Tag: bukowski
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July 12, 2008 03:43 AM EDT --
He was not one
For the big words
Or the grand gestures
Preferring instead
To keep it plain and simple
And connect with the mind and heart
Of the ordinary person
In the home or street. . . .
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May 21, 2008 04:15 AM EDT --
They say Bukowski
Boozed in this bar, picked
Poems from his brain
Like buckshot from a
Poacher's ass, but that
Picksow drinks here now,
And nothing comes his
Way but broken words
. . .
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July 15, 2008 01:04 PM EDT --
The Best of Everything's Opinions Are Righter Than Yours... and earlier, because this appeared there first. :
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Beginning in about 9th grade, I learned . . .
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January 07, 2006 10:00 PM EST --
I'm in need of a memorable trait.
Something to make me immortal.
Maybe I should become someone else;
maybe I should stop drinking alone.
I strive for superiority
but can't reach my lofty goal . . .
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December 30, 2007 09:44 PM EST --
For Yorgo D., dazzling young writer and Gather´s music critic of virtuosic talent, whose article today entitled Hollywood And The Primacy Of Dreams, which can be found at http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977215478, . . .
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June 04, 2007 07:30 PM EDT --
"Fante was my God" – Charles Bukowski
WHAT: Esotouric's John Fante's Bunker Hill with special guest Charles Bukowski
WHEN: Saturday June 16, 1-6pm
COST: $55, which includes . . .
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July 27, 2007 12:01 AM EDT --
Charles Bukowski
Never really paid attention
To who or were
or what you did
Just a name connected to a vague picture in my mind
Then . . .
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December 05, 2006 10:41 PM EST --
Give me your eyes, dear readers, I need sunshine. Five days have elapsed since my visage was last graced by rays of natural light. My complexion has faded from pallid to sallow, and I fear . . .
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February 23, 2007 05:18 PM EST --
This has been in my head all day. Enjoy!
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 . . .
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July 21, 2008 12:28 AM EDT --
The late Heath Ledger's performance in the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight , is something unique. A great big ball of contradictions it represents respective heights in economy of excess . . .
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August 16, 2006 09:14 AM EDT --
WEDNESDAY, 16 AUGUST, 2006
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Poem: "Girlfriends," by Charles Bukowski from Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line the Way. © Ecco. Reprinted . . .
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November 12, 2007 10:30 PM EST --
Because I hate it when the magic starts to wind down and come to an end.
Bless you all for the wonderful comments on my poem about how wonderful life is.
I started with only 3,350 pts when . . .
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October 05, 2005 02:46 PM EDT --
THURSDAY, 11 MARCH, 2004
Listen (RealAudio) | How to listen Poem: "Bob," by Charles Bukowski, from Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way (Ecco Press). Bob . . .
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August 18, 2006 09:30 AM EDT --
FRIDAY, 18 AUGUST, 2006
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Poem: "about competition" by Charles Bukowski from the Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line the Way. © Ecco. . . .
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May 26, 2008 02:39 AM EDT --
Too many wasps
can cost an afternoon.
The lake: lapis colored
and harrowed with waves.
Mud daubers and yellow
jackets know the earth.
It will cost us
to . . .
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August 14, 2008 05:41 PM EDT --
Poetry will never die. It’s a deep expression of the heart of humanity. As mentioned in a previous post, I’m a poet. Not long ago, I decided to give my poetry away . Not because it doesn’t . . .
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October 06, 2005 11:03 AM EDT --
SATURDAY, 20 MARCH, 2004
Listen (RealAudio) | How to listen Poem: "startled into life like fire," by Charles Bukowski, from Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame (Black Sparrow Press). . . .
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