response 1:
These poems are gruesome. Coming from a world of hate and despair, where life has no meaning, the cynical mind will attempt to look at reality and further tear it apart.
"Tell me what you know about dismemberment."
It's a sick title for a "poem". I don't mean just disgusting either, I mean mentally unstable. I should know, I've had relatives in the psych ward, and in prison for such depravities. Mental breakdowns, attempted manslaughter- just because something destroys does not mean experiencing it will enrich the human experience, the human experience can also be poisoned.
response 2:
For not being about love, these poems certainly are sensual. Cole Swenson, from "Noon":
"let me touch your lip...
...the impossible mouth or curve
within a curve what the body does
so certainly know, please"
There is a marked contrast from "love poetry" and "non-love poetry", but I don't think people really understand what love is. They reject love, which is hard, and replace it with lust, which is empty. And so they are bitter, and resolve to hate and lust and despair. Learn love instead.
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