Charles Bukowski
poem and letter manuscripts
1964 - 1992
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
poem and letter manuscripts
1964 - 1992
There are currently 624 poems and 72 letters in the archive. 87 of the poems are believed to be unpublished. however, due to the number of magazines, large and small, that published Bukowski's work, some post-1969 magazine appearances may be missing. If you have information regarding the publication of one of the manuscripts, please pass it along.
poems
1968
• how long does love stay green? (as long as the money lasts)
• rest you merry gentlemen and rest you merry whores and let the lamplights light
• Get the Nose
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck - pg. 43
• rest you merry gentlemen and rest you merry whores and let the lamplights light
• Get the Nose
Mockingbird Wish Me Luck - pg. 43
1969
no manuscripts available for this year
1970
no manuscripts available for this year
1971
1972
• the gigolo
• moons of honey drown the lark hahaha
• yes, yes
• a great man speaks of great men
• my hump-backed laughing soul
• piss
• 200 yards from the surf
New York Quarterly no. 15
• A Critic
Second Coming Vol. 2 No. 4/5
• There's People In Places Where Snow Lives
The Wormwood Review Vol. 15 No. 1 Issue 57 - pg. 41
• Girls Coming Home In Their Cars
The Wormwood Review Vol. 14 No. 3 Issue 55 - pg. 107
• Round Trip - For T.H.
The Wormwood Review Vol. 15 No. 1 Issue 57 - pg. 40
• Girls Coming Home
Love is a Dog From Hell - pg. 265
• the bells
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 91
• this drunk
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 141
• I can't see anything
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 198
• moons of honey drown the lark hahaha
• yes, yes
• a great man speaks of great men
• my hump-backed laughing soul
• piss
• 200 yards from the surf
New York Quarterly no. 15
• A Critic
Second Coming Vol. 2 No. 4/5
• There's People In Places Where Snow Lives
The Wormwood Review Vol. 15 No. 1 Issue 57 - pg. 41
• Girls Coming Home In Their Cars
The Wormwood Review Vol. 14 No. 3 Issue 55 - pg. 107
• Round Trip - For T.H.
The Wormwood Review Vol. 15 No. 1 Issue 57 - pg. 40
• Girls Coming Home
Love is a Dog From Hell - pg. 265
• the bells
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 91
• this drunk
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 141
• I can't see anything
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 198
1973
no manuscripts available for this year
1974
• 2,294
• the boy in red for a 20
• a plausible finish
• dig me a ditch
• advice
• all you need
• a confession
• mice
• one hundred dollars
• rubber
• while sitting in a bar on sunset boulevard
• insomnia
• mother
• teeth
• the bells of the condom
• no Cagney, me
• where are you?
• 2 Horsecollars
Poetry Now no. 6
• how good sleep is before having to walk down any street --
• August
• The Fulfillment
• rosary for a once tenderness
• the mad poet
• like a movie
Sotto Voce no. 5
• A Song to the Glorious Lonely
• my ol' drinking buddies...
• flashing white teeth
• Hitler's mama
• feed time
• those flashes...
• An Old Fan
The Wormwood Review Vol. 15 No. 4 Issue 60 - pg. 118
• Free
The Wormwood Review Vol. 16 No. 4 Issue 64 - pg. 142
• Let's Be Original
The Wormwood Review Vol. 16 No. 4 Issue 64 - pg. 144
• Cloud 9
The Wormwood Review Vol. 16 No. 2 Issue 62 - pg. 78
• an afternoon in mid-february
Cerberus
• Blinks A Little Spot Of Senseless Yellow In The Middle Of It All
The Wormwood Review Vol. 17 No. 1/2 Issue 65/66 - pg. 44
• she comes from somewhere
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 89
• apprentices
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 257
• like a movie
Open All Night - pg. 155
• a little spot of senseless yellow
Open All Night - pg. 134
• a poem for swingers
Open All Night - pg. 121
• the boy in red for a 20
• a plausible finish
• dig me a ditch
• advice
• all you need
• a confession
• mice
• one hundred dollars
• rubber
• while sitting in a bar on sunset boulevard
• insomnia
• mother
• teeth
• the bells of the condom
• no Cagney, me
• where are you?
• 2 Horsecollars
Poetry Now no. 6
• how good sleep is before having to walk down any street --
• August
• The Fulfillment
• rosary for a once tenderness
• the mad poet
• like a movie
Sotto Voce no. 5
• A Song to the Glorious Lonely
• my ol' drinking buddies...
• flashing white teeth
• Hitler's mama
• feed time
• those flashes...
