bukowski and love (1 Viewer)

[Melissa Sue]

so,

say you're getting married, and you want a handful of quotes for things like programs, invites, favors, etc...

what bukowski quote / poem regarding love would you use?

 

[Charlie]

love is a dog from hell

 

[riverrat]

if there are junk yards in hell...love is the dog that guards the gates

rrat

 

[Melissa Sue]

... i like that one :D)

after posting i thought maybe it might sound silly, or inappropriate, and that i should explain how me and the boyf are, and how the wedding will go, but now i've had too much beer and fuggit.

 

[SamDusky]

It is my contention that Buk was one of the last, great romantics. He had a vein of sensitivity that ran deep under a tough-guy veneer, and a classical, almost painful tenderness that he protected from a totally fucked-up, uncomprehending, harsh world. When I have the time to research it, I?ll give you my picks for some of his best lines on love. And congrats on your up-coming event.

SD

 

[Kalli]

in the Valkerie Mountains
among the strutting peacocks
I found a flower
as large as my
head
and when I reached in to smell
it

I lost an ear lobe
part of my nose
one eye
and half a pack of
cigarettes

I came back
the next day
to hack the damned thing
down
but found it so
beautiful I
killed a
peacock instead.

the flower lover from Burning in Water Drowning in Flame
is it a no-no to put the whole poem in?

 

[riverrat]

kalli
love is like that - so are flowers - one variety of bamboo only flowers but once each one hundred years...then it dies - by comparison such small parts of the anatomy seem insignificant...eh? (if i were not so computer challenged i'd insert a 'chicklet toothed smiley face here)

rrat