CENSORED - Some thoughts about literary censorship I wanted to gently stroke my love's CENSORED & write poems about his beautiful CENSORED But the clergy couldn't permit this to be & many literary critics agreed So my writing was CENSORED What is the sense in being incensed About a small stretch Of simple flesh? Though some prefer whitewashing what doesn't fit neatly into their schemes others know such things s peak vividly & that sensuality sho uld not B marginalized, snuf fed out, err labeled X-rated kuz it'za whule weigh ta em brace the wirld & breathe . . . Cantara: In many parts of the world, people still do not have the freedom to express their own viewpoints. Miok: Yeah. Lots of writers are being marginalized and censored. Chris: . . . at one time I believed that cyberspace offered a promise of freedom, but now I'm less sure. Tim: What little I know of history suggests that this issue has been going on for thousands of years. Is it not a perennial conflict? ===================================================================================== from Heart Scenes: Emotional Landscapes via Art, Poetry, & Prose by T Newfields Summary: An excised eulogy to a former lover and affirmation of sensuality. Keywords: press freedoms, social marginalization, social censorship, freedom of expression Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?) Begun: 1993 in Shizuoka, Japan ☆ Finished: 2018 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/HeartScenes/commercial.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/HeartScenes/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/HeartScenes/lame.htm TRANSLATIONS: Español https://www.tnewfields.info/es/cen.htm Deutsch https://www.tnewfields.info/de/zen.htm Français https://www.tnewfields.info/fr/cen.htm Nihongo https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/kenetsu.htm