• An Old Fan
The Wormwood Review Vol. 15 No. 4 Issue 60 - pg. 118
• Free
The Wormwood Review Vol. 16 No. 4 Issue 64 - pg. 142
• Let's Be Original
The Wormwood Review Vol. 16 No. 4 Issue 64 - pg. 144
• Cloud 9
The Wormwood Review Vol. 16 No. 2 Issue 62 - pg. 78
• an afternoon in mid-february
Cerberus
• Blinks A Little Spot Of Senseless Yellow In The Middle Of It All
The Wormwood Review Vol. 17 No. 1/2 Issue 65/66 - pg. 44
• she comes from somewhere
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 89
• apprentices
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 257
• like a movie
Open All Night - pg. 155
• a little spot of senseless yellow
Open All Night - pg. 134
• a poem for swingers
Open All Night - pg. 121
1975
• bet too early in the 9th. and was sent sadly down the escalator and into the parking lot--
• The Hollywood Hustle
• whiskey sour
• Drooling Madness At St. Liz:
American Poetry Review vol. 4 no. 2
• over a beer
• 46 and 9/10's
• lovlie
• in all fairness
• in this place now--
• the famous man
• haul ass, wonder woman
• the knife waltz
• thoughts on an evening when grey walls breathe and huff:
• you, back in the ninth row, let me tell you something--
• rip-tide
• the lady's man
• constitutional rights
• primal scream
• the great film director
• My Lucky Friend
Purr No. 2
• against the window panes
• i watch these thin-hoofed beasts
• airplane spin
• the soul-seekers
• beer
• the edge
• the fathead
• visitor
• jones
• piranhas
• out on the branch
• garter belt
• the famous poet
• half a goldfish
• the genius
• chauv poem
• Ezra's pretty tough
• the anarchists
• the joke
• entertainment
• the good guy
• a goodbye
• the red pigeon
• those flashes...
• murder
• figs
• the hallelujah chorus
• one for R.O.
Unmuzzled Ox 14
• o.d.
The Coldspring Journal
• After the Reading
Love is a Dog From Hell - pg. 299
• the pact
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 153
• like a cherry seed in the throat
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 282
• sometimes even putting a nickel into a parking meter feels good--
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 297
• bright lights and serpents
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 270
• the meaning of it all
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 167
• my father and the bum
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 17
• mean and stingy
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 272
• the silver mirror
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 223
• she caught it on the fly
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 104
• 3 pairs of panties
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 140
• The Hollywood Hustle
• whiskey sour
• Drooling Madness At St. Liz:
American Poetry Review vol. 4 no. 2
• over a beer
• 46 and 9/10's
• lovlie
• in all fairness
• in this place now--
• the famous man
• haul ass, wonder woman
• the knife waltz
• thoughts on an evening when grey walls breathe and huff:
• you, back in the ninth row, let me tell you something--
• rip-tide
• the lady's man
• constitutional rights
• primal scream
• the great film director
• My Lucky Friend
Purr No. 2
• against the window panes
• i watch these thin-hoofed beasts
• airplane spin
• the soul-seekers
• beer
• the edge
• the fathead
• visitor
• jones
• piranhas
• out on the branch
• garter belt
• the famous poet
• half a goldfish
• the genius
• chauv poem
• Ezra's pretty tough
• the anarchists
• the joke
• entertainment
• the good guy
• a goodbye
• the red pigeon
• those flashes...
• murder
• figs
• the hallelujah chorus
• one for R.O.
Unmuzzled Ox 14
• o.d.
The Coldspring Journal
• After the Reading
Love is a Dog From Hell - pg. 299
• the pact
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 153
• like a cherry seed in the throat
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 282
• sometimes even putting a nickel into a parking meter feels good--
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 297
• bright lights and serpents
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 270
• the meaning of it all
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 167
• my father and the bum
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 17
• mean and stingy
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 272
• the silver mirror
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 223
• she caught it on the fly
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 104
• 3 pairs of panties
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 140
1976
• January 1976
• white like snow
• skin coloring
• life off Hollywood and Western
• shit, sometimes it gets so lonely that I can't even commit suicide:
• the death kiss
• the death-trend
• Stravinsky on a Saturday night at 7:18 p.m.
• for Linda--
• bathtub
• The Poem of the Empty Bed
Second Coming. Vol. 5 No. 1
• Be Alone
Second Coming. Vol. 5 No. 1
• The Fortune Teller
We Are The Secret Living Leprosy
• Weep
Second Coming. Vol. 5 No. 1
• Hunchback
Second Coming. Vol. 5 No. 1
• tabby cat
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 386
• Tabby Cat
The Singer
• a touch of steel
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 261
• be alone
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 379
• Be Alone
The Singer
• ummmm...
