Charles Bukowski - American author
I've seen a few mentions of magazine submissions by users around here so I'll broach this topic - how many of you are writers? If you are a writer, did Bukowski inspire you to start/continue/give up?
Many of us probably read Bukowski's poetry and thought, "I can do that!" Of course that's the fiendish beauty of his work; it looks like anyone could do it, but that's far from the truth. Anyone can imitate the style, no doubt about that, but the substance is a completely different matter.
I know I said elsewhere that I didn't want to turn this into a forum where people posted their own poetry, but we can make an exception in this thread.
If you've been successful with your submissions, where have you been published?
Many of us probably read Bukowski's poetry and thought, "I can do that!" Of course that's the fiendish beauty of his work; it looks like anyone could do it, but that's far from the truth. Anyone can imitate the style, no doubt about that, but the substance is a completely different matter.
I know I said elsewhere that I didn't want to turn this into a forum where people posted their own poetry, but we can make an exception in this thread.
If you've been successful with your submissions, where have you been published?