Kris: |
In many parts of the world, people still do not have the freedom to express their own viewpoints. |
Miok: |
Yeah. Lots of writers are being marginalized and censored. |
Chris: |
. . . at one time I believed that cyberspace offered a promise of freedom, now I'm less sure. |
Tim: |
What little I know of history suggests that this issue has been going on for thousands of years. It seems like a perennial conflict. |
 I wanted to gently stroke my love's  And write poems about his beautiful But the clergy couldn't permit this to be And even a few literary critics agreed So my writing was What is the sense in being incensed About a few mere centimeters Of simple flesh? Though some prefer to white-wash what doesn't fit into convenient non-existence writers feel  inggggg fervently know such things speak vividly that sensuality sho uld not B marginalized, snuf fed out, err labeled an X-rated th ing - it'za whule weigh ta em brace the wirld & breathe . . . |
Hear the author read this poem.
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