Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame: Selected Poems 1955-1973 by Charles Bukowski (PDF)

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Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame is poetry full of gambling, drinking and women. Charles Bukowski writes realistically about the seedy underbelly of life.

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⭐Bukowski wrote about his reality and he led a real life and it wasn’t a bed of roses. It was full of drunken nights, sex, violence at times, writing, flophouses, getting jobs reading his work when he could, working crappy jobs with little respect, hangovers and the vicious cycle that goes on with it all. Bukowski was also a very talented writer to take what he saw and what some people see every day and turn it into very sharp and real without any gimmicks or come ons in his writing about what his life was really like. Either you get Bukowski and enjoy his writing for what his reality was and how he wrote about it with a sharp and keen eye, or you don’t like Bukowski and you find him distasteful and his reality too lowbrow or crude for your taste in the language he used in some works and in his own sense of reality and how he chose to write about it.

⭐I have been an avid reader of Bukowski for thirty years now. What can I say? I feel an affinity with the man. I moved out to Southern California with some drunken, vague thought in my head that I would be closer to him, and maybe even visit him, or try to, but he passed the very year I moved to SoCal which is where I still live.I have all his works, and have read and re-read all of his poetry and prose for these three decades. It may seem paradoxical, but the older I get, the more I have been enjoying the poetry he wrote as younger man, while, the exact opposite was true when I was younger. I wonder why that is? But, I think there is certain muscle in his earlier work. A certain spit in the eye. There is also this singing that can be heard above the howling and the madness. There is something trying to break free, and in that process of becoming liberated, generated a certain light and clarity. I am not disparaging his later work (I mean, my god, Last Night of the Earth is absolutely mind-blowing) but, as the years pass me by, I like looking at these early poems. I tend to smile more when I read them than I do the later works.

⭐Good collection of what I consider his earlier (and best) poetry. Unfortunately, the publisher (Ecco) uses as cheap a paper as they can find. You can look right through it to the printing on the other side. Look elsewhere for a different edition. This low quality is indicative of most Ecco editions they put for sale.

⭐ my favorite coffee shop read

⭐I often feel that attempting to review poetry boarders on pretension. It is impossible to explore the infinite interpretations that accompany each poem; however, this compilation, which includes some of Bukowski’s earlier works deserves some words.All too often Bukowski is forced in to a literary box by those who have only read a brief snippet of his work. They see him as a down and out drunk, with a penchant for the written word. They fail to realize the greater depth of his poetry. Yes, Bukowski lived a very hard life, however, the booze and the women and the flophouse rooms also serve as a metaphor, illustrating his far-reaching insight into the world.Through his poems, we see life through jaded eyes. So jaded, in fact, as to prove enlightening. From Bukowski’s self-imposed exile from the daily grind, he is able to view the world of man objectively. He is able to gain a realization of the absurdities that all too often dull the lives of many, and in this way, Bukowski brings forth a certain level of enlightenment. Through his work, we too can view life objectively and combat the absurdities that plague us all.

⭐The sound of tearing of bubble-wrap packaging open with one’s teeth resounded throughout this one’s small, sparcely decorated bedroom.I then beheld torn plastic upon the floor and a book of verse within in my hands, even more orange than the very essence of Hod itself.It was a wonderful afternoon.By the time night had come, I’d finished the book.Dawn struck, and I awoke.I’d forgotten the second half of the text.A miracle happened that night. God had granted me thechance to read a portion of the orange book of verse.For the first time.All over again.

⭐Excellent. Thank you.

⭐An excellent collection of Bukowski’s early (and possibly best) poetry, for those new to his work and his established followers.The selections from two long out-of-print and rare volumes (It Catches My Heart In Its Hands & Crucifix In A Deathhand)are especially good, covering the years 1955-1968.5 stars for the writing. The main problem is with the quality of the book itself. While superficially resembling the original BlackSparrow Press edition, including the exact cover art, the current publisher has produced a cheap imitation. The book coversare thin and insubstantial, replacing the thick, textured wraps which withstood many readings and borrowings by friends—a hallmark of Black Sparrow’s excellence. Do yourself a favor and buy a used BSP copy. Accept no substitutes!

⭐Very interesting,thought provoking, & informative. This was an excellent introduction to the work of Bukowski,whos work I had not read before

⭐As a first time it’s good to have a Bukowski book of his poetry

⭐Great collection of poems, really engaging read

⭐Bukowski’s poetry is burning matter, perhaps more of the acid kind than the flaming variety. Always love his poetry, rather better than his novels. Cannot go wrong with Bukowksi if you can appreciate his raunchy style and sarcasm.

⭐Good book but not all the words and letters where fully printed on the page but all in all a great book. 🙂

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