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A review by lilithmoon
Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame by Charles Bukowski
3.0
I personally didn’t like the poems from the first section of the book, 1955-1963, (Bukowski really loves the use of the word ‘whore’ in his early poems) but I realized that as I continued to read I liked each section that followed more than the last.
At the start, most of the poems seemed like the thoughts of an angry and misogynistic man but he seemed a lot more reflective later in life. His later poems seemed to develop his thoughts more and the poems weren’t as abrupt as they are in the first section.
Bukowski manages to write very interesting and deep poetry from very mundane topics such as 'grass' or 'beerbottle'. I liked the honesty in his poems. Instead of making everything seem beautiful Bukowski tends to have darker poetry.
My favourite section of the book was Burning in Water Drowning in Flame, 1972-1973. All of my favourite poems came from this section of the book. I think this section has the most to offer in terms of life lessons and reflection of his life.
My personal favourite poem from this book was 'Dreamlessly' but 'Hell hath no Fury…' was a very funny second favourite.
At the start, most of the poems seemed like the thoughts of an angry and misogynistic man but he seemed a lot more reflective later in life. His later poems seemed to develop his thoughts more and the poems weren’t as abrupt as they are in the first section.
Bukowski manages to write very interesting and deep poetry from very mundane topics such as 'grass' or 'beerbottle'. I liked the honesty in his poems. Instead of making everything seem beautiful Bukowski tends to have darker poetry.
My favourite section of the book was Burning in Water Drowning in Flame, 1972-1973. All of my favourite poems came from this section of the book. I think this section has the most to offer in terms of life lessons and reflection of his life.
My personal favourite poem from this book was 'Dreamlessly' but 'Hell hath no Fury…' was a very funny second favourite.