Long before I became ‘rich and famous’
I just sat round drinking wine and staring at the walls.
Charles Bukowski
Drunk Poets
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Specks and Fragments 
Everyone seems to really love him (almost as much as Leonard Cohen!). Guess I need to buy one of his books. Well done.
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Bukowski became sort of a spokesperson for the disenchanted and disgruntled…he unabashedly pulls back the curtain on those who would like to present the world as all gumdrops and rainbows. I don’t know, however, if one could say a steady diet of Bukowski is a healthy choice.
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Interesting. Thanks for that comment. I’ll be aware of that as I look at some more of his poems.
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one of the biographical factoids of Bukowski is that as a teenager he had about as severe attack of acne that one can have, leaving his face permanently scarred…his sentiments about his fellow humans is in some good part fueled by experiencing their less than empathetic nature when it came to issues of beauty and ugliness.
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No, it isn’t. Even one morsel is too much for me. 😉
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He’s definitely not everyone’s cup of tea. 😉
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I have a great respect for language, in particularly for poetry. I just don’t approve of abusive usage, e. g. the f-word etc. Acne in one’s youth is no excuse, ur, excuth. Foul is foul and fair is fair. Other alcoholics were great writers – even without cussing.
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foul is foul, but for many that describes much of the reality that surrounds them, and so i think at the very least he resonates with many because his work reflects their experiences back to them, giving it more a “sense” of authenticity, as in one’s sensibility, meaning there is no right answer, just personal resonance or lack thereof.
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So lovely – gorgeous. Thanks.
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thank you 🙂
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WP would post my comment. It was about how I liked your poem. Let’s see if this works.
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seems to be working…thanks 🙂
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🙂
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*wouldn’t
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Like this? http://wp.me/p54Xnj-b6
Or this: https://dridenourfreelancewriter.wordpress.com/2016/10/08/magnetic-poetry-saturdays-challenge/
Sorry – still learning. Was smoking pot behind the school the day they taught ping-backs.
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For some reason all your comments were shuttled off to the spam bin.
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Someone else told me I’d gone to spam.I think I’d copied the link wrong? Idk, I’ll check it out. Thanks for the heads up.
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the system is definitely finicky.
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The answer is in the stars
https://rivrvlogr.wordpress.com/2016/10/08/night-lights/
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I only discovered Bukowski as more than a name and a black and white photo this year. I read him in bursts but I love his stuff. May have to do a little channeling, bust out the Ouija board or sumpin’.
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or the tarot cards…
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Well, Bukowski didn’t come through. But it was very much a seance.
http://wordsandfeathers.com/2016/10/08/stars-and-smoke-20161008/
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I like “did shots of shadow and mist”. I think this sort of writing poetry makes the words stand on their own.
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in actuality “did shots of shadow and mist was the first phrase i put together and said to myself, “that stays” and the rest of it came from ensuring that the original phrase somehow worked with it. 🙂
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