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 131
• hunchback
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 225
• pale pink Porsche
Open All Night - pg. 158
• white like snow
• skin coloring
• life off Hollywood and Western
• shit, sometimes it gets so lonely that I can't even commit suicide:
• the death kiss
• the death-trend
• Stravinsky on a Saturday night at 7:18 p.m.
• for Linda--
• bathtub
• The Poem of the Empty Bed
Second Coming. Vol. 5 No. 1
• Be Alone
Second Coming. Vol. 5 No. 1
• The Fortune Teller
We Are The Secret Living Leprosy
• Weep
Second Coming. Vol. 5 No. 1
• Hunchback
Second Coming. Vol. 5 No. 1
• tabby cat
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 386
• Tabby Cat
The Singer
• a touch of steel
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 261
• be alone
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 379
• Be Alone
The Singer
• ummmm...
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 131
• hunchback
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 225
• pale pink Porsche
Open All Night - pg. 158
1977
• Dog
Love is a Dog From Hell - pg. 123
• note for my wall
• 2 men at the track:
• best bet
• a matter of size
• I do it while thinking about things
• respite
• these same walls
• a shooting
• Sam the mailman
• the firing of the canons
• the ladies who rip men apart
• the old quarterback
• trainer's instructions:
• love
• some notes on the word and the way:
• It's Strange
The Wormwood Review Vol. 17 No. 4 Issue 68 - pg. 118
• o, the literary life!
• I Been Working on the Railroad
Beauti-ful - pg. 47
• plate glass window
• the whores, the people at taco stands, the bus drivers, the cops, the killers, the janitors, the highschool teachers, the priests and the garbagemen...
• I drove her to the food stamp place and I had a hamburger while I waited and after a while we walked around and then
• high-roller
• job #36
• legs
• Smashed
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 99
• And My Mother Had a Nice Umbrella and Looked Beautiful in the Rain
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 98
• Ow
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 111
• there's one in every bar...
Out of Step
• The Finish of Moby Dick
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 102
• He Uses Unwaxed Dental Floss
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 110
• Panasonic
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 93
• The Deathly Bravo
The Wormwood Review Vol. 18 No. 4 Issue 72 - pg. 153
• Silk
The Wormwood Review Vol. 19 No. 4 Issue 76 - pg. 157
• Tongue-Cut
The Wormwood Review Vol. 19 No. 2 Issue 74 - pg. 73
• A Note Upon Starvation
The Wormwood Review Vol. 20 No. 4 Issue 80 - pg. 136
• The Beach Boys
The Wormwood Review Vol. 20 No. 1 Issue 77 - pg. 41
• We're All So Wanted...
The Wormwood Review Vol. 20 No. 4 Issue 80 - pg. 132
• Shopping List
The Wormwood Review Vol. 20 No. 4 Issue 80 - pg. 131
• A Fact
The Wormwood Review Vol. 20 No. 1 Issue 77 - pg. 40
• Overt Population
The Wormwood Review Vol. 20 No. 1 Issue 77 - pg. 40
• Yes
Dangling in the Tournefortia - pg. 138
• It's Strange
Dangling in the Tournefortia - pg. 168
• Silk
Dangling in the Tournefortia - pg. 17
• Edith Sent Us
The Wormwood Review Vol. 21 No. 1/2 Issue 81/82 - pg. 19
• Overt Population
Dangling in the Tournefortia - pg. 85
• note left on the dresser by a lady friend:
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 213
• the pretty girl who rented rooms
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 36
• downtown
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 318
• Edith sent us
Open All Night - pg. 91
• there's one in every bar
Open All Night - pg. 177
• he also flosses every day
Open All Night - pg. 227
• passport
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 294
• not exactly the sun
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 199
• panasonic
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 231
Love is a Dog From Hell - pg. 123
• note for my wall
• 2 men at the track:
• best bet
• a matter of size
• I do it while thinking about things
• respite
• these same walls
• a shooting
• Sam the mailman
• the firing of the canons
• the ladies who rip men apart
• the old quarterback
• trainer's instructions:
• love
• some notes on the word and the way:
• It's Strange
The Wormwood Review Vol. 17 No. 4 Issue 68 - pg. 118
• o, the literary life!
• I Been Working on the Railroad
Beauti-ful - pg. 47
• plate glass window
• the whores, the people at taco stands, the bus drivers, the cops, the killers, the janitors, the highschool teachers, the priests and the garbagemen...
• I drove her to the food stamp place and I had a hamburger while I waited and after a while we walked around and then
• high-roller
• job #36
• legs
• Smashed
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 99
• And My Mother Had a Nice Umbrella and Looked Beautiful in the Rain
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 98
• Ow
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 111
• there's one in every bar...
