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The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills
A book of poems written by Charles Bukowski for Jane, his first love. These poems explore a more emotional side to Charles Bukowski.
Paperback, 208 pages
Published
May 31st 2002
by Ecco
(first published June 5th 1969)
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Reviewing Bukowski by summarizing what he wrote about tends to make a reviewer sound more than a little off to people who are not familiar with his work. All I know for certain is that no other writer has ever felt as real as Bukowski does to me. Both of his feet are grounded in harsh, and at times, small-minded reality. I'm certain I've said this before, but the longer Bukowski's writing is, the less I like it, though I still enjoy everything of his that I have read. It's just that I love his p...more
This has been surprisingly good so far.
Initially, I had my doubts about how a guy who writes such gutsy, ball-grippin', raw prose could write poetry but my doubts were soon dispelled. While I didn't like the first few poems that much, the more I read, the better this book got.
I would divide these Buk poems into three categories: 1) lame/poor, 2) opaque/weird/inexplicable (but also, obviously, charming) and 3) great/fantastic. So it's a bit of a mixed bag and there are some which you feel should...more
Initially, I had my doubts about how a guy who writes such gutsy, ball-grippin', raw prose could write poetry but my doubts were soon dispelled. While I didn't like the first few poems that much, the more I read, the better this book got.
I would divide these Buk poems into three categories: 1) lame/poor, 2) opaque/weird/inexplicable (but also, obviously, charming) and 3) great/fantastic. So it's a bit of a mixed bag and there are some which you feel should...more
Color me in love--<3 I have been told many times that I should read Bukowski--with my love of the beats and of Tom Waits and pulp etc, I would adore him. Me, I am contrary--I have to come to things myself--and of course his reputation somewhat put me off--when I turned to my partner this morning and asked him to find me some Bukowski at his bookstore job, he looked askance at me and said "really? he is a woman hating misogynist" and I was aghast after what I had just read. I get why folks wou...more
Sep 07, 2012
Anne Nikoline
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Reading Bukowski is very similar to reading chocolate — but without gaining any weight! To most girls this sound almost like heaven, but I do not think Bukowski is for everyone, especially not girls who prefers classic poetry like John Keats or Shakespeare who both manage to wrap the reader in pretty, pink silk with their words, and make every girl feel almost like a princess, but with Bukowski it is very different. Bukowski drank a lot, so therefore his poetry is very often about drinking, Buko...more
This is one of my favorite poetry collections. Granted I've got some 33 books of his poetry and fiction, so it would be hard to pick a favorite, but this is one of the ones I keep going back to.
read this and some other buk stuff many years ago, thought i'd revisit it...so, not near as sexist as i remember. almost as crotchety and curmudgeonous as i remember. just about as raw and depressingly uplifting as i remember. just about as weirdly funny at parts as i remember.
bukowski jabs and jabs at the open wounds of this life and society. oh does he jab. he is actually quite sympathetic, empathetic and yes cynical drunk. often imitated (including by yours truly in some ways), vastly appea...more
bukowski jabs and jabs at the open wounds of this life and society. oh does he jab. he is actually quite sympathetic, empathetic and yes cynical drunk. often imitated (including by yours truly in some ways), vastly appea...more
Definitely one of Buk's lesser lights. He's at his best when he's skirting the edge of drunkenly rambling about his life, but during this period, perhaps (in fact, almost assuredly) because he was so affected by Jane's death, the edge is not so much skirted as it is toppled from.
So, while these poems have some of Buk's rawest emotions in them, the messages are dulled by incoherency, by lost beats, by thoughts that start up halfway through and then transform into other thoughts before finishing....more
So, while these poems have some of Buk's rawest emotions in them, the messages are dulled by incoherency, by lost beats, by thoughts that start up halfway through and then transform into other thoughts before finishing....more
This was the first collection of poems I've read by Bukowski, but it won't be the last.
I really enjoyed this collection and felt that I could really get a sense of the man and his experiences through the work. That is not an easy thing for a poet, as most seem to be so obtuse and cryptic that you end up more disoriented that moved.
There were times when I simply had to stop at the end of one of these poems, or a part thereof, and just let it sink in - moved beyond the ability to simply jump to th...more
I really enjoyed this collection and felt that I could really get a sense of the man and his experiences through the work. That is not an easy thing for a poet, as most seem to be so obtuse and cryptic that you end up more disoriented that moved.
