and to my daughter, Eron Hamill
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The erotic spirit: an anthology of poems of sensuality, love, and longing / edited by Sam Hamill.
p. cm.
eISBN 978-0-8348-2397-6
ISBN 0-87773-957-9 (alk. paper)
ISBN 1-57062-234-5 (pbk.)
1. Erotic poetry. I. Hamill, Sam.
PN6110.E65E76 1995 |
95-15438 |
808.81 93538—dc20 |
CIP |