Re: Charles Bukowski (Ping Harry Lime)

On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 4:15:13 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:

General-Zod wrote:

Will Dockery wrote:

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Charles Bukowski is an obvious influence on my poetry style.

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HTH and HAND.

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This section easily fulfills Penhead's request for your thoughts on Buk,
Doc:

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It probably goes without saying that Buk's one of my favorites, though
his name hasn't come up much lately (the last time was prbably when I
compared Chuck's "shock" style to Buk)... Dale Houstman gave me a very
memorable paperback book blurb quote when he wrote that I was "...a
better poet than Bukowski..." or something similar.

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Anyhow, I don't have the book handy and no time to Google (a few hours
of sailboat repair await today) but "Boarding House Madrigals" is the
poetry book of Buk's I'd name as a favorite out of the dozens out
there, containing many favorites which were fun to read aloud when the
time came to wake up the audience. The one where Buk writes

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"...My old lady wouldn't let me sleep..." a few more lines "...so I
killed her."

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and the one where he wakes up from a drunken night and finds his
friend with his big toes in his old lady's... well, you can guess
where, or know the poem already... I might look these up later, if
they're online somewhere, and post them here... great stuff.

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Good afternoon, and, again, good find, Zod.

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Coole... coole....!