Charles Bukowski, American Author ~ Poem and story database

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All New York Quarterly appearances
• A red dot indicates that the poem does not appear in any of the Black Sparrow/ECCO collections.

    No. 7 - 1971 - The Dogs Bark Knives
    No. 7 - 1971 - Have You Ever Kissed A Panther?
    No. 7 - 1971 - The Good Life At O'Hare Airport
    No. 8 - 1971 - Inverted Love Song
    No. 8 - 1971 - Notes On A Door-Knocker •
    No. 9 - 1972 - Style
    No. 9 - 1972 - My Literary Fly
    No. 10 - 1972 - He Wrote In Lonely Blood
    No. 10 - 1972 - Law
    No. 12 - 1972 - Looking At The Cat's Balls
    No. 12 - 1972 - The Death Of An Idiot
    No. 12 - 1972 - My Friend, Andre
    No. 12 - 1972 - 5 Dollars
    No. 13 - 1973 - The Giraffes
    No. 13 - 1973 - At The Zoo
    No. 13 - 1973 - Love
    No. 13 - 1973 - Backups
    No. 14 - 1973 - The Ice Cream People
    No. 14 - 1973 - Man Mowing The Lawn Across The Way From Me
    No. 14 - 1973 - Song Of This Old Man •
    No. 15 - 1973 - Contributors' Notes
    No. 15 - 1973 - Laugh Literary
    No. 15 - 1973 - Woman In The Supermarket
    No. 15 - 1973 - 200 Yards From The Surf •
    No. 15 - 1973 - Contributors
    No. 16 - 1973 - The Avoidance Of Boredom •
    No. 17 - 1975 - I Have Taken The Place Of The Starving Artist I Used To Be •
    No. 18 - 1976 - Poems •
    No. 18 - 1976 - Sailing Up Your Yellow River •
    No. 18 - 1976 - Big Grey Balloon Things, Heavy
    No. 19 - 1977 - Who In The Hell Is Tom Jones?
    No. 20 - 1978 - Love
    No. 21 - 1978 - Now She Hates Me •
    No. 21 - 1978 - That Chinaman Did Right •
    No. 21 - 1978 - I Can Hear The Sound Of Human Lives Being Ripped To Pieces
    No. 22 - 1978 - This One
    No. 23 - 1978 - Unleaded •
    No. 23 - 1978 - We'll Take Them
    No. 24 - 1979 - That Big Nice Girl •
    No. 24 - 1979 - 4 Blocks
    No. 25 - 1979 - A Drink To That
    No. 25 - 1979 - Platonic
    No. 25 - 1979 - Combat Primer
    No. 26 - 1985 - Style
    No. 27 - 1985 - Dear Editor •
    No. 28 - 1985 - The Lost Generation
    No. 28 - 1985 - Dream Girl, I Understand Your Absence
    No. 28 - 1985 - The Numbers Game •
    No. 29 - 1986 - Pink Silks
    No. 29 - 1986 - Downtown L.A.
