Profanity Poem by Jeff Taylor

True, there’s nothing wrong with a word when used in its right context. When words are intended to hurt of defame its not the fault of the word but the manners of the speaker. Adeline

Have to agree with you fellas, it seems silly to care so much about curses when there are so many worse things going on in our world. I understand that some people don't approve of swearing, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. Also, I believe poetry belongs to the people, not the academic snobs who say Poetry is this, poetry is that, poetry is High Art. Pretentious to say the least. Also, before I posted my poem with a curse in it I did a search on the site and found poems with curses in them. I guess it's just a case of whatever the admins are feeling at the time, or some slipping through the craft. Oh well, guess I'll have to get creative with my cursing!

I've had a piece taken off from the site as well. It's frustrating. I've found that if you use! *? # or something of the like in place of the word they don't seem to take it down, or at least not as often.... It's silly to me. Sh*! Isn't really censored unless you spell it with 'it rather than '*! '.... Whatever. Your poem makes several good points. Curse words are just as much a part of our language as any other words. Often there is no better word one can use to convey a thought than a given curse word. It limits the language to not allow these, and therefore it limits the poet, and resultingly the readers as well. Check out Cutting Curtains by Pamela Sinicrope on the site. It's a great poem about censorship and how it robs people of their expression.