Out of Step
• The Finish of Moby Dick
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 102
• He Uses Unwaxed Dental Floss
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 110
• Panasonic
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 93
• The Deathly Bravo
The Wormwood Review Vol. 18 No. 4 Issue 72 - pg. 153
• Silk
The Wormwood Review Vol. 19 No. 4 Issue 76 - pg. 157
• Tongue-Cut
The Wormwood Review Vol. 19 No. 2 Issue 74 - pg. 73
• A Note Upon Starvation
The Wormwood Review Vol. 20 No. 4 Issue 80 - pg. 136
• The Beach Boys
The Wormwood Review Vol. 20 No. 1 Issue 77 - pg. 41
• We're All So Wanted...
The Wormwood Review Vol. 20 No. 4 Issue 80 - pg. 132
• Shopping List
The Wormwood Review Vol. 20 No. 4 Issue 80 - pg. 131
• A Fact
The Wormwood Review Vol. 20 No. 1 Issue 77 - pg. 40
• Overt Population
The Wormwood Review Vol. 20 No. 1 Issue 77 - pg. 40
• Yes
Dangling in the Tournefortia - pg. 138
• It's Strange
Dangling in the Tournefortia - pg. 168
• Silk
Dangling in the Tournefortia - pg. 17
• Edith Sent Us
The Wormwood Review Vol. 21 No. 1/2 Issue 81/82 - pg. 19
• Overt Population
Dangling in the Tournefortia - pg. 85
• note left on the dresser by a lady friend:
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 213
• the pretty girl who rented rooms
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 36
• downtown
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 318
• Edith sent us
Open All Night - pg. 91
• there's one in every bar
Open All Night - pg. 177
• he also flosses every day
Open All Night - pg. 227
• passport
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 294
• not exactly the sun
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 199
• panasonic
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 231
1978
• hooked in H
• winter meeting
• The Big Weight-Lifting Feat
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 114
• women at my dresser mirror
• coming and going
• my buddy
• craft
• 5000 dollars
• a member of the jury
• Good Friday
• little magazines and poetry chapbooks
• so I got out the AE-1
• there was always the danger of men who originally wrote things down well of becoming professional writers--
• a big one
• death of the toteboards, Hollywood Park, April 21, 1978
• the end of a short love affair
• the playboy of the Western world leaves the field to those who desire it--
• The Yards
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 105
• Where's It At?
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 88
• Chilled
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 116
• crazy
• heart-ache
• I.U.(C.)D.
• racetrack
• travertine
• Last Try
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 113
• Academy Award
• Mosquito
Out of Step
• The Girls Are Gone
Koff Vol. 2 No. 2/3
• telephone
• tank jobs
• Sad Letters from up North
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 102
• the pros
• he used to be
• the golden god
• clown poem
• De Luxe
• chill
• hop, skip and jump
• slump
• Sibelius And Etc.
The Wormwood Review Vol. 19 No. 4 Issue 76 - pg. 156
• Social
The Wormwood Review Vol. 19 No. 2 Issue 74 - pg. 68
• 1984
The Wormwood Review Vol. 20 No. 1 Issue 77 - pg. 39
• Have A Nice Day
The Wormwood Review Vol. 21 No. 1/2 Issue 81/82 - pg. 28
• Sibelius and Etc.
Dangling in the Tournefortia - pg. 203
• Dead Again
Dangling in the Tournefortia - pg. 144
• Those
The Wormwood Review Vol. 22 No. 1 Issue 85 - pg. 5
• Gift
Horses Don't Bet on People and Neither Do I - pg. 112
• igloo
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 20
• legs
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 215
• winter meeting
• The Big Weight-Lifting Feat
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 114
• women at my dresser mirror
• coming and going
• my buddy
• craft
• 5000 dollars
• a member of the jury
• Good Friday
• little magazines and poetry chapbooks
• so I got out the AE-1
• there was always the danger of men who originally wrote things down well of becoming professional writers--
• a big one
• death of the toteboards, Hollywood Park, April 21, 1978
• the end of a short love affair
• the playboy of the Western world leaves the field to those who desire it--
• The Yards
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 105
• Where's It At?
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 88
• Chilled
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 116
• crazy
• heart-ache
• I.U.(C.)D.
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• racetrack
• travertine
• Last Try
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 113
• Academy Award
• Mosquito
Out of Step
• The Girls Are Gone
Koff Vol. 2 No. 2/3
• telephone
• tank jobs
• Sad Letters from up North
Legs, Hips and Behind - pg. 102
• the pros
• he used to be
• the golden god
• clown poem
• De Luxe
• chill
• hop, skip and jump
• slump
• Sibelius And Etc.
