0095 The Title Of This Poem Comes At The End Comments

michael, lovely clever stuff.

wow! i started reading the poem and thought 'bukowski' without knowing what would come at the end...i thought bukowski in your style and about the person you portrait...i saw him come alive in front of my eyes and i saw the usa i have seen come alive in front of my eyes...and thus makes for a very good poem! ! ! ! ! thanks for sharing this! ulrike (who gives you 10 on this one)

This is a wonderful piece Michael. Laid out are the feeling the non-feelings and the reason for why you should feel this way. Okay I don't rate Bukowsi much, but I think that this is a beautifully constructed piece with a theme that flows without pause.

I would cite 'Dangling in the Tournefortia' as instrumental in making me view poetry in a different way when I was in my early twenties. I understood the wry way in which Bukowsi viewed life. I haven't even read all the Bukowski poems on Poemhunter yet but I have listened to Chuck reading his work (on disc) and he does it so well, so nonchalantly that it is a joy to hear him read. Bukowski, whether one likes him or not, has turned probably more people in the direction of poetry than perhaps any other poet of the 20th century. One could hardly call him a 'popularist' either. He just sinks under the skin somehow. Well captured experience in your poem too.