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joleen__rei's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
livjolee's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 - I have many issues with bukowski but baring them in mind i much preferred this collection and found many of the poems beautiful
a month later and i still think back to some of these poems, some are favorites others i can’t stand.
a month later and i still think back to some of these poems, some are favorites others i can’t stand.
elsdelrey's review against another edition
5.0
5 for all the poems that resonate so well with me. fucking love bukowskis work.
esraa_gibreen's review against another edition
2.0
قرأت الطبعة العربية ولم تعجبني، سوف أقرأ نسخة بالإنجليزية وأرى هل السبب يرجع لترجمة الشعر بشكل عام أم ترجمة هذه المجموعة الشعرية تحديدا أم في الكتاب نفسه بلغته الأصلية، رغم إني قرأت مجموعة قصائد (لا تحاول) بالعربية وكانت أول مقابلة لي مع بوكوفسكي وأعجبتني كثيرا، لكن ربما كانت استثناءً.
gamerboy09pc's review against another edition
3.0
3/5
Favorites-
[to the whore who took my poems]
next time take my left arm or a fifty
but not my poems:
[2 p.m. beer]
nothing matters
but flopping on a mattress
with cheap dreams
[view from the screen]
you must some day die for nothing
as I
have lived.
[note to a lady who expected rupert brooke]
but suicide fails as you get older:
there’s less and less to kill.
[some people]
some people never go crazy.
what truly horrible lives
they must lead.
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[to the whore who took my poems]
next time take my left arm or a fifty
but not my poems:
[2 p.m. beer]
nothing matters
but flopping on a mattress
with cheap dreams
[view from the screen]
you must some day die for nothing
as I
have lived.
[note to a lady who expected rupert brooke]
but suicide fails as you get older:
there’s less and less to kill.
[some people]
some people never go crazy.
what truly horrible lives
they must lead.