The Swan (circa 1964)

Poem (circa 1964)

Excerpt

The Swan

swans die in the Spring too
and there it floated
dead on a Sunday
sideways...

Forum References

• Scan of magazine appearance

Appears in Books

• Essential Bukowski: Poetry - 2016, pg. 24

Appears in Magazines

• Notes From Underground - no. 1, 1964, pg. 61

Alternate Versions

• Spring Swan