Acquire Today The Night Torn Mad With Footsteps Brought To You By Charles Bukowski Available Through Kindle

Torn Mad with Footsteps is one of my favorite poetry books, and reading it has allowed me to expand as a person, Overall, it goes over the author's life and how he deals with scenarios and his views on the world, There are many quotes that I took from this book and applied to my daily life and I'm sure you'll find some as well, Bukowski is one of the few that write without a filter, everything is raw and powerful like a punch to the gut, He hits you with harsh reality, making you laugh, fume, think, and cry, It's truly emotional and inspiring, creating a sense of hope and prosperity for the reader, Every poem is about less than a page long so reading the book can bequick, I prefer to read a poem and think about what Bukowiski meant by it, what he is trying to portray, and what message he is sending the reader.
There is great wisdom in this book, which is never a bad thing, It also allows a person to grow and become an individual, which is very important if you want to stand out from a crowd, This book is offensive, but not nearly as bad as his other works,

by NPLD Teen Volunteer Simon everytime i come back to read one of my favorite bits in this book, it continues to impress, and always hits a nerve, jesus christ, everyone, please, read this, it'll do you good. Please, do continue to overwhelm me,

'it's not hard to tear up
a bad poem
you can probably write
a better one,

but when a human being is destroyed
is there always a reason

of course, of course, of
course,

but the grief is just
the same
and the joke
is one of the dirtiest ones
in this town or
in any other town
where the dead deal
death
to the dying.
' I can see why a few of these didnt make the cut to be published while he was live, hence thestars, not five, I still really connect with the dirty grit and Bukowski offers, His sensory descriptions that then lead to poignant emotions, however lonely, angry or uncomfortable, continue to draw me in like a warm hug of places Ive been and things Ive felt.
I love that a man who couldnt connect with much hating television, movies, and often himself still had such a connection to cats, Normally I'm not really a poetry fan but this type of stuff I dig, I seriously enjoy the abundance of cat poems, Came across this the other day and realized I wasn't familiar with Bukowski's writingI knew about his rep, but I wanted to see if it was deserved.
A lot of hipster icons are more style over substance,

Verdict New fan, Charles Bukowski is one of America's best selling, best loved and most widely read poets, This new book of previously unpublished poems demonstrates that Bukowski never lost his gritty power, his ability to amuse, enlighten and inspire, Seems they'll never run out of stuff in the Bukowski vaults,

Still, I

only recently realized that this was one, just about the only substantial published one, that I hadn't come across,

Definitely not his best stuff, but some pretty good stuff, and generally Bukowski's weakest is still better than most others' strongest, imho,

I can just say read it this is the best damned book I own, "we've got to raise taxes
so we can feed and
clothe and amuse
all those
in madhouses
and elsewhere
who believed in love
when there was so
little
there.
"

I think the best thing about Buk's words is how much they're crammed with truth, This one is a wonderful collection of truthful poems, These poems are very simple but real, An absolutely brilliant line at the end of every poem, The way he talked about cats is magnificent, He always described them as pure examples of real life, Also, this is mostly autobiographical, Buk would think that all what follows writing a poem is propaganda, nothing would replace what begins it all, no reading, no lectures, no teachers can make that equal to him.
Which I think is true, but I'm thankful for having the chance for reading/listening to them, They examine one's feelings so well,

'A song with no end, ' is the one I loved the most, Beautifully written and gritty.

"When Whitman wrote, "I sing the body electric"
I know what he
meant
I know what he
wanted:
to be completely alive every moment
in spite of the inevitable.

we can't cheat death but we can make it
work so hard
that when it does take
us
it will have known a victory just as
perfect as
ours.
" Üniversite yıllarımda beni "Yeraltı Edebiyatı" ve "Kirli Gerçekçilik" ile tanıştıran pis moruğu, Bukowski'yi nasıl sevmem
Ben mezun oldum ve aradan yıllar geçti.
Bukowski'ye uzun bir mola vermiştim, Geçenlerde kütüphanemde olan bu şiir kitabını elime aldım ve Bukowski'nin şiirlerini okurken, nostalji rüzgârıyla, yine aynı tadı aldım.


az önce

"şafak sökmek üzere
telefon kablosuna tünemiş kuşlar
bekliyorlar
sessiz bir Pazar sabahının altısında
ben dünün unutulmuş
sandviçini yerken.


bir ayakkabı köşede
dik duruyor,
diğeri
yan yatmış,

evet, bazı hayatlar harcanmak için yaratılmış, " sf
.

kitapta en sevdiğim şiir, buram buram "dirty realism" kokan "bitmek bilmeyen okul bahçeleri" oldu,
"asla merhamet dilenmedik" derken, hem iş hayatındaki patron ve amirlere hem de okul hayatının vazgeçilmezi olan "zorba çocuklara" bir başkaldırıda bulunur Chinaski.
Daha önce hiç olmadığı kadar ciddi, politik ve hatta sosyalisttir belki, Gururludur da. Başı diktir. Yüreğini okuruna en çok açtığı, çocukluk travmalarını ve yaralarını en samimi gösterdiği şiirlerdendir belki, Kendisiyle dalga geçen bir Bukowski değil, yıllar yılı acı çekmiş ve bu acının bilincinde olan, acının yoğurduğu ve şekillendirdiği biri olarak çıkar karşımıza:

"dünya yaptığını yaparken
merhamet dilenmedik
ve ertesi gün sınıftaydık mutlaka
gün sektirmeden,
ne kadar sakin ve güvenliydi kızlar oysa
sıralarında dimdik
karatahta ve tebeşir dolu odada
biz bütün dehşete ve kavgalara rağmen
acımasız küçümseyici tavrımızı inatla sürdürüp
bizi kucaklayacak daha iyi bir şeyi beklerken
o asla unutulmayacak
ilkokul dünyasında.
" sf
.