Mutsuo

��n the name of / Man, member, / and the holy fluid, / Amen,��begins Mutsuo Takahashi�� epic one-thousand-line erotic fantasy poem, ��de,��the centerpiece of his groundbreaking collection of queer poetry, Poems of a Penisist. Takahashi�� work, reminiscent of Walt Whitman��, is a celebration of the male body, treating homosexual desire as something sacred. Stunningly beautiful and passionate, Poems of a Penisist is one of the most important compilations of homoerotic poetry written in the twentieth century.