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Love is a Dog From Hell

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This collection of Poems from the '70s depicts the author's experiences about Love, heartbreaks, loss, women, society and all the struggling experiences that an individual faces upon. It was like having a conversation across 3 years time with an old friend, the type of friend that is more like a brother. The earnings that cirerita posted for 1978 show that Bukowski's North American royalties were paltry compared to the foreign royalties. These poems aren’t engaging for me, and when roughly 85% of the collection is focused solely on this subject, it becomes unimaginably repetitive. But Jesus Christ, if I have to read one more poem about the women he's screwed and the women who've screwed him, I'm going to start writing my own collection of poetry about the cereal I eat in the morning and try to publish that.

He is, at best, a rude misogynist, but under the layers of dysphemism, we see a heart drowning in sorrow (and booze). Overall, it’s well worth a read whether you’re new to Bukowski or not – it’s as good as any other book to start with, and interestingly enough it’s one of the many Bukowski collections which has crossed genres and inspired the names of songs and albums as well. However, after seeing this thread I now ask myself is love actually an existing thing or is it really something beyond what texts can teach us of it?These are poems that make you think and although the writings were obviously personal to him, i think you can relate in ways.

If the printings were small, did it have something to do with Black Sparrow's capacity to produce large numbers in one printing or was it financial, i. His clear care for the oppressed class gives him points on the humane side and the intellectual orientation; As a reader however I wouldn't want to read a collection that all of its poems addresses one subject only like his collections that are written for the poor, oppression and the destitute. An amazing poet that has rich soiled land in which he can plow however he wants according to his rich dictionary, and its enormous space yields him great production, even though some of his writings words isn't taken from old English but rather from modern English or papers English, and he intentionally do so, so he chooses easier words and rather pour his focus on the poetic image. I’m willing to bet much of what he says in the anthology you likely heard from your Uncle Butch when he had a few too many at a family event.

okay Bukowski we get it you're horny, lonely, misogynistic and a pedophile, is there something else you wanted to convey with this book ?

Once you’ve had your fill though, the time comes to move forward, as this sort of ugliness can only lead to more ugliness and eventually it will fill you and drag you down with it. Hoo It's probably the little Kierkegaard on my shoulder, or my past experiences in love and loss, but to quote him roughly; "Marry and you will regret it.True enough, many people in relationships (and not just those sponsored by Eros) seem "disappointed".

Only sometimes do we do do as well as we could in love -- I mean, be the kind of partners we could or need to be. Free to be you and me brought out wide collars and snap-up shirts, people drinking and having sex in the bathroom at the bowling alley instead of renting shoes and throwing strikes.All through the poems here are allusions to the ‘red haired woman’, whom Bukowski shows a deep regret in loosing. I can’t wallow in that sadness, and I find his lusts rather creepy and his woman-bashing rather offensive. There is still some charm though, he is often humorous in his crassness, and there are moments where he truly shows remorse for the terrible manner in which human beings treat one another.

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