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rekadarnb 's review for:
The Last Night of the Earth Poems
by Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski is a bitter, bitter dude. I guess it makes sense, though. He didn’t really reach prominence until he was damn near at death’s door. I could only get with a few of his poems. Not because I thought he was too bitter, just most the time he wasn’t relatable to a womanist like me. He’s an alcoholic misogynist (and I’d bet my life he was racist as all hell), but he did have a few gems that I liked:
•“begging” – Exactly how I feel at work. I will always feel this way as long as I work for someone else. I’m too rebellious.
•“be kind” – Basically sums up how I feel about our current social injustices. Must I keep being nice to bigots? Only thing people seem to understand is money and violence. The majority of real change is not done the Ghandi and MLK way. Just saying. “I am asked to hide my fear, for fear of their, fear.
•“the bluebird” – Too tough to let my bluebird out too, Mr. Bukoski. It might fly away and never come back.
•“let me tell you” – “Hell is built all around us.” Sure is, Mr. Sir.
•“wandering in the cage” – “people are strange: they are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter, like, totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice…” He said something right there now.
Those were some of my favorites. The other half of the book was blah. He also had a line in one of his poems that I disagreed with thoroughly:
•“zero” – “perhaps living through these petty days will get us ready for the dangerous ones.” I truly doubt it. These petty days make us complacent, lazy, and indifferent. I don’t see us getting through the dangerous one. The pessimist in me speaks lol
This was first book of poems I’ve read in a long time. It didn’t make my soul shake or anything. I don’t think I’d recommend it. Definitely wouldn’t re-read it.
•“begging” – Exactly how I feel at work. I will always feel this way as long as I work for someone else. I’m too rebellious.
•“be kind” – Basically sums up how I feel about our current social injustices. Must I keep being nice to bigots? Only thing people seem to understand is money and violence. The majority of real change is not done the Ghandi and MLK way. Just saying. “I am asked to hide my fear, for fear of their, fear.
•“the bluebird” – Too tough to let my bluebird out too, Mr. Bukoski. It might fly away and never come back.
•“let me tell you” – “Hell is built all around us.” Sure is, Mr. Sir.
•“wandering in the cage” – “people are strange: they are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter, like, totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice…” He said something right there now.
Those were some of my favorites. The other half of the book was blah. He also had a line in one of his poems that I disagreed with thoroughly:
•“zero” – “perhaps living through these petty days will get us ready for the dangerous ones.” I truly doubt it. These petty days make us complacent, lazy, and indifferent. I don’t see us getting through the dangerous one. The pessimist in me speaks lol
This was first book of poems I’ve read in a long time. It didn’t make my soul shake or anything. I don’t think I’d recommend it. Definitely wouldn’t re-read it.