Thinking about Emotional Intimacy

[alee_grrl]

So over at poetree we are planning our next community themed week. This is a week where individuals or groups can host a single day rather than a whole week. A theme is selected to group the posts around, and the post can range over a huge variety of topics within the theme. For example our last community themed week was a Celebration of Dr. Seuss's Poetry.

Our next themed week is Emotional Intimacy. It is a very broad topic and we are hoping to have as many posts focused on non-sexual intimacies as well as sexual intimacies.

There are a couple of things that come to mind when I think of this topic. One is how poetry as a medium is a particularly useful/powerful tool for creating intimate space. Another fun one would be to write a poem about friendship or familial intimacies and explore the topic that way.

There are so many ways to talk about emotional intimacy and trust. What are things that come to your mind when you think about this topic?

Comments

[untonuggan]

Personally, I think a lot about sexual assault, and repairing the breach in emotional intimacy and trust through poetry.