nervas
more crickets than friends
Reading Bukowski while depressed led me to crack open "Women" for the 9th time. Thanks Purple Stickpin for the suggestion. I was thinking of grabbing "Burning In Water..." but on P.S. recommendation thought I'd re-read "Women." I can't tell you how quickly it lifted me up, out of a state of just lounging around the damn couch. So I thought I'd post this here, in case anyone new to Buk was wondering where to start. I have given other suggestions before, but really think, if ya need a good pick me up, grab "Women" and have at it! I was surprised at how fast I got through it, I finished it in 4 days!
I had totally forgotten that one of my fave buk poems of all time is also in "Women." The name escapes me at this moment, but it's the one where Buk is visiting a woman, and Linda King comes by, smashes all his beer on the ground, leaves then turns around and comes flying by trying to run him over in "the thing." I laugh hysterically every time I read the part where the other woman says something like, "jesus, go with her Chinaski, before she kills everyone!" And so Buk leaves with Linda, in silence! The poem is in "Buring In Water..." and orginally I forget from what book of poems. But the story is in "Women." CLASSIC!
Ok well now I sit and wait for "the Continual Condition" to arrive. Good or bad, it's always nice to receive a new Buk book in the mail!
I had totally forgotten that one of my fave buk poems of all time is also in "Women." The name escapes me at this moment, but it's the one where Buk is visiting a woman, and Linda King comes by, smashes all his beer on the ground, leaves then turns around and comes flying by trying to run him over in "the thing." I laugh hysterically every time I read the part where the other woman says something like, "jesus, go with her Chinaski, before she kills everyone!" And so Buk leaves with Linda, in silence! The poem is in "Buring In Water..." and orginally I forget from what book of poems. But the story is in "Women." CLASSIC!
Ok well now I sit and wait for "the Continual Condition" to arrive. Good or bad, it's always nice to receive a new Buk book in the mail!