The Wormwood Review Vol. 19 No. 4 Issue 76 - pg. 156
• Social
The Wormwood Review Vol. 19 No. 2 Issue 74 - pg. 68
• 1984
The Wormwood Review Vol. 20 No. 1 Issue 77 - pg. 39
• Have A Nice Day
The Wormwood Review Vol. 21 No. 1/2 Issue 81/82 - pg. 28
• Sibelius and Etc.
Dangling in the Tournefortia - pg. 203
• Dead Again
Dangling in the Tournefortia - pg. 144
• Those
The Wormwood Review Vol. 22 No. 1 Issue 85 - pg. 5
• Gift
Horses Don't Bet on People and Neither Do I - pg. 112
• igloo
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 20
• legs
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 215
1979
• a lazy afternoon
• thrill time
• nice and brown
• bad day
• burning bright
• the alter boy
• the alien
• Hemingway
• the 9 horse
• the piano player
• one for the gang
• I don't need a Cleopatra
• success
• the answer
• the fix
• a reader
• the new neighborhood
• me and Pound's girlfriend
• the parts dept.
• THE PRINCESS TINA
• tough cob
• jam
• The Lady in Red
Poets and Writers
• The German Hotel
The Wormwood Review Vol. 21 No. 1/2 Issue 81/82 - pg. 34
• The Lady in Red
Dangling in the Tournefortia - pg. 13
• The Old Pinch Hitter
The Wormwood Review Vol. 21 No. 1/2 Issue 81/82 - pg. 22
• Parts Dept.
The Wormwood Review Vol. 22 No. 3 Issue 87 - pg. 106
• Trouble
The Wormwood Review Vol. 22 No. 1 Issue 85 - pg. 2
• Horse
Horses Don't Bet on People and Neither Do I - pg. 89
• Of Course
The Wormwood Review Vol. 24 No. 2 Issue 94 - pg. 76
• Locks
Horses Don't Bet on People and Neither Do I - pg. 82
• Reject
Blow 6
• With a Flagpole over the San Pedro Harbor
Blow 6
• The German Hotel
Shakespeare Never Did This
• my movie
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 405
• the gamblers
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 388
• the old pinch hitter
Open All Night - pg. 89
• a place to go
Open All Night - pg. 127
• a place to go
Popcorn in the Dark
• my father wanted me to be a mechanical draftsman but
Open All Night - pg. 287
• my father wanted me to be a mechanical draftsman but
Popcorn in the Dark
• flight time to nowhere
Open All Night - pg. 117
• a good show
Open All Night - pg. 132
• novels
Open All Night - pg. 106
• the x-con
Open All Night - pg. 217
• Bruckner(2)
Open All Night - pg. 137
• soundless
Open All Night - pg. 101
• locks
Open All Night - pg. 264
• uncrowned
Open All Night - pg. 141
• pleased to meet you
Open All Night - pg. 108
• wall clock
Open All Night - pg. 62
• thrill time
• nice and brown
• bad day
• burning bright
• the alter boy
• the alien
• Hemingway
• the 9 horse
• the piano player
• one for the gang
• I don't need a Cleopatra
• success
• the answer
• the fix
• a reader
• the new neighborhood
• me and Pound's girlfriend
• the parts dept.
• THE PRINCESS TINA
• tough cob
• jam
• The Lady in Red
Poets and Writers
• The German Hotel
The Wormwood Review Vol. 21 No. 1/2 Issue 81/82 - pg. 34
• The Lady in Red
Dangling in the Tournefortia - pg. 13
• The Old Pinch Hitter
The Wormwood Review Vol. 21 No. 1/2 Issue 81/82 - pg. 22
• Parts Dept.
