Mad Windows

[Pogue Mahone]

This is a weird one that is in the database, but I'm not sure most folks know about it. In 1969, probably before "The Days Run Away..." where it was also published, the Lit Press of Notre Dam University published a hard cover (and soft cover) book called "Mad Windows". The title comes from Buk's poem, "These Mad Windows That Taste Life And Cut Me If I Go Through Them".

 

[zobraks]

Looks like he always had that strange impulse to hurl himself through glass plates (who hadn't? :rollfool:):

I stand before the glass doors which
lead to the yard.
as always, I have this gentle urge to
throw myself through
them.

(No Dice, Open All Night)

P.S. I bet "gentle" was inserted later by you know who.
No, not the one from Boston, the other one with the same name.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Part of the reason I posted it it was for Danny Mac because of the third floor reference.

 

[BUKFAN78]

If it's not the radio with guts going through the plate glass, it's a Buk with guts wanting to go through it.

 

[Johannes]

Such a strong poem. I am amazed everytime.

It kicks major ass, especially the ending.

 

[BUKFAN78]

Definitely an amazing poem, and yes, the ending is absolutely killer!