Charles Bukowski
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I'm a fan, yet I can't usually can't stand anyone else who is haha.0
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One of my favorite's.....Im all grown up now with kids and hardly anytime to read,.....but I always make dinner reservations under the name Henry Chinaski!!!0
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elvistheking44 wrote:One of my favorite's.....Im all grown up now with kids and hardly anytime to read,.....but I always make dinner reservations under the name Henry Chinaski!!!
I was sat next to a Mr. Hornby in a pub/restaurant once. I always wondered if it was Nick Hornby? :eek: The pictures I saw looked similar.0 -
wavescamecrashing wrote:sounds like that guy likes books on a very superficial level to me.
I started with a collection of short stories. and never looked back. He is hilarious, heart breaking and gritty, in the most beautiful way.
One of my fave Bukowski Poems, esp if you think he is a misogynist, think again.
<< prev. poem Poems by Charles Bukowski: 36 / 136 next poem >>
For Jane: With All the Love I Had, Which Was Not Enough:
I pick up the skirt,
I pick up the sparkling beads
in black,
this thing that moved once
around flesh,
and I call God a liar,
I say anything that moved
like that
or knew
my name
could never die
in the common verity of dying,
and I pick
up her lovely
dress,
all her loveliness gone,
and I speak to all the gods,
Jewish gods, Christ-gods,
chips of blinking things,
idols, pills, bread,
fathoms, risks,
knowledgeable surrender,
rats in the gravy of two gone quite mad
without a chance,
hummingbird knowledge, hummingbird chance,
I lean upon this,
I lean on all of this
and I know
her dress upon my arm
but
they will not
give her back to me.
Charles Bukowski
wow i adore this! i was never offended by the content of his stories.. i just didnt much care for the stream of conciousness, tell you everything that has happened sort of story. but his books are the kind that i reflect on and love more and more..0 -
NuclearTreeFrog wrote:Don't know his stuff but I'm a fan of the Modest Mouse song.
Woke up this morning and it seemed to me,
that every night turns out to be
A little more like Bukowski.
And yeah, I know he's a pretty good read.
But God who'd wanna be?
God who'd wanna be such an asshole?
God who'd wanna be?
God who'd wanna be such an asshole?
Well we sat on the edge of the river,
the crowd screamed, "Sacrifice the liver!"
If God takes life, he's an Indian giver.
So tell me now why, you'll tell me never.
Who would wanna be?
Who would wanna be such a control freak?
Well who would wanna be?
Who would wanna be such a control freak?
Well see what you wanna see. You should see it all.
Well take what you want from me. You deserve it all.
Nine times out of ten our hearts just get dissolved.
Well I want a better place or just a better way to fall.
But one time out of ten, everything is perfect for us all.
Well I want a better place or just a better way to fall.
Here we go!
If God controls the land and disease,
keeps a watchful eye on me,
If he's really so damn mighty,
my problem is I can't see,
well who would wanna be?
Who would wanna be such a control freak?
Well who would wanna be?
Who would wanna be such a control freak?
Evil home stereo, what good songs do you know?
Evil me, oh yeah I know, what good curves can you throw?
Well all that icing and all that cake,
I can't make it to your wedding, but I'm sure I'll be at your wake.
You were talk, talk, talk, talkin' in circles that day,
when you get to the point make sure that I'm still awake, OK?
Went to bed and didn't see
why every day turns out to be
a little bit more like Bukowski.
And yeah, I know he's a pretty good read.
But God who'd wanna be?
God who'd wanna be such an asshole?
this is a great song!0 -
Read all of Bukowski in my 20's.Liked his short stories and poetry best.Havn't read his stuff for years.I loaned most of my collection to someone I thought was a friend,he buggered off with them and I never got them back.Only replaced a few from what was a full collection.“There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”0
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ouch, they would be on my 'i'll pop u off if i have three months to live' list.
