Hey-
I'm pretty new to Bukowski in general. I read Post Office and I think that it took me the duration of the novel to ease myself into Bukowski's style of writing and getting his ideas across.
Then I picked up Women and was absolutely in love with every word I read.
I'm trying to get into his poetry, but I feel like I'm having trouble finding his intended meaning in a lot of the poems.
For example, something as simple as Oh Yes.
What was he trying to get across? By too late does he mean that there is nothing worse than ending up with the wrong person and realizing this after it's too late? I initially thought it was about how being alone IS the worst thing, and that the only thing worse than being alone is realizing this after it's too late.
...and I felt like that was one of the easier poems to interpret.
Any advice on how to approach his work?
Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
I'm pretty new to Bukowski in general. I read Post Office and I think that it took me the duration of the novel to ease myself into Bukowski's style of writing and getting his ideas across.
Then I picked up Women and was absolutely in love with every word I read.
I'm trying to get into his poetry, but I feel like I'm having trouble finding his intended meaning in a lot of the poems.
For example, something as simple as Oh Yes.
What was he trying to get across? By too late does he mean that there is nothing worse than ending up with the wrong person and realizing this after it's too late? I initially thought it was about how being alone IS the worst thing, and that the only thing worse than being alone is realizing this after it's too late.
...and I felt like that was one of the easier poems to interpret.
Any advice on how to approach his work?
Any feedback is greatly appreciated.