    No. 29 - 1986 - It Doesn't Always Work •
    No. 29 - 1986 - Look Out •
    No. 29 - 1986 - The Pro
    No. 29 - 1986 - My First Affair
    No. 30 - 1986 - Education
    No. 30 - 1986 - Zero
    No. 30 - 1986 - Ow
    No. 30 - 1986 - Do You Believe •
    No. 30 - 1986 - The Man Without Women
    No. 30 - 1986 - The Freeway Life
    No. 31 - 1986 - The Burning Of The Dream
    No. 31 - 1986 - Peace And Love •
    No. 32 - 1987 - Immortal Wino
    No. 33 - 1987 - All The Way To The Grave
    No. 33 - 1987 - Bukowski •
    No. 33 - 1987 - On Goodbye Notes •
    No. 33 - 1987 - I Meet The Famous Poet
    No. 33 - 1987 - From God To Manure •
    No. 33 - 1987 - Close To Greatness
    No. 34 - 1987 - Good Business •
    No. 34 - 1987 - Why, Hello There! •
    No. 34 - 1987 - Replacements •
    No. 34 - 1987 - The Luck •
    No. 34 - 1987 - The Lady Photographer •
    No. 35 - 1988 - Barfly
    No. 35 - 1988 - A Goodbye To Spandau •
    No. 35 - 1988 - Dirty Laundry •
    No. 35 - 1988 - The Writer
    No. 36 - 1988 - Self-Criticism Means •
    No. 36 - 1988 - This Fraughtful Profession •
    No. 36 - 1988 - My Buddy, The Buddha
    No. 37 - 1988 - A Summing Up •
    No. 37 - 1988 - Me And My Buddy
    No. 37 - 1988 - I Think Of Snails Crawling Toward The Twilight •
    No. 37 - 1988 - The Empties •
    No. 37 - 1988 - The Apparitions •
    No. 37 - 1988 - Do You Think Hemingway Or Celine Would Act Like This? •
    No. 37 - 1988 - The Privatization Of The Parts •
    No. 37 - 1988 - The Proclaimers •
    No. 37 - 1988 - What Do You Write On A Machine •
    No. 38 - 1989 - The Bikers •
    No. 39 - 1989 - B As In Bullshit
    No. 40 - 1989 - The Fix
    No. 41 - 1990 - Going Out
    No. 41 - 1990 - An Overheard Conversation •
    No. 41 - 1990 - Who's The Worst? •
    No. 41 - 1990 - Such Luck
    No. 41 - 1990 - What A Girl •
    No. 42 - 1990 - Now
    No. 42 - 1990 - Birthday Poem •
    No. 43 - 1990 - Poetry Contest
    No. 43 - 1990 - The National Endowment For The Farts •
    No. 44 - 1991 - Chinaski: Skewered •
    No. 45 - 1991 - A Sickness
    No. 46 - 1991 - Living In A Great Big Way
    No. 47 - 1992 - A Covering Letter •
    No. 47 - 1992 - Murder
    No. 48 - 1992 - Hell Is Always Now
    No. 48 - 1992 - Hands
    No. 48 - 1992 - Room •
    No. 48 - 1992 - We Don't Read •
    No. 48 - 1992 - City Boy
    No. 49 - 1992 - Funeraless •
    No. 49 - 1992 - No More, No More! •
    No. 49 - 1992 - A Banner Of Snake Eyes •
    No. 49 - 1992 - Tragedy?
    No. 49 - 1992 - Small Conversation In The Afternoon
    No. 49 - 1992 - Prescience
    No. 50 - 1993 - Ah, Look! •
    No. 50 - 1993 - An Introduction To Greatness •
    No. 50 - 1993 - Burning, Burning
    No. 51 - 1993 - Chicken Giblets
    No. 51 - 1993 - It's A Drag Just Breathing Through My Nostrils All Day Long
    No. 51 - 1993 - Meeting The Famous •
    No. 51 - 1993 - Friend Of The Family
    No. 52 - 1993 - Cover Letter •
    No. 52 - 1993 - Alone
    No. 52 - 1993 - The Game
    No. 53 - 1994 - You're Out •
    No. 53 - 1994 - They Rolled The Whole Bed •
    No. 53 - 1994 - The Rivers
    No. 53 - 1994 - The Fool
    No. 54 - 1994 - The Replacements
    No. 54 - 1994 - Richard Nixon •
    No. 54 - 1994 - Living With The Living Dead •
    No. 54 - 1994 - Crawl
    No. 54 - 1994 - Death Is A Good Thing •
    No. 55 - 1995 - Working Out - Again •
    No. 55 - 1995 - Fame
    No. 55 - 1995 - Writers •
    No. 55 - 1995 - Lucinda •
    No. 55 - 1995 - The Gym Co@ch •
    No. 55 - 1995 - Hunk Of Rock
    No. 56 - 1996 - Well, Yes, This Is A Bitter Poem •
    No. 56 - 1996 - Disgusting
    No. 56 - 1996 - The Good Life •
    No. 56 - 1996 - Dumb Night •
    No. 57 - 1997 - 240 Pounds •
    No. 58 - 2002 - Night On The Town, Alone •
    No. 59 - 2002 - A Difference
    No. 60 - 2002 - Seize The Moment •
    No. 60 - 2002 - The Beats
    No. 61 - 2002 - The Ladies Man •