The Wormwood Review Vol. 22 No. 3 Issue 87 - pg. 106
• Trouble
The Wormwood Review Vol. 22 No. 1 Issue 85 - pg. 2
• Horse
Horses Don't Bet on People and Neither Do I - pg. 89
• Of Course
The Wormwood Review Vol. 24 No. 2 Issue 94 - pg. 76
• Locks
Horses Don't Bet on People and Neither Do I - pg. 82
• Reject
Blow 6
• With a Flagpole over the San Pedro Harbor
Blow 6
• The German Hotel
Shakespeare Never Did This
• my movie
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 405
• the gamblers
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 388
• the old pinch hitter
Open All Night - pg. 89
• a place to go
Open All Night - pg. 127
• a place to go
Popcorn in the Dark
• my father wanted me to be a mechanical draftsman but
Open All Night - pg. 287
• my father wanted me to be a mechanical draftsman but
Popcorn in the Dark
• flight time to nowhere
Open All Night - pg. 117
• a good show
Open All Night - pg. 132
• novels
Open All Night - pg. 106
• the x-con
Open All Night - pg. 217
• Bruckner(2)
Open All Night - pg. 137
• soundless
Open All Night - pg. 101
• locks
Open All Night - pg. 264
• uncrowned
Open All Night - pg. 141
• pleased to meet you
Open All Night - pg. 108
• wall clock
Open All Night - pg. 62
1980
• ah
• A Fine Night
• helping friends
• the game
• don't save me
• ladies talking on the telephone
• dear friends
• pop
• you're not going to believe this
• unemployed and shacking
• heads without faces, seen in all the places
• only the dragging of time like a dry turd being pulled by a string...
• 5.90 per pound
• an unliterary afternoon
• the poetry game
• a horror poem
• all that like that
• American Literature II
Horses Don't Bet on People and Neither Do I - pg. 87
• Dog Fight
Horses Don't Bet on People and Neither Do I - pg. 81
• In My Day We Used to Call It Pussy-Whipped
Horses Don't Bet on People and Neither Do I - pg. 122
• The Miracle Man
The Wormwood Review Vol. 25 No. 1 Issue 97 - pg. 35
• dog fight 1990
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 365
• as much as I hate to use the "F" word
Open All Night - pg. 336
• merry, merry
Open All Night - pg. 123
• 4 cops
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 110
• American Literature II
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 114
• 1810-1856
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 56
• A Fine Night
• helping friends
• the game
• don't save me
• ladies talking on the telephone
• dear friends
• pop
• you're not going to believe this
• unemployed and shacking
• heads without faces, seen in all the places
• only the dragging of time like a dry turd being pulled by a string...
• 5.90 per pound
• an unliterary afternoon
• the poetry game
• a horror poem
• all that like that
• American Literature II
Horses Don't Bet on People and Neither Do I - pg. 87
• Dog Fight
Horses Don't Bet on People and Neither Do I - pg. 81
• In My Day We Used to Call It Pussy-Whipped
Horses Don't Bet on People and Neither Do I - pg. 122
• The Miracle Man
The Wormwood Review Vol. 25 No. 1 Issue 97 - pg. 35
• dog fight 1990
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire - pg. 365
• as much as I hate to use the "F" word
Open All Night - pg. 336
• merry, merry
Open All Night - pg. 123
• 4 cops
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 110
• American Literature II
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 114
• 1810-1856
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 56
1981
• forget your writing class, get on your writing ass
• dirty poem
• my god
• and I still don't vote
• jung cats
• about a correspondence
• Bob
• how was your childhood?
• kitchen floor poem
• my 3 friends
• no man is an island
• jack-knife
The Living Color
• renewal
The Living Color
• writing is very much a state of trance...
The Living Color
• yours
The Living Color
• sloppy day
Abraxas No. 27/28
• the green Cadillac
Abraxas No. 27/28
• Kenyon Review, after the sandstorm
Horses Don't Bet on People and Neither Do I - pg. 121
• Jack-Knife
War All the Time - pg. 67
• Wrong Way
The Wormwood Review Vol. 25 No. 4 Issue 100 - pg. 142
• Back To The Machinegun
The Wormwood Review Vol. 25 No. 4 Issue 100 - pg. 136
• A Close Call While Shopping
The Wormwood Review Vol. 25 No. 4 Issue 100 - pg. 146
• Purple
The Wormwood Review Vol. 25 No. 3 Issue 99 - pg. 114
• this habit
Open All Night - pg. 201
• back to the machine gun
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 57
• dirty poem
• my god
• and I still don't vote
• jung cats
• about a correspondence
• Bob
• how was your childhood?
• kitchen floor poem
• my 3 friends
• no man is an island
• jack-knife
The Living Color
• renewal
The Living Color
• writing is very much a state of trance...
The Living Color
• yours
The Living Color
• sloppy day
Abraxas No. 27/28
• the green Cadillac
Abraxas No. 27/28
• Kenyon Review, after the sandstorm
Horses Don't Bet on People and Neither Do I - pg. 121
• Jack-Knife
War All the Time - pg. 67
• Wrong Way
The Wormwood Review Vol. 25 No. 4 Issue 100 - pg. 142
• Back To The Machinegun
The Wormwood Review Vol. 25 No. 4 Issue 100 - pg. 136
• A Close Call While Shopping
The Wormwood Review Vol. 25 No. 4 Issue 100 - pg. 146
• Purple
The Wormwood Review Vol. 25 No. 3 Issue 99 - pg. 114
• this habit
Open All Night - pg. 201
• back to the machine gun
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 57
1982
• cap
Stance no. 3
• a statement upon the journey:
• regrets of a sort...
