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migueldias_12 's review for:
Love Is a Dog from Hell
by Charles Bukowski
Writing obscene stuff about young girls and "panties" and sex and gambling or, for ex.:
you shoot sperm like a
whale shoots water out of the
hole in its back
really isn't my thing. If it is your thing... what???
I really tried but all of these poems, even the best ones - i liked 'alone with everybody' and 'how to be a great writer' - fall short on the second reading. There is lack of depth in this. The only appeal I see is the appeal to the male gaze, male fantasies and etc..
The worst and more problematic one is 'girls in pantyhose', beggining with
I really tried but all of these poems, even the best ones - i liked 'alone with everybody' and 'how to be a great writer' - fall short on the second reading. There is lack of depth in this. The only appeal I see is the appeal to the male gaze, male fantasies and etc..
The worst and more problematic one is 'girls in pantyhose', beggining with
schoolgirls in pantyhose
sitting on bus stop benches
a few verses after
I drive by in my car
peering at their warm legs.
their eyes look
away-
ending with
it would be nice to
kiss each of them once, fully
then give them back.
but the bus will
get them first.
I really want to mark these words: the poem is not critical of this behavior, the poem is a mere narration of a fantasy or life-event of Bukowski as any other of his poems. There is no nuance - the poem is short and it's literally just this.
It's 100% disturbing... and sure, we gotta read disturbing minds at times - but let's not pretend these poems were actually thought-out (they literally weren't, he said it in interviews when explaining his method) and deep.
The "harshness" of it seems to be the only praise possible, and not a very good one; I gotta say, everyone could be harsh and talk about vomit and sperm and pedophilic attraction - really, everyone.
But yeah... most of this collection resumes to fantasies of a horny adult glamorizing alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling and life; with a touch of his shallow nihilistic life philosophy. The free verse and lack of capital letters gives it a "artsy" vibe but that's it. That's really just it.
It's 100% disturbing... and sure, we gotta read disturbing minds at times - but let's not pretend these poems were actually thought-out (they literally weren't, he said it in interviews when explaining his method) and deep.
The "harshness" of it seems to be the only praise possible, and not a very good one; I gotta say, everyone could be harsh and talk about vomit and sperm and pedophilic attraction - really, everyone.
But yeah... most of this collection resumes to fantasies of a horny adult glamorizing alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling and life; with a touch of his shallow nihilistic life philosophy. The free verse and lack of capital letters gives it a "artsy" vibe but that's it. That's really just it.