There were times when I simply had to stop at the end of one of these poems, or a part thereof, and just let it sink in - moved beyond the ability to simply jump to th...more
A great collection. This is a more vulnerable Bukowski, not so much the whiny abused child side I didn't care for in "Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame," but a man who feels lost and empty, still trying to deal with the death of a woman he loved and finding meaning through words.
In "For Jane," he writes: "What you were will not happen again." Who has lost who can't relate to that?
And we get just a glimpse of Bukowski the bewildered and terrified father.
Some of my favorites from this collectio...more
In "For Jane," he writes: "What you were will not happen again." Who has lost who can't relate to that?
And we get just a glimpse of Bukowski the bewildered and terrified father.
Some of my favorites from this collectio...more
I remember reading "Love is a Dog from Hell" summer of 2010 and really enjoying it, so I bought this book based on the title alone. It wasn't as good, but had a few memorable ones. Wouldn't suggest starting with this one however
This is my favorite collection of Bukowski so far. He's a bastard sometimes, but there's something about a Bukowski poem I can't get enough of. They're exciting, and I can never wait to finish them, I'm never bored with him.
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Bukowski writes heartfelt poems to his dead love Jane Cooney.
Bukowski dares to not make sense and spew out randomness.
Bukowski clearly terrified, when he was still unknown, unloved and poor.
Bukowski dares to not make sense and spew out randomness.
Bukowski clearly terrified, when he was still unknown, unloved and poor.
Some dark stuff here on life, loss, loneliness, and death and what it means if anything even at all. By and large, an excellent collection. Very few fluff pieces in these pages.
Bukowski is definitely an acquired taste. Still, he occupies his niche extraordinarily well. Plus, this book has one of my all-time favorite titles.
Like his first novel, Post Office, Bukowski's first book of poetry is his best. He was still actually TRYING to write well at this point.
Different, soulful, and heartbreaking. Wrote this book after the death of his true love. A very different side of Bukowski!
It was okay.
Some poems I liked, most were uninspiring for me. I had a hard time relating to his way of life. I appreciate the art, however.
Some poems I liked, most were uninspiring for me. I had a hard time relating to his way of life. I appreciate the art, however.
You can smell the cigarettes and the whiskey... some of the poems are pretty bleak, but as always with Bukowski, there's a beauty underneath the grimy surface.
All Charles Bukowski poem books make a for a good read. This isn't my favourite, it's true, but it's still packed with some beautiful, grimy, profound and astonishing poems.
Is Bukowski supposed to be funny? Laughed out loud twice. Great poet.
U2 made this book popular with the Zooropa song based upon the title poem.
There are not enough stars to rate how these poems made me feel.
Jan 05, 2013
Richard Bradley
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great title and exceelent poems . great book ..love all his stuff
I originally read this in high school. I must admit its not as good the second time around. The most powerful poems in this collection are about dead lovers, namely "With All the Love I Had, Which Was Not Enough," "For Jane," and "Remains." Yet, my personal favorite was "Spring Swan." Others I enjoyed were "Mine," "Uruguay or Hell," "Conversation on a Telephone," "Ants Crawl My Drunken Arms," "The Moment of Truth," "I Thought of Ships, Of Armies, Hanging On," "A Drawer of Fish," and "Did I ever...more
Bukowski's raw and raunchy poetic ramblings about his drunken, prostitute-filled life on skid row LA is the opposite of what I thought I'd ever like. He tells it like it is and does not candy coat. His repulsive life style is redeemed with his many ode's to his one true love, Jane. For me, one who will hopefully never live the life that Bukowski writes about, I actually enjoy taking a mental romp down those harrowing streets and living for a few poems that dirty life, relishing the feeling that...more
There's too much poetry in the world (this is true of novels and non-fiction, too, don't think I'm discriminating). It wouldn't be such a problem if poets weren't compelled to publish so much. Bruce McCulloch once said that "greatest hits albums are for housewives and little girls" but there's something to be said for books of selected poetry, at least for me, as I search in my limited time for the quintessence of someone's work. This is just to say that I've eaten two of Bukowski's plums and pr...more
One of my favorites.
a wonderful discovery.
I hate to say it, but, meh.
good early charles
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Charles Bukowski was born in Andernach, Germany on August 16, 1920, the only child of an American soldier and a German mother. At the age of three, he came with his family to the United States and grew up in Los Angeles. He attended Los Angeles City College from 1939 to 1941, then left school and moved to New York City to become a writer. His lack of publishing success at this time caused him to g...more
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