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Love of Machinery

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Frank

I’m currently reading David Levy’s Love and Sex with Robots, a book that gets mentioned frequently in recent discussions about sexbots. The book spends a lot of time examining how and why we fall in love, and though I don’t … Continue reading →

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Machinery of Love

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Frank

Is it possible to love a machine? I don’t mean sexually or romantically – we’ll come back to that later. I have for many years (over sixteen) had a love affair of sorts with Apple computers. My first was a … Continue reading →

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Romantic Love

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Frank

“Why do people prioritise romantic love,” I often see aromantic people ask, “as if all other forms of love are inferior?” As if romantic love were ever a plain choice and not a sledgehammer of narcotics and stimulants triggered by … Continue reading →

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Love Spells and Immunity

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Frank

My last post was prompted by a new novelette by Madeline Kelly, Olympic Hearts: a tale of two goddesses, which is a romance between Aphrodite and Artemis. (I have only read the beginning and this is not a review.) I … Continue reading →

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Aphrodite’s Loves

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Frank

How could I not love Hephaestus? The singular passion of his love for me is a light that can never be extinguished. Even the goddess of love has need to be loved, and my husband’s divine heart is a wellspring … Continue reading →

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How do I love thee?

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Frank

How do I love thee? Like a baffled nerd Alone in my bed, uncaring, undressed All without ever leaving my nest Like a newborn chirping hungry bird This question you ask is really absurd I’ve always imagined it simply a … Continue reading →

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Do not speak to me of love

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Frank

A poem for yesterday… Do not speak to me of love Your wild passion and jealous rage Are mere limerence and obsession Not fate ordained by God above But a play put on the marriage stage Called “Power and Possession”

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One lover gone

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Frank

I wake to find one lover gone he works hard day and night the other’s sleeping by my side a most disheveled sight I kiss her gently on the cheek I’ve work to do as well Though fast asleep she … Continue reading →

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on the ramparts of beauty – dreams of bland perfection

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Frank

Helen & Iphigenia Aphrodite won for romance defies logic when goddesses war once I saw Helen on the ramparts of beauty besieged on all sides Helen was pretext it was lust for gold that killed Iphigenia to a hero wed … Continue reading →

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Weeping rose oil

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Frank

I love the whistling of your steam I love your glass and golden gleam I hear you ticking in your sleep I smell your rose oil when you weep I laugh to see you try to dance I wish I … Continue reading →

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