Charles Bukowski: A Solitary Life

From: kdc <seven DeleteThis @megaSHADOW.bz>

>> Here's one. Anyone seen "Barfly"?
>
>I've never seen it, though over the years people have told me I
should
>check it out, that I'd probably like it. It wasn't until later that I
>found there was a Bukowski connection. I haven't watched television
in
>over two years, but maybe on a night off I'll go out and rent it and
>crank up the ancient VCR. Thanks for the poem--- Buk at full tilt.

Cool. One of my favorite poems - rather captures the squalor and
commoner element - but also speaks in a completely honest and raw tone
of why he himself was there. I believe that's one of the reasons many
academics cringe at the very mention of his name - as he could relate
with people, where their /work/ was largely only understood by fellow
academics and such. Sort of along the lines of "Stand-Up Poetry,"
that. There was an interesting article in a recent issue of
Poets&Writers magazine if you've not heard too much about it ...
March/April IIRC.

*** "Stand-Up Poetry"? I haven't heard anything about it, but sounds
like it might be very similar to what I've been doing for years on the
stage. I'll do a Google Search and see what comes up... thanks again,
Seven.
Will