intense longing for spiritual union. Beginning with anonymous Egyptian love songs from the fifteenth century BCE and continuing up to today’s finest poets, the book draws on a broad range of cultural and spiritual traditions, including ancient Greek and Roman erotic poems, ecstatic Sufi songs, Chinese elegies for lost lovers, and bawdy English satires. Many of the poems are presented here in new translations by the editor, Sam Hamill, one of America’s premier poet translators.

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    About Sam Hamill

    Sam Hamill is the author of more than thirty books of poetry, essays, and translations from the classical Chinese and Japanese, ancient Greek, Latin, and other languages. He has been a recipient of fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the… More about Sam Hamill

    About Sam Hamill

    Sam Hamill is the author of more than thirty books of poetry, essays, and translations from the classical Chinese and Japanese, ancient Greek, Latin, and other languages. He has been a recipient of fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the… More about Sam Hamill

    Product Details

    Category: Poetry

    Paperback | $24.95
    Published by Shambhala
    Mar 30, 1999 | 224 Pages | 5 x 7-1/4 | ISBN 9781570622342

    Category: Poetry

    Ebook | $16.99
    Published by Shambhala
    Mar 30, 1999 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9780834823976

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    Praise

    "Hamill, poet and translator, has created a ravishing anthology of poetry celebrating the spiritual aspect of eros, the longing not only to merge one’s body with another, but to join souls."—Booklist

    "From the swift grip and succor of today’s Dorianne Laux to the flowers-in-a-shell plums of ancient Tzu Yeh, these are voices echoing off the walls of a cave, becoming one voice, one song of eros. I’ve seen no better collection."—Lily Pond, editor of Yellow Silk: A Journal of the Erotic Arts

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