Event: WWU Erotic Poetry Night

You are invited to Erotic Poetry Night

April 16th 7-9 p.m.

@ The Underground Coffeehouse, WWU, Bellingham, WA

What is Erotic Poetry Night?  The Associated Students Sexual Awareness Center on the campus of Western Washington University hosts this popular event.  Basically, it is a poetry reading laced with “safe sex” PSA’s.  I had the opportunity to share some poems at the event about two years ago and it was standing room only, with students hovering in the hallways listening to every syllable.  If you want an attentive audience, then work your way onto this stage!

Why I’m going this year:  a few weeks ago I was at an afternoon party and a guy who looked like he may be in his 50’s stated, “Kids these days just don’t have sex. Not like WE had back then.  AIDS scares them into staying virgins.”  Say what? It’s important to point out that this person also has two daughters in college.

As parents, we can  keep our heads in the sand or realize that WHEN our children do have sex, perhaps during their first time away from home, places like the Sexual Awareness Center “empowers students to make safe and informed choices about sexuality and sexual health by providing a safe space for all students”

I’m excited to be back.  Below is one of the poems I’ll be sharing.  Come on down and support the effort—but get there early if you want a seat.

To learn more: http://as.wwu.edu/sac/

Discovery

He touched me
He touched me
The way
I wanted him to
The way
I wished he would
He read my mind
And he touched me

His fingers moved along the ridges
Of my galaxy in search of the ignition:

old crate of dynamite
hidden in the shed
sweats with glycerin
delicate to movement
so my love is for you

drop that box! start a bang!
kick start a star to life

use all fingers to read
me as a mystery novel
written in Braille
every bump, knob and dip
a conjunction closer to knowing
the riddle of Eve

you are a book
that must be read.
you are a question
that must be answered

-SPL

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