Inserting 'deviance' into the thread title was an afterthought that came to me immediately on the heels of not giving much forethought to all that transpired beneath it. However as no placebo thread was erected, we can only speculate on how much more prurient interest this misnomer drew. My thinking is maybe gobs more. Poetry had little to do with it either. It was more a quirky behavioral observation on poetry forum commentary relating to posted poems with sexual content.
Lance lays bare one of my own suspicions:
"I see the decline of reserve connected closely to the rise of free verse."
The free verse credo of 'letting it all hang out' without formal inhibition or stricture can easily devolve into gratuitous over-exposure. Whereas form prohibits certain trespasses and thus retains a reticent element.
Roger said the whole thing funnier and in fewer words too, always a bonus:
"It's pre-emptive, Norman. The author of a sexually explicit poem often accuses negative critics of being prudes, so the critic needs to establish his or her credentials for ribaldry in order to have standing to say the poem is horrible."
Rose offers a far more developed and compelling read here:
http://shitcreek.auszine.com/issue12...nd-perversion/
The best fun comes from discussing sex in a manner that has one appearing to be dragged kicking and screaming towards it. Horrible poetry with explicit sexual content offers a gargantuan playing field upon which sexual teeth can be pulled with all the pain of a good feign.
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