Erotic or Non-Erotic

[LadynStFreknBed]

Where is the line?
If a poem is about love, mentioning but not focused on kisses, passion, and touch, with no mention of sex..
hmmm.. I would consider it non-erotic.
What say you?

 

[sophieloves]

i would say that if the piece arouses me either mentally or physically in a sexual way then it would be an erotic piece - for me. the same work might fail to move another person in this fashion, and so they'd think of it as non-erotic. subjectivity raises it's many eyed head again

 

[MungoParkIII]

I think

it is not about what is mentioned, but what is implied. Though not about love, I posted this one in erotic poetry:

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[sophieloves]

it is not about what is mentioned, but what is implied. Though not about love, I posted this one in erotic poetry:

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oh, that's beautifully erotic. it's packed with sensuality that strokes the mind's virtual nerve-endings. definitely erotica.

 

[FifthFlower]

it is not about what is mentioned, but what is implied. Though not about love, I posted this one in erotic poetry:

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I didn't find it erotic, but I don't find a lot of what I read under the "erotic" category here actually erotic.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

it is not about what is mentioned, but what is implied. Though not about love, I posted this one in erotic poetry:

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I'm with Sophie, the words you use sound erotic. I think some readers want the poem to paint an erotic image while others see it in the sounds.

 

[FifthFlower]

Our Emperor's Low-Hanging Fruit

Our fine Emperor wears fancy clothes.
That's a fact, that most everyone knows.
When he bends, stretching down to fat toes,
Letting farts, those aren't balls that he shows.

 

[LadynStFreknBed]

Thank you for the suggestions on determining what constitutes an erotic poem. I submitted it as Non-Erotic. If they decide it should go into the Erotic category instead, it wouldn't matter to me. I just wanted to try to get it right for them.

 

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[Angeline]

I think a poem can be erotic without the mention of sex and I have a several poems that are like that.

For your question on your example, I'd say it was non-erotic, however, if the idea lead to sex, even if it's not explicitly mentioned then I'd say it was erotic.

I tend to agree that some of the best erotic poems I've read are subtle; they're erotic by implication and suggestion. Preference in sexual or other matters is subjective: what I find erotic, you may not and vice versa.

And thus I never worry about whether to categorize poems here as erotic or non-erotic. Most of them seem miscategorized to me, anyway.