Index: The Sexual Life of Reginald M.

Reginald Harris

Addiction to:
Rush of novelty and meaning...
Sudden illuminating flame...

Bridge formed between:
Anonymity and restraint...
Commingling austerities...
Privacy and exposure...
The vestal and the bawd...

Collection of parts...

Fascination:
With provocation...
Virtuosity...

Geography of rapture, the...

Intent not to leave anything out...

Isolated bursts:
Curiosity and witness...
Decadence
Intrigue...

Keenness for:
Enjoyment...
Pleasure...
Sensation...
Sport...

Liberation from:
Dark well of first moves...
Excesses and confusion...
Initial ecstasies...

Lust and wonderment, rapport between...

Moments without barriers...

Prayers:
Vernacular...
Voracious...
Routine...

Seasoned adventures, more...

Silhouettes seized in passing...

Unmasking reticent confraternity...

Without:
Hesitation...
Regret...

Reginald Harris' 10 Tongues: Poems was a finalist for the 2003 Lambda Literary Award and the ForeWord Book of the Year. Head of Tech Support for the Systems Department of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, he has received Individual Artist Awards for both poetry and fiction from the Maryland State Arts Council. His work has appeared in numerous venues, including Black Issues Book Review, Gargoyle, Poetry Midwest, Sou'wester, Black Silk, Bum Rush the Page, and Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, he lives with his partner in the Waverly neighborhood of Baltimore.

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