Ophelia's Muse Poetry & Song
~ 2002 ~
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Edited by Jamie Joy Gatto

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A Collection of Erotic Tragedies 

Sex Noir by Jamie Joy Gatto

"Gatto's tales range from sexy to harrowing, from tragic to optimistic, and from hardcore to sugary sweet-- sometimes all within the same story." ~ AVN

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Faustine
by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) 
(fragment)
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Bright heavy brows well gathered up;
White gloss and sheen;
Carved lips that make my lips a cup
To drink, Faustine,

Wine and rank poison, milk and blood, 
Being mixed therein
Since first the devil threw dice with God
For you, Faustine....

As if your fed sarcophagus
Spared flesh and skin, 
You come back face to face with us, 
The same Faustine.

She loved the games men played with death, 
Where death must win;
As though the slain man's blood and breath
Revived Faustine.
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Read Poetry & Song:
Spring-Summer 2002

* Faisant L'Amour Dans L'Esprit
   Prose Poetry by Daniel Michel Antil

* A Dream Begins  by Tania Cage

* Senseless Triumph and Poetry
   by Sharon Rothenfluch Cooper

* Twenty-Two Kilometers West of Athens
   by Alison Daniel

* Four Fettered and Liasion Hilton
   by AnneMarie Eldon

* Desiderata  Lyrics by Jamie Joy Gatto

* Life's Lesson  by Lynne den Hartog

* Paranoia Radio and Hand  by Kurt Lee

* Dance of the Red Shoes  by PJ Nights

* Queen of the Mosquitoes and Poetry
   by Shaela Montague-Philips

* The Big Easy   by Matt Rosas

* Candlelit Nights   by Judith Rose


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