What is "romantic love " In recent Western culture, romantic love has been equated with monogamous love, and it is presumed... More > that any poet famous as Romantic poet must have written exclusively about MONOGAMOUS romantic love. But this has not always been so. As recently as a century and a half ago, the term "Romantic Love" referred to a something far more free and spontaneous than contemporary monogamous love and sexuality. The poets of ancient Rome, India and the European Middle Ages often championed forms of love modern people would call polyamory, swinging, free love, open relationships, or consensual nonmonogamy. This is a collection of poetry with a nonmonogamous theme. < Less

This is a collection of poetry with a polyamorous theme - dealing with polyamory, open relationships, free love, responsible... More > non-monogamy. This poetry, "scripture" and visionary literature has been drawn from numerous cultures and various times in history. Some of it was written as long ago as 3000 years, some of it was written as recently as last year. < Less

What is Valentine's day? Where did it come from? If ever there was a holiday celebrating the virtues of monogamous romantic... More > love, it's Valentine's day. But look just below the surface - examine the ancient poetry, art and "sacred literature" related to Valentine's Day, and you see it was originally about celebrating a kind of love that was far freer, more spontaneous and more expansive than monogamy. < Less

What if a quick and simply "cure" for jealousy, possessiveness and greed existed? What if somebody found out? How much of... More > what our society considers "normal" presupposes unnaturally high levels of jealousy and possessiveness? Our religions preach that possessiveness and jealousy are bad things, and seek to eliminate them. What would happen if the succeeded? < Less

Most of us have heard the famous song, The Twelve Days of Christmas, and pondered the meaning of the strange gifts given by... More > the "True Love" to his beloved on each successive day. Do the gifts have a symbolic meaning? If so, what is it? Here, for the first time, the origin and meaning of this mysterious song is revealed. < Less

Most of us have heard the famous song, The Twelve Days of Christmas, and pondered the meaning of the strange gifts given by... More > the "True Love" to his beloved on each successive day. Do the gifts have a symbolic meaning? If so, what is it? Here, for the first time, the origin and meaning of this mysterious song is revealed. < Less

What is Valentine's day? Where did it come from? If ever there was a holiday celebrating the virtues of monogamous romantic... More > love, it's Valentine's day. But look just below the surface - examine the ancient poetry, art and "sacred literature" related to Valentine's Day, and you see it was originally about celebrating a kind of love that was far freer, more spontaneous and more expansive than monogamy. < Less

What is "romantic love?" In recent Western culture, romantic love has been equated with monogamous love, and it is presumed... More > that any poet famous as Romantic poet must have written exclusively about MONOGAMOUS romantic love. But this has not always been so. As recently as a century and a half ago, the term "Romantic Love" referred to a something far more free and spontaneous than contemporary monogamous love and sexuality. The poets of ancient Rome, India and the European Middle Ages often championed forms of love modern people would call polyamory, swinging, free love, open relationships, or consensual nonmonogamy. This is a collection of poetry with a nonmonogamous theme. < Less