LickTheStar
Sad Flower in the Sand
Well that's a bit of a shame. Like... sight unseen, anything at all? I mean, he's getting up there and its not like he would be familiar with BoSP, but... man. That's a bit rough.
Bukowski - I saw a tramp last night
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Well that's a bit of a shame. Like... sight unseen, anything at all? I mean, he's getting up there and its not like he would be familiar with BoSP, but... man. That's a bit rough.
bospress.net
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Hi,
It was really nice of him to send me a nice handwritten letter (postcard). He said that he was too busy with projects that he was already committed. I completely understand, of course, plus he earns a living doing this, so it was a bit much for me to ask that he design a cover of a book for me as a favor.
Of course, he is from my neighborhood, here in Dover, but that only goes so far....
Bill
LickTheStar
Sad Flower in the Sand
Oh, a handwritten note is... quite a marvel these days. I don't think I write much of anything down anymore...
Good to hear that he's still going strong into his 60s though.
Good to hear that he's still going strong into his 60s though.
bospress.net
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Yes!
Rekrab
Usually wrong.
I can vouch for mjp ... every word is true. Bill got Bukowski to sign some of those potato sacks and a rare book dealer in Fresno has them hidden away and has been selling them quietly one at a time for $800 a bag. No one really knows what happened to the potatos but I hear Bill ate them all, raw, and got a hell of a bellyache from it.
just found out about this and wanted to say thanks to all the cool people who were so generous. hope i can chip in in the future on these types of offers.
Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
I could see Bukowski walking the path of the dog. The dog is good but tired.
mjp
Founding member
Uh, no. It makes it senseless. Not that it's great to begin with...
mjp
Founding member
You said "it's a surprisingly good poem," period. Well, not period, exactly, a winkie face came where I suppose the period should have been. You didn't qualify that with "pre-1958 published" poetry. As an overall statement, "it's a surprisingly good poem" is very much debatable.
What isn't debatable is that the poem makes sense if you replace the word "dog" with "Bukowski." It does not. Not in English anyway.
The way the old Bukowski walked
with clotted, tired fur
down nobody's alley
being nobody's Bukowski...
Huh?
Perhaps you meant something else. But I was responding to what you typed, not what you might have been thinking.
What isn't debatable is that the poem makes sense if you replace the word "dog" with "Bukowski." It does not. Not in English anyway.
The way the old Bukowski walked
with clotted, tired fur
down nobody's alley
being nobody's Bukowski...
Huh?
Perhaps you meant something else. But I was responding to what you typed, not what you might have been thinking.
cirerita
Founding member
Huh? indeed. Are we gonna read things literally now?
And "surprisingly" was actually "surprisingly." I thought that the italics plus the winkie face would convey what I was thinking. Apparently not. Anyway, I still believe it's a surprisingly good (early) poem. And Bukowski was the dog. Literally or not.
And "surprisingly" was actually "surprisingly." I thought that the italics plus the winkie face would convey what I was thinking. Apparently not. Anyway, I still believe it's a surprisingly good (early) poem. And Bukowski was the dog. Literally or not.
mjp
Founding member
I tired of your riddles long ago, my friend. I don't care to run your posts through some sort of Da Vinci code to decipher what you are really saying. If you are incapable of saying what you mean, you should expect to be misunderstood. Or ignored. I'll return to the latter now.
number6horse
okyoutwopixiesoutyougo
Reading this poem, I assumed that Buk was slyly "portraying" himself as a lost dog, but maybe that's a mistake on my part. But you have to admit that he used animal/imagery comparisons very effectively in "The History Of One Tough Motherfucker" and "Bluebird".
He liked critters better than people and I CAN'T BLAME HIM.
:)
He liked critters better than people and I CAN'T BLAME HIM.
:)
the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
i bet bukowski spent as much time on that poem as a single post in this thread.
apart from this one.
fingers crossed. that makes sense.
apart from this one.
fingers crossed. that makes sense.
cirerita
Founding member
First take, best take.
bospress.net
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Hi,
I was assured by the postmaster general that because Bukowski may have been a Post Office employee at the time that he wrote this, that they would do their best to not shred them in their machines and would try their best to deliver them fast.
It was either the postmaster general that said it, or I dreamed that it happened and it was just good luck....
Best,
Bill
I was assured by the postmaster general that because Bukowski may have been a Post Office employee at the time that he wrote this, that they would do their best to not shred them in their machines and would try their best to deliver them fast.
It was either the postmaster general that said it, or I dreamed that it happened and it was just good luck....
Best,
Bill
cant wait to get my copy.
thanks Bill!
thanks Bill!
Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
Thank you Bill. Beautiful!
Good day folks- i was wondering would you be able to send over to Ireland?
if so how much?
its a very nice poem...what did you say the year on it was?
if so how much?
its a very nice poem...what did you say the year on it was?
bospress.net
www.bospress.net
Please e-mail me your mailing address at bill@bospress.net and I'll send one out asap. The postage has been covered by some generous people on this forum.
It was published by Bottle of Smoke Press in 2009, but was written in 1956-7.
Bill
Bill,
I've sent you that email on now! thanks a million.
and to all the generous folks out there, thanks a million too.
really cool...
Koya.
I've sent you that email on now! thanks a million.
and to all the generous folks out there, thanks a million too.
really cool...
Koya.
Lolita Twist
Rose-hustler
Bill - does it have to be paypall or can I just mail ya a couple bucks?
Lexxi
Lexxi
here ya go...
1) Paypal me $1 to orders@bospress.net. That will cover postage and the painfully high fees that Paypal charges,
2) Send me a SASE and I'll throw a broadsides in it and return it.
3) Send me $.50 in the mail (or a couple stamps)
4) Send me an e-mail if you cannot pay postage. There is always one or two people who will send me $5 to cover others postage.
1) Paypal me $1 to orders@bospress.net. That will cover postage and the painfully high fees that Paypal charges,
2) Send me a SASE and I'll throw a broadsides in it and return it.
3) Send me $.50 in the mail (or a couple stamps)
4) Send me an e-mail if you cannot pay postage. There is always one or two people who will send me $5 to cover others postage.
bospress.net
www.bospress.net
Lexxi,
Just e-mail me your address. Enough people have already covered postage and I have a few buck left to send these out. I never intended to make money off of these, but cannot afford to spend a bunch of money to mail them out free, and many members Paypalled $5 to cover postage, so I'm cool sending out more without needing any more money.
Thanks,
Bill
Just e-mail me your address. Enough people have already covered postage and I have a few buck left to send these out. I never intended to make money off of these, but cannot afford to spend a bunch of money to mail them out free, and many members Paypalled $5 to cover postage, so I'm cool sending out more without needing any more money.
Thanks,
Bill