• it only gets pleasant when you don't think too much
• now here see me
• hard night
• the writer
• the Death of Paris and many things...
• the old big time
• getting ready for a summer tan as suicides mount in Delaware...
• action off the board
• legs
• six weeks
• about the French movie director...
• the alcoholic
• Shut Out
The Wormwood Review Vol. 26 No. 3 Issue 103 - pg. 88
• Save The Trees
The Wormwood Review Vol. 28 No. 1 Issue 109 - pg. 39
• Suitable
People Poems - pg. 87
• Problems In The Checkout Line
The Wormwood Review Vol. 32 No. 1 Issue 125 - pg. 37
• The Announcer
The Wormwood Review Vol. 34 No. 3 Issue 135 - pg. 129
• D. April 9, 1553
The Wormwood Review Vol. 35 No. 1 Issue 137 - pg. 45
• problems in the checkout line
Open All Night - pg. 302
• secret laughter
Open All Night - pg. 361
• don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me
Open All Night - pg. 360
• his cap
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 25
• the main course
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 92
• shut out
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 126
• he died April 9, 1553
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 218
Stance no. 3
• a statement upon the journey:
• regrets of a sort...
• it only gets pleasant when you don't think too much
• now here see me
• hard night
• the writer
• the Death of Paris and many things...
• the old big time
• getting ready for a summer tan as suicides mount in Delaware...
• action off the board
• legs
• six weeks
• about the French movie director...
• the alcoholic
• Shut Out
The Wormwood Review Vol. 26 No. 3 Issue 103 - pg. 88
• Save The Trees
The Wormwood Review Vol. 28 No. 1 Issue 109 - pg. 39
• Suitable
People Poems - pg. 87
• Problems In The Checkout Line
The Wormwood Review Vol. 32 No. 1 Issue 125 - pg. 37
• The Announcer
The Wormwood Review Vol. 34 No. 3 Issue 135 - pg. 129
• D. April 9, 1553
The Wormwood Review Vol. 35 No. 1 Issue 137 - pg. 45
• problems in the checkout line
Open All Night - pg. 302
• secret laughter
Open All Night - pg. 361
• don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me
Open All Night - pg. 360
• his cap
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 25
• the main course
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 92
• shut out
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 126
• he died April 9, 1553
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 218
1983
• my walls of love
• lost in the various hinterlands
• proclamation and instruction
• success?
• decades, centuries of error...
• I'll take it all...
• let them be found...
• re-union (or, for almost all the girls and most of the times):
• girls, get back on your reels
• it's fundamental
• Those Girls We Followed Home
You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense - pg. 253
• Don't Play It Again, Sam
The Wormwood Review Vol. 26 No. 4 Issue 104 - pg. 158
• Those Girls We Followed Home
People Poems - pg. 81
• They Need What They Need...
The Wormwood Review Vol. 31 No. 4 Issue 124 - pg. 142
• For A Man Who Walks Around My Typewriter Very Often
The Wormwood Review Vol. 31 No. 1 Issue 121 - pg. 42
• He Left
The Wormwood Review Vol. 34 No. 3 Issue 135 - pg. 130
• they need what they need
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 312
• lost in the various hinterlands
• proclamation and instruction
• success?
• decades, centuries of error...
• I'll take it all...
• let them be found...
• re-union (or, for almost all the girls and most of the times):
• girls, get back on your reels
• it's fundamental
• Those Girls We Followed Home
You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense - pg. 253
• Don't Play It Again, Sam
The Wormwood Review Vol. 26 No. 4 Issue 104 - pg. 158
• Those Girls We Followed Home
People Poems - pg. 81
• They Need What They Need...
The Wormwood Review Vol. 31 No. 4 Issue 124 - pg. 142
• For A Man Who Walks Around My Typewriter Very Often
The Wormwood Review Vol. 31 No. 1 Issue 121 - pg. 42
• He Left
The Wormwood Review Vol. 34 No. 3 Issue 135 - pg. 130
• they need what they need
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 312
1984
• a sensible fellow
• greetings
• the luck of the blessed
• working out in Hades
• love
• overheard at the track:
• punch-out
• thanks for your help
• you've got to fall up to get down...
• dear editor:
• fire within the cesspool
• well, that's just the way it is...
