Queer Art and Poetry

[Chrissi]

I have to ask, what makes a lot of these pictures more "artistic" than porn? A lot of them are the exact kind of thing that's brought up repeatedly in the media as softcore porn.

Funny, even USSC Justice Potter Stewart could not differentiate between art and porn....other than "you know it when you see it." (Jacobellis v. Ohio)

The pictures are beautiful, Esperanza, thank you. The human body is a beautiful thing. It is a shame that so many cultures feel the need to keep it covered.

 

[angelkitty7888]

Moonlight At My Heels

Feelings course through me
Constantly hidden
Nothing tangible but always here
A wild adventurous light
Sparkling for all eternity
A thirst for freedom
Desires for life
Memories of the moonlight at my heels

Hair falling from confinement
As I escape
Freedom guiding my path
Running through the streets
Past the torrid fires
The solemn sky scrapers
Joy from moonlight at my heels

Returning to the world
The life I live
A shell of what truly is
Back to that gilded cage
A cage of morals
Of society
Moonlight gone from my heels

Back to reality
A subdued life
Willing to wait for now
For the next amazing night
My tresses caught once more
As I tread back
Longing again for the moonlight at my heels




Hope you like!

 

[Esperanza_Hidalgo]

Funny, even USSC Justice Potter Stewart could not differentiate between art and porn....other than "you know it when you see it." (Jacobellis v. Ohio)

The pictures are beautiful, Esperanza, thank you. The human body is a beautiful thing. It is a shame that so many cultures feel the need to keep it covered.

I'm humbled to post such wonderful work. I wanted to bring art and poetry to a place where I thought others might appreciate it. The work thrills me so.

As far as art and porn, I do believe it's up to the viewer. I find the line crossed when the work becomes blatantly sexual as opposed to subtle and beautiful. But even I cross some lines, look at the pictures, they are about as sexual as one can get. It's a judgment call, and I'll never be too critical. The acts of intercourse, cunnilingus, Anallise and etc are beautiful things in the correct context, and can be artful.

Moonlight At My Heels
By:Colleen O’Connor

Feelings course through me
Constantly hidden
Nothing tangible but always here
A wild adventurous light
Sparkling for all eternity
A thirst for freedom
Desires for life
Memories of the moonlight at my heels

Hair falling from confinement
As I escape
Freedom guiding my path
Running through the streets
Past the torrid fires
The solemn sky scrapers
Joy from moonlight at my heels

Returning to the world
The life I live
A shell of what truly is
Back to that gilded cage
A cage of morals
Of society
Moonlight gone from my heels

Back to reality
A subdued life
Willing to wait for now
For the next amazing night
My tresses caught once more
As I tread back
Longing again for the moonlight at my heels




Hope you like!

I think it's wonderful. It's an explosion into freedom thrust down to earth. An entire story in a few stanzas. Please post as you wish dearest.

Espie

 

[Esperanza_Hidalgo]

Sapphos Sister

This poetess is a frequent contributor to Literotica poetry. I've read much of her work and find it fantastic. She speaks in a modern voice using simple language to nail home a point. This is one sample of her work. I'll post more as time goes on. Give her a look and vote here. You'll be impressed. I love this girl from across the pond and try to mimic her work, but alas, I haven't the talent. So I simply revel in the art that is her. You'll find this piece here at Literotica if you feel compelled to leave her a comment or give her a vote. I encourage all of you to read the poetry at lit if you get the chance. I ask before I post the author's poetry from this site. I know they'd appreciate a look.

A Lonely Girl
by Sapphos Sister©

So what's a lonely girl to do
when love comes knocking at her door?
I cannot get enough of you.

And though I doubt your love is true
it only makes me want you more,
so what's a lonely girl to do?

When making love I've learned anew
precisely what my body's for -
I cannot get enough of you.

Everything but pleasing you
in every sense is just a chore,
so what's a lonely girl to do?

Now all the things you like to do
are all the things I most adore -
I cannot get enough of you.

You ask if I've a girlfriend who
would like to play 'un jeu d'amour',
so what's a lonely girl to do?

