Recent content by d gray

you're a little late lol. i thought your dad - assuming that - was funny and seemed like an okay dude.

yeah that got lost in translation as well...🥴

apparently it wasn't new to me either! my memory ain't what it used to be...

i know! i honestly don't know why i bother...

it's the equivalent of "getting your panties in a knot"

can't imagine any of this would be new to anyone but just in case... https://verdantpress.com/checklist/charles-bukowski/contributions-to-periodicals/

yes that's what he's saying but without the poetry. actually, that line is a perfect example of why translating poetry is pointless. the strength - or poetry - in that line is bukowski using the same word - "pot" - to express three different things - one positive - having weed to smoke - one...

do yours in hungarian then get someone else to translate them back to english. that would be really interesting.

please post your translated versions here when they're done. i'm very interested to see what you come up with.

there's a great line in the movie "Paterson" where the lead character meets a japanese poet who says to him "poetry in translation is like taking a shower with a raincoat on"

well you're in the right place to ask questions. unfortunately most of the hardcore expert crew have jumped ship but some of them still drop in occasionally.

btw if you need help with the "feathers parted like a womans legs" line i'm here for you.

i believe the cat in that poem - and the other one about that incident "conversation on a telephone" - represents the coldness or cruelty humanity is capable of. i think "centuries" is meant in the same sense as saying "throughout history" but the cat is used as a metaphor.

randy page predated Sweet Danny V by a number of decades. you must be thinking of his appearance in the "Tales From The Trailer Park" anthology.

that's the work of randy page. his work appeared in a publication called "the toilet paper review" which was actually edited by charles bukowski. hence the confusion.