Comments on: Is Charles Bukowski A Great Artist?

By: Eaturownface

Eaturownface — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:02:35 +0000

Bukowski is the ultimate artist. You guys have no sense of the kind of art he conjured, probably, because you view art and life through university schooled candy fag lenses covered in the dog shit some professor you sucked off imparted to you for all your parents hard earned and poorly spent money. What’s so fantastic about Hank is that you ass gobblers don’t and never will get it. And Pablo Honey is the only bad Radiohead record and boy howdy shit does it suck terribly. Stick to the shit that sticks to you and leave Bukowski out of it.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 29 May 2011 10:58:16 +0000

Look at how he uses the line breaks to turn the rhythm or shift the meaning while still carrying a story. It’s a beautiful stream of words and thoughts. Just because you can understand it doesn’t mean it’s bad poetry.

By: Willy molloy

Willy molloy — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:54:13 +0000

The most complex things are the simplest.
Agni Celeste

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:26:08 +0000

A fellow poet. Thank you for dropping by, sanjam pal.

By: sanjam pal

sanjam pal — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:09:08 +0000

i am a poet in bengali.i know what makes a revolutionary in poetry.bukwoski is a great poet because he has added new dimension to language of english poetry.apart from that he is strongly authentic and relivens his surroundings. miles away i read him almost everyday.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:33:52 +0000

How beautiful it is,
that eye-on-the-object look.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:15:16 +0000

As Wichita Falls,
So falls Wichita Falls.

By: cowsarejustfood

cowsarejustfood — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:59:41 +0000

all i’m saying is that poem, it’s like judging david lynch on dune rather than mullholland drive. he wrote too much. too much, that’s for sure. bukowski. not lynch. that is.

the radiohead record? it’s not even jones’ ballsac no matter his cock. maybe perineum…

that video though, how could one forget his spazzy kung fu sex moves?

it gets me a little moist.

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:06:26 +0000

Ha-ha! That was udderly hilarious. But selling Bukowski short? Please. (I did like that poem, though, in a way.) Who's Tom Jones? I don't necessarily know, but I do remember you once said that the latest Radiohead CD was not (and I quote) "Tom Jones's cock." No doubt you remember this one.

By: cowsarejustfood

cowsarejustfood — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:12:46 +0000

yeah and hemingway’s a one-trick pony too no doubt.

(he is)

i think yr selling bukowski just a little short.

don’t believe he’s authentic. read the jane baker laments.

capote? rather missing the point with the road dontcha think? and a man who spent the ass-end of his drinking years, just talking not writing.

and since i know you jones for jones…

who in the hell is tom jones?

i was shacked with a
24 year old girl from
new york city for
two weeks – about
the time of the garbage
strike out there, and
one night my 34 year
old woman arrived and
she said, “i want to see
my rival.” she did
and then she said, “o,
you’re a cute little thing!”
next i knew there was a
screech of wildcats-
such screaming and scratch-
ing, wounded animal moans,
blood and piss. . .
i was drunk and in my
shorts. i tried to
seperate them and fell,
wrenched my knee. then
they were through the screen
door and down the walk
and out into the street.
squadcars full of cops
arrived. a police heli-
coptor circled overhead.
i stood in the bathroom
and grinned in the mirror.
it’s not often at the age
of 55 that such splendid
things occur.
better than the watts
riots.
the 34 year old
came back in. she had
pissed all over her-
self and her clothing
was torn and she was
followed by 2 cops who
wanted to know why.
pulling up my shorts
i tried to explain.

By: Jean Koltak

Jean Koltak — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:58:23 +0000

LOL! I was just going to bring that up. Bukowski wouldn’t be shit without John Fante. I swear, you read those John Fante books and you think you’re reading an early incarnation of Bukowski.

Dex, you want authentic, watch a drunken Bukowski and his drunken girlfriend here (FF to the 3:20 mark, if you’re not into the whole thing):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUeGsTjIj0A

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:36:16 +0000

I think you make a fair point, Dex: Bukowski is authentic — or at least seems to be — and yet he forsakes a lot. He explicitly rejects all but the most narrow kind of literature — i.e. the kind he and John Fante write.

Thanks for dropping by.

If you like me, tell your friends about me. If your friends like me, get new friends.

By: Dex

Dex — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:29:49 +0000

I happen to like Bukowski alot for the reasons you apparently dislike him, namely, he is not steeped in “ivory tower literature,” and his poems are authentic and come from the guts, which is what good writing is about, IMHO.