Kindle Edition Simonsays.com Amazon.com Category:  Women Publisher: Strebor / Simon & Schuster ISBN-10:  1593091125 Type: Fiction Pages: 305 Copyright: 2007 ISBN-13: 9781593091125 Price: $14.99 (eBook) About the Book Verbal Penetration Powerful, provocative, and raw, The Punany Poets take readers on an extraordinary erotic journey, melding poetry, short stories, and prose to explore the essence of human sexuality. About the Book Verbal Penetration Powerful, provocative, and raw, The Punany Poets take readers on an extraordinary erotic journey, melding poetry, short stories, and prose to explore the essence of Black male and female sexuality. The Punany Poets are pioneers of erotic entertainment, creating lush literary works that also encourage self-empowerment and safer sex. Punany Poets' founder Jessica Holter, whose urban classic Punany: The Hip Hop Psalms was featured on HBO's Real Sex, has adapted the Poets' compositions into a groundbreaking anthology created to rouse the senses and inspire the imagination. Vivid, compelling poems and prose pieces deal with every facet of modern love and lust, and blend tantalizing sensual imagery with an underlying message of urban-rooted AIDS awareness. Never preachy, always original, and guaranteed to stimulate the individual and the couple, Verbal Penetration is unique among poetry anthologies -- a riveting, multi-dimensional erotic experience with heart, soul, and message.    Excerpt Thick labels do not define me I am rich with this Swelling with promise Uncompromising and as strong as the thighs that guide my independence I am a diva Cloaked with possibility Empowered by my freedom to take pride in every part of me I am a warrior My heart is my shield and sword I am the light Breaking through the seams of night I am the lioness dogs find in the moon the stars highlight the coils of my mane I am a Goddess My skin has been kissed by the Son I am the Mother of Nurture The world is cradled in my hips I am thick with this GGB

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Wow! The Punany Poets, Verbal Penetration by Jessica Holter really took me by surprise. I remember seeing a segment of this on HBO's Real Sex and did not remember hearing about the roots of this erotic poetry, which involved coming to fruition as an educational as well as erotic tool to teach about AIDS awareness as a result of the death of rapper, Easy E; so I was really surprised while reading through this book.

Usually when I think Erotica--I am not thinking sex education.
The informational facts laced in between the erotic poetry and short stories is done in very tasteful fashion. I found myself taken on the highs of the erotic words that leapt from the pages--even reading them aloud at times, but then felt grounded again and given a reality check and a dose of reality on the pages that have the informational sexual health facts that are printed in bold. These words were typed in stark contrast from the poetry and story writing and it literally leapt off of the pages to grab my attention and definitely educated me. I say job well done.

I am really glad to have this as an addition to my library and highly recommend it to others. Sex education, in my opinion, is key and what a way to combine it with erotica. It gets kudos from me.

Reviewed by Coulee Eidos