Buk's last poem
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reasonknot
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buk pomes
last one sent to william packard, or john martin?
maybe last bottle of wine may be easier.
last one sent to william packard, or john martin?
maybe last bottle of wine may be easier.
The Last
According to John Martin (in a segment of the film Born Into This) his last poem was the poem referred to as "my first fax poem".
Elsewhere on the forum, bospress.net tells us that it was
There's a thread about it somewhere, but I can't locate it at the moment.
According to John Martin (in a segment of the film Born Into This) his last poem was the poem referred to as "my first fax poem".
Elsewhere on the forum, bospress.net tells us that it was
There's a thread about it somewhere, but I can't locate it at the moment.
the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
in late '89 buk contributed some poems to the beatscene mag here in england. the last poem they recieved arrived on march 9, the day he died. no doubt the poem, "so now?" has been postumously published in book form, but i don't know where.
the poem ends,
Oh, I was once young,
Oh, I was once unbelievably
young!
the poem ends,
Oh, I was once young,
Oh, I was once unbelievably
young!
cirerita
Founding member
one of my faves ever!
the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
me, too, cirerita. good to hear it.
HenryChinaski
Founding member
so then "my first fax poem" is supposedly his last?
kinda sad
kinda sad
bospress.net
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HI,
The poem itself is very sad. Clearly, he kn ew that the end was VERY near...
Bill
The poem itself is very sad. Clearly, he kn ew that the end was VERY near...
Bill
bospress.net
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Hi Jimmy Snerp,
Great question, and one that I have not been able to figure out. I suppost that it could be either. Sometimes that is what makes great writing, I think. It could be taken either way, and I think that it fits the poem if it is taken as either "smitten". Kinda like the bible can be read different ways depending on your viewpoint, maybe this can too. What do the rest of you think?
BIll
Great question, and one that I have not been able to figure out. I suppost that it could be either. Sometimes that is what makes great writing, I think. It could be taken either way, and I think that it fits the poem if it is taken as either "smitten". Kinda like the bible can be read different ways depending on your viewpoint, maybe this can too. What do the rest of you think?
BIll
bospress.net
www.bospress.net
Hi Hannah,
My First Fax Poem is in a thread here somewhere. I typed it directly from my copy. Not sure about the other one...
Bill
My First Fax Poem is in a thread here somewhere. I typed it directly from my copy. Not sure about the other one...
Bill
the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
so now?
the words have come and gone,
I sit ill.
the phone rings, the cats sleep.
Linda vacuums.
I am waiting to live,
waiting to die.
I wish I could ring in some bravery.
it's a lousy fix
but the tree outside doesn't know:
I watch it moving with the wind
in the late afternoon sun.
there's nothing to declare here,
just a waiting.
each faces it alone.
Oh, I was once young,
Oh, I was once unbelievably
young!
the words have come and gone,
I sit ill.
the phone rings, the cats sleep.
Linda vacuums.
I am waiting to live,
waiting to die.
I wish I could ring in some bravery.
it's a lousy fix
but the tree outside doesn't know:
I watch it moving with the wind
in the late afternoon sun.
there's nothing to declare here,
just a waiting.
each faces it alone.
Oh, I was once young,
Oh, I was once unbelievably
young!
the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
thought it deserved the line breaks...
this poem and the poem, the laughing heart, unleash the bluebird...
this poem and the poem, the laughing heart, unleash the bluebird...
the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
it was actually one poem, "the laughing heart." when i said "unleash the bluebird," i meant i find those two b. poems emotionally charged. if you read the poem "the bluebird" from the last night of the earth collection (maybe you already have), you'll understand...
the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
"the laughing heart" is from the collection, betting on the muse. linda b. read it on the docu the ordinary madness. i wonder if poems were intentionally withheld for postumous publication because they showed a side to b. that wldn't have squared with the image. might make for a good forum??
Go ahead. Date, type, vineyard, aged?
Rekrab
Usually wrong.
Wow..."#1" gave me chills. I like that title better than "My first fax poem." Cleaner, more direct, more cryptic -- yet clear as a bell. It ought to be in a collection. Both poems should be. Thanks for typing that out for us, Bill. God, I love this Forum. Where else will you find this shit? Where, indeed!