How's it going ?
I'm a 22 year old guy from Belgium. I've been coming to this forum on a regular basis for over a year now and have greatly enjoyed some of the posts you dudes and dudettes have made (especially in the Unpublished area).
I've been reading Bukowski for a couple of years, for the wrong reasons at first. Being a heavy drinker and user myself I was immediately attracted to the hard hitting booze hound - image I had of him. You know, the dirty old man, one sick dog shite.
I've read his available novels from the local library (being Ham on Rye, Post Office, Factotum and Pulp) and was hooked instantly. Here was a man who I could relate too. Not too keen on living sometimes, not really caring for most people and being somewhat an outsider in this world. Often deliberately.
When I began to read his poetry next, he got under my skin. I had and have so much respect for the amount of beauty he can bring into poems that often deal with beer, whores, being broke, meeting bastards,...
Well, that's it. Sorry if this first one is a long one.
I'm a 22 year old guy from Belgium. I've been coming to this forum on a regular basis for over a year now and have greatly enjoyed some of the posts you dudes and dudettes have made (especially in the Unpublished area).
I've been reading Bukowski for a couple of years, for the wrong reasons at first. Being a heavy drinker and user myself I was immediately attracted to the hard hitting booze hound - image I had of him. You know, the dirty old man, one sick dog shite.
I've read his available novels from the local library (being Ham on Rye, Post Office, Factotum and Pulp) and was hooked instantly. Here was a man who I could relate too. Not too keen on living sometimes, not really caring for most people and being somewhat an outsider in this world. Often deliberately.
When I began to read his poetry next, he got under my skin. I had and have so much respect for the amount of beauty he can bring into poems that often deal with beer, whores, being broke, meeting bastards,...
Well, that's it. Sorry if this first one is a long one.
