Cottonwoods? Need help identifying a work. (1 Viewer)

[arrick]

Hello. I found this on a website and need to confirm that it is actually from Bukowski. It's not showing up in Google Searches. I'd love to know if it's part of a larger work. I'm just not able to find any background information on it online.

The rustle of the leaves/ The whisper in the breeze/ You are always with me/ Underneath the cottonwoods.​

Charles Bukowski, “cottonwoods”​

 

[hoochmonkey9]

Heck no.

Well, at least I hope not.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

I'd bet every last red cent that this is, you know, one of those, "it was Bukowski" things. Uggh.

 

[Rekrab]

It sure doesn't sound like him. But it could pass for a Martin-edited poem.

 

[tony walton]

'whisper' 'breeze' 'rustle' are words he never used much in writing

 

[d gray]

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.

 

[bonnie brae]

Didn’t that issue feature a poemstory by the great Danny Valdez?

 

[d gray]

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.