In a volume which follows on from & complements the Everyman Pocket LOVE POEMS, we have assembled a wide range erotic verse from ancient India & China to present-day Britain. Though these are poems of the body, & bawdy verse is represented by such writers as Rochester, the volume is in no sense pornographic. The emphasis is on the tender, sensuous, witty & passionate aspects of erotic poetry. The poems follow a loose narrative sequence in which all aspects of erotic love are represented.