Elmer, I didnt mean you, I meant the Lock Stock guy! I always start books and leave them, i'm like a magpie..0 -
I read a lot of his stuff in the 90s...it was cool to live a decadent lifestyle surreptitiously thru him!
I could never see myself living at a flophouse hotel in downtown L.A., but I enjoyed reading about it!
He spent a lot of time at the L.A. area racetracks...would been cool to see him there!0 -
you can't really live in Southern California without reading Bukowski...unless of course you are Bukowski-esque. in which case reading about it would be redundant.
in other words. I love Poetry, and Poets, and crumbly people.
and therefore I love Bukowski.
lots. :cool:IF YOU WANT A PLATE OF MY BEEF SWELLINGTON, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THE COVERCHARGE.0 -
failedpersephone wrote:you can't really live in Southern California without reading Bukowski...unless of course you are Bukowski-esque. in which case reading about it would be redundant.
in other words. I love Poetry, and Poets, and crumbly people.
and therefore I love Bukowski.
lots. :cool:
have you ever read Jim Carroll?
He is like the NYC version!0 -
JOEJOEJOE wrote:have you ever read Jim Carroll?
He is like the NYC version!
also I think I read a poem of his in an anthology that I had, but I don't remember the title.
maybe it's that he was the NYC version but I didn't feel it in my bones.
I don't know what else he has...
can you recommend??IF YOU WANT A PLATE OF MY BEEF SWELLINGTON, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THE COVERCHARGE.0 -
Jeremy1012 wrote:Bukowski's definitely kind of like that. I would normally say that the idea of a book being for men is silly but for writer's like him and Hemingway, they really are full of macho posturing and I can imagine women, and definitely some men (me for one) who aren't like that, being a bit alienated by them.
nothing of value...nothing like Bukowski at all...sorry...I just really really hate Hemingway.IF YOU WANT A PLATE OF MY BEEF SWELLINGTON, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THE COVERCHARGE.0 -
failedpersephone wrote:basketball diaries
also I think I read a poem of his in an anthology that I had, but I don't remember the title.
maybe it's that he was the NYC version but I didn't feel it in my bones.
I don't know what else he has...
can you recommend??
Basketballl diaries is his best...I read it when I was 15 and discovering the underbelly of society so it has special meaning!0 -
If you're a crazy fan like I am then check out this movie/documentary.
You can rent it from Netflix if you're a member.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0342150/the Minions0 -
roll the dice
if you’re going to try,
go all the way.
otherwise, don’t even start.
if you’re going to try,
go all the way.
this could mean losing girlfriends,
wives, relatives, jobs and
maybe your mind.
go all the way.
it could mean not eating for 3 or 4 days.
it could mean freezing on a
park bench.
it could mean jail,
it could mean derision,
mockery,isolation.
isolation is the gift,
all the others are a test of your
endurance,
of how much you really want to
do it.
and you’ll do it
despite rejection and the worst odds
and it will be better than
anything else
you can imagine.
if you’re going to try,
go all the way.
there is no other feeling like that.
you will be alone with the gods
and the nights will flame with
fire.
do it, do it, do it.
do it.
all the way
all the way.
you will ride life straight to
perfect laughter,
its the only good fight
there is.Jam out with your clam out.0 -
thought this thread was about Carl Brutananadilewski, maybe ill start one.0
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Count me as one of the fans.y la banda de Guille... cuando toca?0
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Bump0
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ALONE WITH EVERYBODY
the flesh covers the bone
and they put a mind
in there and
sometimes a soul,
and the women break
vases against the walls
and the men drink too
much
and nobody finds the
one
but keep
looking
crawling in and out
of beds.
flesh covers
the bone and the
flesh searches
for more than
flesh.
there's no chance
at all:
we are all trapped
by a singular
fate.
nobody ever finds
the one.
the city dumps fill
the junkyards fill
the madhouses fill
the hospitals fill
the graveyards fill
nothing else
fills.
Charles Bukowski0 -
big fan
did you like either of the movies based on him? i liked Factotum better than Bar Flydon't compete; coexist
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'0
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