Great Britain's Most Banned Poem

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Posted by Ernest Slyman on November 08, 1996 at 17:41:29:
From cust27.max19.new-york.ny.ms.uu.net

Censorship in Britain

This poem by James Kirkup has been
banned by the courts from publication in
Britain

(On the grounds of blasphemy, so please don't read
it if that's likely to upset you.

James Kirkup poem 'The Love That Dares To Speak Its Name'

As they took him from the cross
I, the centurion, took him in my arms-

(The balance of the poem can be found at the site that follows)



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