It's only as you watch us screw
I see that I've become your whore
But I can't get enough of you,
So what's alonely girl to do?
What's a lonely girl to do?

 

[Esperanza_Hidalgo]

Sapphos Sister

This is a hetero piece she wrote and it received an E. It's gorgeous. You can give it a look and vote here.

A Naming of Parts
by Sapphos Sister©

Stroking her – there –
more pleasingly than she can ever remember,
he enquires, all mock-innocence:
'And what do you call it ...
this treasure?'

He might as well
have pressed
a panic button ...

Ransacking her mind,
like a passenger
fumbling for a lost ticket,
she seeks a word suitable
for this moment ...
for their mood ...
for his opinion of her.

Vagina? Too clinical:
after all, they are not biologists.
Pussy? Too twee
for the lover she longs him to be.
Vulva? No, no,
who uses a word like that?
What of those other terms
she remembers from
her adolescence?
Too coarse: what will
he think of her?

But then ....
'Cunt,' she murmurs
and somehow –
by lengthening the vowel,
by softening its consonants –
she strips the word
of all its guttural crudity
and it sounds
musical...
beautiful ...
magical.
'Cunt,' he whispers
admiringly
and his fingertips
glide over and into her.
Yes, she thinks,
when his lips sing the word:
it sounds as good
as it feels.

Curling her fingers
around him
(in the way she has learned he loves),
feeling his blood
pulsing against her palm,
she asks, wide-eyed,
wistful and grinning:
'But what do you call it ...
this ... this work of art?'

'What do you
want to call it?'
he counters, and his
eyes never leave her.

He might as well
have pressed
a panic button ....

 

[Esperanza_Hidalgo]

Penis Heads From Hell

Sorry guys, but it made me chuckle and scared at the same time.

Kerie L. Campbell is here

Her words
I do art because I have to. Art is a huge part of who I am. It is often my only way to reach parts of me that I buried long ago, and that rarely and reluctantly respond to my attempts at communication. Of course, there are times when I neglect my work, usually when I am depressed. I am beginning to see that the longer I go without making an artistic statement, the deeper my depression becomes. If I neglect my art, I neglect myself.

Art is the only form of meditation that I practice. I find that the light trance I enter is invigorating. The only time I am completely present, and at the same time comfortable and happy with myself, is when I am creating.

Since I tested positive for HIV my work has become less haphazard and more disciplined. My output has increased. Not knowing how much time I have and with the threat of death brought to my attention on a daily basis, frees me to work as I wish.

http://www.queer-arts.org/archive/9809/dwawa/Images/Artists_works/Full_size/campbell_7B.jpg

 

[haurni]

This has long been a favourite of mine.

"Night Shift" by girltripped

The artist isn't gay/lez AFAIK but I love the photo.

 

[Esperanza_Hidalgo]

This has long been a favourite of mine.

"Night Shift" by girltripped

The artist is not lesbian AFAIK but I love the photo.

I just went to her account and saw this photo. It is smashing. I left her a comment. You must look folks. Thanks haurni. I suppose I am limiting possible pieces due to sexuality, seems good poetry and art is just that, good poetry and art.

 

[SexyLatina19]

I just went to her account and saw this photo. It is smashing. I left her a comment. You must look folks. Thanks haurni. I suppose I am limiting possible pieces due to sexuality, seems good poetry and art is just that, good poetry and art.

Her photos are really great. I definitely enjoyed them.

 

[SexyLatina19]

Chris Lopez Painting

http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/the-mirror-chris-lopez.jpg

I really liked this painting and thought i'd share it.

 

[haurni]

I just went to her account and saw this photo. It is smashing. I left her a comment. You must look folks. Thanks haurni. I suppose I am limiting possible pieces due to sexuality, seems good poetry and art is just that, good poetry and art.

The fact that the kiss is imminent but not actually occurring to me makes it erotic by suggesting what will happen. I think the mind also registers unconsciously, before actually seeing it, where that other hand is (you did see that, didn't you? ).

I believe the photos are done by a husband and wife team, and I think the wife is one of the models in this image (so presumably the photographer is the husband). They may be totally straight or they may be otherwise, but I don't see that this in any way detracts from the incredible sensuality of the picture.

