Portal:Erotic poetry

Properly speaking all love poetry is erotic poetry; in fact the greatness of poetry and literature is its eroticism, for they are most true then to life, which is largely erotic. —The Erotic Motive in Literature, 1919 by Albert Mordell


 * Why do you Trifle, circa 1610
 * The Willing Mistress, by Aphra Behn
 * The Disappointment, by Aphra Behn
 * Madam be covered, why stand you bare?, 1650
 * The Night Her Blackest Sable Wore, 1682
 * The Old Woman's Wish, circa 1684
 * The Best Place for a Village, poem
 * As I Travers'd To and Fro
 * The Bride's First Night
 * To Chuse a Friend, 1719
 * Nine Inch Will Please a Lady, by Robert Burns
 * When I Drew Up Her Shift, by Richard Francis Burton
 * God Save Queen Cunt, 1880 parody of God Save the Queen
 * The Wedding Night, submission to The Pearl
 * Into the Bargain, submission to The Pearl
 * The Spell of the Rod, submission to The Pearl
 * Up the Chimney, submission to The Pearl
 * Erotic limericks, submission to The Pearl
 * Live and Learn, submission to The Pearl
 * The Captain's Song, submission to The Pearl
 * The Mate's Song, submission to The Pearl
 * A Maiden's Wish, submission to The Pearl
 * A Taste for Foreigners, submission to The Pearl
 * How lovely did Venus at first seem to be, submission to The Pearl
 * The Novice, submission to The Pearl
 * There's a Thing That Bears a Well-known Name, 1880
 * Ironic Poem About Prostitution, by George Orwell
 * Vai Tchodjouklareum, 1919
 * Lesbia, by Robert Ervin Howard