Monday, January 13, 2003

His Wife, The Painter Comments

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There are sketches on the walls of men and women and ducks,
and outside a large green bus swerves through traffic like
insanity sprung from a waving line; Turgenev, Turgenev,
says the radio, and Jane Austin, Jane Austin, too.
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Charles Bukowski
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Richard Wlodarski 29 September 2022

Such vivid imagery with a mastery of the craft of writing! Truly worthy of POD! Like Kerouac, Buk lives on!

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Kumarmani Mahakul 29 September 2022

'She has a face unlike that of any woman I have ever known.' 'What is it? A love affair? ' 'Silly. I can't love a woman. Besides, she's pregnant.'...touching expression.Beautiful poem.

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Edward Kofi Louis 13 June 2018

Sketches on the walls! ! The Painter. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Glen Kappy 13 June 2018

In large part this feels like a found poem, lines taken or literally cut from books or newspapers and assembled together. The closing line however might suggest the circus of disparate thoughts that race through our minds when we lie in bed sleepless. For me it’s so idiosyncratic that feelingwise I stay on its surface. -GK

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Kumarmani Mahakul 13 June 2018

An imageful inscription has been made. Beautiful poem.

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Robert Murray Smith 13 June 2018

A finely crafted write that is image filled.

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Adam Holmes 06 April 2009

why are half of Buk's peoms on here incomplete? should be a crime

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