Recent content by Bobby D

Alright the vote's in...1) Bukowski 2) Gutenberg and 3) the Loreley !! (there used to be great rock concerts at the Loreley in the 70's , I know it wasn't what Heine had in mind, but :) and of course for a profession: 'arbeitslos' (unemployed) But I'm going to make an observation for what...

The funny thing is, and I've heard from others in this forum, I read one poem and was "hooked" (for me "Spring Swan", Days Run Away Like...). Now how can that be? Well, it probably can't be? It's more likely a form of romanticizing or idol worship or something. It's more likely I read one poem...

Hello shubunkin!! Welcome, welcome to the forum...it's been pretty quiet around here lately...probably global warming or something ...anyway if you've been around awhile you know it can get interesting... Regards BD

Individual poems by various writers are of course tremendous...no body of work I've come across has sustained me like Bukowski - even wading through some of the posthumous stuff is well worth it, because the occasional gem seems to make it worth the effort. For me Robert Frost is a poet worth...

I saw a "doofus hipster" on Seinfeld once (Kramer)...but otherwise??? :) BD For what it's worth I've been a City Planner for 20 years...you think the post office is a tough gig? Try checking building setbacks and lot coverage for 20 years ;) Keep doing what you're doing Hindinwood (or...

very glib, mjp - I don't know what you said either but I agree...I think (that's the scarier part) I have the same sense of when you've got everything...you've got nothing. My kids (college age now) have had it all at their fingertips through the internet and technology...what are they doing...

OK Samsa...hello from Arizona...nice to have you on board Bobby D

Sacrilege, Rubyred, not your favorite author. I'm cut to the quick! Buk must be number 5 on your list (or you would have said he is in the top 2 or 3, for example)...so, pray tell, who are these other four exceptional authors? Bobby D

Hey you guys are scaring me... Everybody knows Buk was a Frisbeeterian and believed strongly that when you die your soul floats up on the roof and you can't get it down....it may still be there...or possibly it blew into the rain gutter...

"...some critics say I write the same things over and over. well sometimes I do and sometimes I don't, but when I do the reason is that it feels so right, it's like making love and if you knew how good it felt you would forgive me because we both know how fickle happiness can be. so I play the...

Well, maybe Arfrica is the place to go (Togo, get it), ... but then again, I'm from Australia, aboriginally...sorry about the bad puns Roni...wirklich furchtbar, gelle :) Anyway, mjp, I enjoyed guerillapoetics...think I'll sign up...some of the poems were outstanding...seems a good way to...

Welcome Bug 77, Rubyred is going strong as you can read for yourself ;)...I remember the same enthusiasm you two are experiencing now and the good news is...it doesn't necessarily fade away...there is a lot to read (and re-read and re-read). To listen to, to watch and to discuss right...

Welcome Baines, enjoy the ride...start reading and send in your thoughts...

Indeed 'The Only', I too have difficulty plodding through poetry since Bukowski...strange isn't it? A lot of 'great' poems in those BS anthologies just don't stand up and who else but Buk have I ever been able to read book after book after book (and still want more)? I can't think of anyone...

That brings up an interesting point, Jordan...whose out there right now, unknown but great? Undiscovered, signing books for a song, publishing bits and pieces here and there? It makes you wonder if this kind of greatness, Buk's kind of genius, is simply always ahead of its time...that normal...