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: : : : : 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' : : : <font color=ddoooo>Wasn't it Voltaire that said, 'I may disagree with what you say : : : but will fight to the death your right to say it' : : : I'm afraid this stretches it to the limit for me. </font color=ddoooo> : : Stretching, limitations. Perhaps the author of the most banned poem is leaping too far. But let's enjoy one who leaps off any point. Low or high. It's the leaping, and the dangers he embraced. : : I am tempted to upload Sharon Old's description of The Pope's Penis here--- : : The Pope's Penis : : It hangs deep in his robes, a delicate : : clapper at the center of a bell. : : It moves when he moves, a ghostly fish in a : : halo of silver seaweed, the hair : : swaying in the dark and the heat - and at night, : : while his eyes sleep, it stands up : : in praise of God. : : ----- Sharon Olds : : It's good to have someone like the author(s) heterosexual or not--- who go tumbling over the edge. And land on their feet, singing. : : Perhaps takes us by surprise. Or drags us with him or her. Good for him or her. And even better for those who like the shaking up. The landing, the cracking of one's skull on the tender words. : : The poem isn't available anymore at that link. Does anyone know how to get it?

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