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Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: Big Dog Review: call the roller of big cigars the muscalar one and bid him whip in kitchen cups copubisciant curdslet the wenches dawdle in such dress as they are used to wear and let the boys bring flowers in last months newspapers let be, be finale of seem the only emporer is the emporer of ice cream.
Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: Beer, drunks, and some fine lines Review: I love this book. Poems like "layover" and "old man dead in a room" -- and dozens more like them -- offer vintage Buk from the tough old days. Along with The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills, Burning in Water Drowning in Flame and Mockingbird Wish Me Luck, this volume is absolute must reading for any Bukowski fan.
Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: You feel like you are really holding something Review: I thought that this collection was one of Bukowski's best. I have a number of books from this publisher and think they are classy, functional, and even though paperback feel like you are really holding something.
Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: good stuff Review: if you're a bukowski fan, then this a must read--some poems hit you hard--others not so hard but thats the risk with hk and most often well worth it
Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: good stuff Review: if you're a bukowski fan, then this a must read--some poems hit you hard--others not so hard but thats the risk with hk and most often well worth it
Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: Loved it Review: So many of my pages are dog eared from marking all the poems that "spoke" to me. I was continually sharing the poems with anyone around me. I think that's what poetry should do. He inspires me to write more and be more observant of the little things. I like the rough edge the poems have. They seem so raw and written with such passion. Check him out if you have never read Bukowski - give it a try.
Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: Loved it Review: So many of my pages are dog eared from marking all the poems that "spoke" to me. I was continually sharing the poems with anyone around me. I think that's what poetry should do. He inspires me to write more and be more observant of the little things. I like the rough edge the poems have. They seem so raw and written with such passion. Check him out if you have never read Bukowski - give it a try.
Rating: ![4 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-4-0.gif) Summary: Good, but doesn't quite match the popular image Review: The author observes that these poems are more "lyrical" than his later ones. Indeed, the language is more abstract and deals more with things in general and less directly with the East Hollywood life with which Bukowski is so firmly identified. I find the work enjoyable but less so than the later work because it reminds me of other, more academic poets and doesn't reinforce my concept of the author's uniqueness as based on the later work, which I read first. Maybe I shouldn't have read the later stuff first, although had I read the first stuff first, I might not have bothered to read the later stuff. On its own merits, this is a good book, and Bukowski fans need to read it if only to round out their view of its author's development. The book is said to contain poems from 1946 to 1966, yet the end note states that Bukowski started writing poetry at age 35, which would be 1955. Exactly why the time span goes back to 1946 is thus not clear to me.
Rating: ![4 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-4-0.gif) Summary: Good, but doesn't quite match the popular image Review: The author observes that these poems are more "lyrical" than his later ones. Indeed, the language is more abstract and deals more with things in general and less directly with the East Hollywood life with which Bukowski is so firmly identified. I find the work enjoyable but less so than the later work because it reminds me of other, more academic poets and doesn't reinforce my concept of the author's uniqueness as based on the later work, which I read first. Maybe I shouldn't have read the later stuff first, although had I read the first stuff first, I might not have bothered to read the later stuff. On its own merits, this is a good book, and Bukowski fans need to read it if only to round out their view of its author's development. The book is said to contain poems from 1946 to 1966, yet the end note states that Bukowski started writing poetry at age 35, which would be 1955. Exactly why the time span goes back to 1946 is thus not clear to me.
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