Recent content by Walcott

You sure did, d! (Oh, and apologies for mis-spelling your name twice, already) I'm really pleased to have this poem again. I think it's got genuine power; seeing such sentiment bleeding out from someone as hard edged as Buk. I read it years ago, and it's been nagging away at the back of my...

And d grey did very well too, finding a poem that almost perfectly fitted my misremembered description! That was a feat in itself... I suppose I was getting my memory of reading about Buk's beaten-up $35 car with the dodgy lights mixed up with Cupcake's "blood-wine battleship [with] doors...

YES!! You genius, Hank...the needle in the haystack has been found! I was beginning to think I'd imagined the poem, if nobody here could ID it for me. Several of you were closing in on it...Ponder figuring out who the woman was, Stickpin narrowing down which book it was likely to be in... And...

Thanks for the thoughts, 5.28am and Purple Stickpin (what the six inch Buk slew the wicked witch with, right?) Yeah, Factotum for me, all the way. A cracking read. I'm a struggling artist and (unpublished) writer, but my life - mercifully - has been nowhere near as tough the one Buk lived. But...

Thanks for taking the time, Hank. Maybe I'm getting closer to it with your information. I suppose it is likely to be the $35 car you mention...but it isn't any of the three poems/extracts you kindly listed for me. Um...as I said, in my memory the poem seemed to have an almost surreal edge. Did...

Cast my vote for Factotum. Surprised to see I'm outvoted, and that most of you preferred 'Women'! Embarrased to admit I haven't read enough of Buk's work from the other categories to give an informed opinion...still, the poll results give me a good idea of where to start reading!

Thanks, Ponder...could well be her. I've read 'Women' some years back, but there were so many different women in it, I'll have to refresh my memory by dipping into the book again. Overall, I preferred 'Post Office' and especially 'Factotum' over 'Women.' I dunno, maybe I sympathized more with...

Thanks d grey...that's a great poem and I really enjoyed it...but it's not the one I'm looking for. You're right, there are real similarities, though. I'm sure the poem I'm after ended on a note of desperation as he was cruising around the streets, trying to find this woman, in this clapped...

Maybe (I'm not 100% sure, here) there is also a note that the girlfriend leaves? Or he comes home and she's just gone, and he goes out looking for her in the old car? Damn, it's so frustrating. I'd be relieved if someone can help me with this...

Thanks, roni. Mr Waits is a big Bukowski fan, as I'm sure the faithful here are aware. He's done a couple of great spoken word pieces of Buk's work...'Nirvana' springs to mind

Hi guys, new poster here. I'm bothered by the tantalizing half-memory of a Bukowski poem...he's describing a woman he loses, and then driving around, looking for her in a beat up old car. The thing's lights are playing up and it's almost falling to bits. Had an almost surreal edge, if I recall...