A collection of poems exploring love in its many forms, from rapture and urgency to heartache and disillusion.
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A collection of poems exploring love in its many forms, from rapture and urgency to heartache and disillusion.
Of Love and Desire is a rich collection of love poems from Louis de Bernières, written over a lifetime, and capturing its many forms – from rapture, infatuation, urgency, to sorrow, heartache and disillusion. Poetry was de Bernières’ first and greatest literary love, a passion evident in the musicality and emotion of his poems, which are full of stories and the truth of lived experience. This, his second collection, bears the mark of many influences, from the classical Persian poets, to Neruda, ...
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Poems center on romantic and sexual desire, infatuation, urgency, and heartbreak across many forms.
No violence or gore depicted.
Mild language may appear in isolated poems; not a dominant feature.
No substance use depicted.
Love poems address varied relationships; specific LGBTQ+ identities not detailed.
Classical and Persian poetic influences include occasional devotional imagery.
No magic or witchcraft present.
No occult or demonological content present.
No political or ideological messaging present.
Themes of sorrow and heartache appear but without self-harm or suicide depictions.
Poems address emotional suffering, disillusion, and heartache as central motifs.
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