What I Read About When I'm Not Feeling Good, Shore Review 14, 1975

[David]

 

[Rekrab]

I don't recall having ever seen a poem by Buk that's entirely quotes from found texts, as this seems to be. It works, although the references are so old a lot of it may be lost on younger readers.

 

[David]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. He played around alot with "found poems"--also with letters from fans which are sometimes difficult to determine if they are actual letters or partially fabricated....
Hey, we know who Eddie Albert, Burt Reynolds and Dinah Shore were, right!

 

[Erik]

Loved it!
He uses "found elements" very often in his poems, if not in every line like this one...
Makes me think of the tape where he talks about the "All American chicken stand"...

 

[Digney in Burnaby]

It's like he had a copy of the National Enquirer in front of him on the kitchen table. Or maybe some rag that was even more lurid.

 

[the only good poet]

reminds me of him saying, "I can write poetry whether I'm feeling good or bad. I can only write prose when I'm feeling good..."