tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998901375162827260.post581435424286106497..comments2024-03-26T13:14:16.760+00:00Comments on teifidancer: CHARLES BUKOWSKI -The Captain is out to lunch and the sailors have taken over the ship. ( a brief extract)teifidancerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14476044378212084216noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998901375162827260.post-49926827970295273532009-12-07T12:54:55.682+00:002009-12-07T12:54:55.682+00:00''some people never go crazy.what truly ho...''some people never go crazy.what truly horrible lives they must lead'' is one of my fav buk lines... really makes being a total fuck up less hard work.<br />big hugs to you both.xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998901375162827260.post-31347460559581443652009-12-07T11:01:23.858+00:002009-12-07T11:01:23.858+00:00exactly , was going to stay in bed today and curse...exactly , was going to stay in bed today and curse mediocricity, had books to read instead, I can win the battle later, cheers heddwch, <br />appreciate comments x x[teifidancerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476044378212084216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998901375162827260.post-30715526248354622442009-12-06T19:55:11.708+00:002009-12-06T19:55:11.708+00:00If I may be so bold, I'd like to add one of my...If I may be so bold, I'd like to add one of my fave Buk poems.<br />From the superb collection 'Burning in Water Drowning in Flame'.<br /><br /><br />some people<br /><br />some people never go crazy.<br />me, sometimes I'll lie down behind the couch<br />for 3 or 4 days.<br />they'll find me there.<br />it's Cherub, they'll say, and<br />they pour wine down my throat<br />rub my chest<br />sprinkle me with oils.<br /><br />then, I'll rise with a roar,<br />rant, rage - <br />curse them and the universe<br />as I send them scattering over the <br />lawn.<br />I'll feel much better,<br />sit down to toast and eggs,<br />hum a little tune,<br />suddemly become as loveable as a <br />pink<br />overfed whale.<br /><br />some people never go crazy.<br />what truly horrible lives<br />they must lead.<br /><br /><br />Good that, ain't it.<br />Some poems really can save your life you know.<br />royroy rockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13212786349720823951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998901375162827260.post-21294124035715824772009-12-06T16:15:53.985+00:002009-12-06T16:15:53.985+00:00once again,a cool post mate.
buk is/was a huge inf...once again,a cool post mate.<br />buk is/was a huge influence... <br />i prefer his shorter prose & the stuff he wrote for open city,later published as "Notes of A Dirty Old Man" totally cracked me up when i first read it.his poetry i also love,although i always felt he could have done with a decent editor at BSP, some of the later volumes are canny uneven. <br />laters xx<br />http://devotionalhooligan-sniffingkeyholes.blogspot.com/2009/10/charles-bukowski-loner.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com