is there a greater conspiracy at work here? (1 Viewer)

[capt.co]

hello.

long time reader,first time poster.

does anyone know the name of this poem:

is there a greater​

conspiracy at work here?​

alone right now​

at this machine​

typing out the mundane​

moments of the day​

illuminating words and ideas​

in short​

uneducated​

scribbles​

​

have they taught me anything?​

have they taught anyone else anything?​

​

endless strings​

of stories pass by each other​

in endless strings​

of wasted chances​

and I watch them play out​

in small glimpses​

as each path crosses another​

path crosses​

another path​

until everything is connected​

again.​

​

and I'm left without any​

real ways to communicate​

the big picture​

because it's so fucking big sometimes​

that it becomes easier to remind​

everyone that the small stories​

and little moments​

are bigger than we think​

​

like the feel of this wine glass in my hand​

right now​

and the humid air coming in through the window​

with the cats rubbing against the night​

seeing everything​

and nothing at all​

just like most of us did today.​

found it on the web some time ago, but now I can't find
it anymore. I have looked through most of his books and
also checked the DB, but so far unsuccessfully.

anyone? thanks in advance.[/quote]

 

[capt.co]

bump.

never found out about this one. still hoping it's gonna turn
up in the manuscripts section someday. but now I have some
further questions:

does anyone know where these poems appeared? they don't
show up in "search poems".

'the glory days'
first line:
the dead rivers run backwards into nowhere...

'goodbye'
first line:
everybody thinks about dying now and then...

'bar'
first line:
I sat in that bar for so long that...

anyone?

 

[hank solo]

does anyone know the name of this poem:

is there a greater
conspiracy at work here?...

Pass.

does anyone know where these poems appeared? they don't
show up in "search poems".

'the glory days'
first line:
the dead rivers run backwards into nowhere...

'goodbye'
first line:
everybody thinks about dying now and then...

'bar'
first line:
I sat in that bar for so long that...

anyone?

Pass, pass & pass. Sorry. Where did you see them?

 

[bospress.net]

If our resident savant does not know about them, they very well may not exist.

My guess is that you ran into a website that had a "bukowski poetry contest" and that those are poems in the style of Bukowski by other people...

Bill

 

[mjp]

My guess is that you ran into a website that had a "bukowski poetry contest" and that those are poems in the style of Bukowski by other people...

Agreed.

The first one does not sound at all like Bukowski to me. Not in sentiment or style.

 

[capt.co]

don't remember anymore where I found them. they weren't posted as "poetry contest" stuff, that's for sure, cause then I wouldn't have kept them. but I might agree that the first one could be a rip-off. something about the last lines just sounds so much like him. but of course it is possible to write in his style, usually people just don't come so close.

I am 100% certain that the poem 'bar' was written by him. if not, this person should be making a living off of writing as (well as) him.

it is also interesting that the poem 'goodbye' has the word 'mewking' in it, as this word caused a few questions some time ago in another thread about another poem

 

[bospress.net]

Capt.co,
You seem to know your stuff, so maybe it was someone posting poems that they said are by Bukowski. It is probably much easier to write a fake Bukowski poem if it is about beer or whores. We have a couple members here with awe-inspiring recall of poems. If it is not in the database and they do not know about them they are either fakes or are completely unknown. I'd put my money on them being fakes, but hope that they are just undiscovered!

Bill

 

[cirerita]

'the glory days'
first line:
the dead rivers run backwards into nowhere...

Written in 1990, published in a literary journal in 1991.

'goodbye'
first line:
everybody thinks about dying now and then...

'bar'
first line:
I sat in that bar for so long that...

anyone?

Both "goodbye" and "bar" came out in a little mag in 1991.

 

[hank solo]

We have a winner! Sorta! (Any journal/mag title info available sir?)

If our resident savant does not know about them, they very well may not exist.

Smoke and mirrors Bill, smoke and mirrors...

 

[capt.co]

thanks so much, cirerita!

perhaps I should also take this as proof that
the first one wasn't really written by him.

 

[cirerita]

I don't think the first one is by B., though you never know. Stranger things happen.

 

[mjp]

I'll bet $1000 right now that wonderful art in the first post isn't Bukowski.

typing out the mundane​

moments of the day​

illuminating words and ideas​

in short​

uneducated​

scribbles​

Seriously?

Not a chance in hell.

 

[bospress.net]

Great. Next you'll tell me that Buk did not write this:

Carlos
yukked and slapped
the table.

His
wine glass
capsized.

Pepper
chunks
flew.

Olive
oil
spritzed.