 

[Esperanza_Hidalgo]

http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/the-mirror-chris-lopez.jpg

I really liked this painting and thought i'd share it.

Thank you Jellybean. You add so much to my life and this thread. I have some charcoals that I purchased from Getty of similar interest. I enjoy the simple colors. It leads much to the imagination to fill in the gaps. Bless you my sweet Cubana.

The fact that the kiss is imminent but not actually occurring to me makes it erotic by suggesting what will happen. I think the mind also registers unconsciously, before actually seeing it, where that other hand is (you did see that, didn't you? ).

I believe the photos are done by a husband and wife team, and I think the wife is one of the models in this image (so presumably the photographer is the husband). They may be totally straight or they may be otherwise, but I don't see that this in any way detracts from the incredible sensuality of the picture.

I agree, the act almost being committed is erotic. You know the photograph of M. Monroe when her skirt is blown in the air (I'll find it and post it later today)? We have it framed in our living room, and I can stare at it for hours. It's what's not shown that arouses curiosity.

 

[Gi_Venus]

The fact that the kiss is imminent but not actually occurring to me makes it erotic by suggesting what will happen. I think the mind also registers unconsciously, before actually seeing it, where that other hand is (you did see that, didn't you? ).

I believe the photos are done by a husband and wife team, and I think the wife is one of the models in this image (so presumably the photographer is the husband). They may be totally straight or they may be otherwise, but I don't see that this in any way detracts from the incredible sensuality of the picture.

thanks haurni, I made her a fav as well.

 

[SexyLatina19]

Thank you Jellybean. You add so much to my life and this thread. I have some charcoals that I purchased from Getty of similar interest. I enjoy the simple colors. It leads much to the imagination to fill in the gaps. Bless you my sweet Cubana.

You add a lot to my life too mamacita so i guess we're even.

I very much prefer simple drawings (mostly charcoal) and black and white photography. There is beauty in simplicity i think.

 

[SexyLatina19]

Photo by Randy Sprout

http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/1-bum-in-jack-creek-randy-sprout.jpg

 

[SexyLatina19]

Drawing by Randy Sprout

http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/maria-on-animal-sheets-randy-sprout.jpg

 

[Esperanza_Hidalgo]

http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/1-bum-in-jack-creek-randy-sprout.jpg

That's sexual without being over the top. For some reason the way she has her hands on her bum does it for me. Hey Jellybean, you know I love bums. Is that why you picked it? Hmmmm?

 

[Esperanza_Hidalgo]

http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/maria-on-animal-sheets-randy-sprout.jpg

My eyes were immediately drawn to the bush, then to the smile. It looks as if she's having some nice thoughts, oh bean of my heart.

 

[Esperanza_Hidalgo]

Porn or Art By Sappos Sister

Sapphos Sister sent this to me in an email. I thought it cool. I think it's her work.

You say it's porn
I call it art
you look with scorn
I with my heart ......

DAMN--sorry about the name up there sister!

 

[Esperanza_Hidalgo]

By Vrose

Voyeur Haiga
by vrosej10©

I enjoy her simplicity of color.

Vote here

 

[Esperanza_Hidalgo]

Tahiti Pehrson 111 Minna Gallery

http://www.111minnagallery.com/wp-content/gallery/tahiti_pehrson/tahiti_pehrson_entombment.jpg

Stuff is here

 

[Esperanza_Hidalgo]

Leslie Lohman

http://www.tomoffinlandfoundation.org/foundation/Events/images_2008/ev_2008_06_28_LeslieLohman.jpg

This is Lover by Rebecca Bradley, 2006 at a the Leslie/Lohman foundation

 

[Esperanza_Hidalgo]

Sorry!

Had to show it

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/uimages/ny/5-1queerbatman.jpg

I do not know the artist, found on Bing images

 

[Esperanza_Hidalgo]

A Bing Image

http://www.queeried.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/lesbian-art.jpg

 

[SexyLatina19]

That's sexual without being over the top. For some reason the way she has her hands on her bum does it for me. Hey Jellybean, you know I love bums. Is that why you picked it? Hmmmm?

Why of course it is. Everything i do, i do with you in mind.