• Endurance
Going Modern - pg. 1
• See: Ending
Going Modern - pg. 3
• dream girl, I understand your absence
• what I need
• help wanted
• for my better readers:
• in 1941
• party's over
• working out
• Miracle
You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense - pg. 75
• The Chemistry of Things
You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense - pg. 66
• This Is Free, Take It, And Feel Better
The Wormwood Review Vol. 26 No. 2 Issue 102 - pg. 78
• Murder
You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense - pg. 299
• The Lady Who Looks Young Forever
People Poems - pg. 96
• The Highschool Girls
The Wormwood Review Vol. 34 No. 1 Issue 133 - pg. 45
• wine pulse
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 352
• sometimes when you get the blues there's a reason
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 186
• the hatchet job
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 158
• greetings
• the luck of the blessed
• working out in Hades
• love
• overheard at the track:
• punch-out
• thanks for your help
• you've got to fall up to get down...
• dear editor:
• fire within the cesspool
• well, that's just the way it is...
• Endurance
Going Modern - pg. 1
• See: Ending
Going Modern - pg. 3
• dream girl, I understand your absence
• what I need
• help wanted
• for my better readers:
• in 1941
• party's over
• working out
• Miracle
You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense - pg. 75
• The Chemistry of Things
You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense - pg. 66
• This Is Free, Take It, And Feel Better
The Wormwood Review Vol. 26 No. 2 Issue 102 - pg. 78
• Murder
You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense - pg. 299
• The Lady Who Looks Young Forever
People Poems - pg. 96
• The Highschool Girls
The Wormwood Review Vol. 34 No. 1 Issue 133 - pg. 45
• wine pulse
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 352
• sometimes when you get the blues there's a reason
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 186
• the hatchet job
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 158
1985
• all you guys...
• cohorts of the hoof:
• escape
• horse fly
• huh?
• self-edit
• the albums
• the boil
• the great wine-maker
• yes
• observation
• quiet
• Snake-eyes
• too early, too late, and never...
• what can I do?
• a cheer for modern contrivances---
• bombed away
• here it is
• Who's Who In America: 1984-1985, Forty-Third Edition
The Wormwood Review Vol. 34 No. 1 Issue 133 - pg. 45
• yeah
• driving test
• The Unfolding
Planet Detroit Magazine no. 6
• lousy mail
• A Gentle, Alcoholic Night
Clock Radio No. 3
• filling an order
• hard times
• idols in the fight through darkness
• putrefaction
• it's never been so nice
• each man's hell is different
• it's all right, don't lay any guilt on me:
• spinning the ribbon...
• huzza
• I'll take it...
• loll
• the flower of zero
• B L O C K
• snapshot
• the barometer
• final story
• the way it is
• not listed
• I pour a drink and toast the love of my luck
• so, cheer up...
• the mutilation of the species
• I'm so tired
• the luck of the way
• Practice
You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense - pg. 221
• Me and My Buddy
You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense - pg. 216
• My Turn
Clock Radio No. 4
• Never Look
Clock Radio No. 4
• Gay Paree?
You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense - pg. 175
• A Good Time
You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense - pg. 51
• Going On
The Wormwood Review Vol. 27 No. 1 Issue 105 - pg. 36
• Speed!!!!!!!!!!
The Wormwood Review Vol. 27 No. 4 Issue 108 - pg. 116
• never look
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 153
• strictly bullshit
Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way - pg. 298
• cohorts of the hoof:
• escape
• horse fly
• huh?
• self-edit
• the albums
• the boil
• the great wine-maker
• yes
• observation
• quiet
• Snake-eyes
• too early, too late, and never...
• what can I do?
• a cheer for modern contrivances---
• bombed away
• here it is
• Who's Who In America: 1984-1985, Forty-Third Edition
The Wormwood Review Vol. 34 No. 1 Issue 133 - pg. 45
• yeah
• driving test
• The Unfolding
Planet Detroit Magazine no. 6
• lousy mail
• A Gentle, Alcoholic Night
Clock Radio No. 3
• filling an order
• hard times
• idols in the fight through darkness
• putrefaction
• it's never been so nice
• each man's hell is different
• it's all right, don't lay any guilt on me:
• spinning the ribbon...
• huzza
• I'll take it...
• loll
• the flower of zero
• B L O C K
• snapshot
• the barometer
• final story
• the way it is
• not listed
• I pour a drink and toast the love of my luck
• so, cheer up...
• the mutilation of the species
• I'm so tired
• the luck of the way
• Practice
You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense - pg. 221
• Me and My Buddy
You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense - pg. 216
• My Turn
Clock Radio No. 4
• Never Look
Clock Radio No. 4
• Gay Paree?
You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense - pg. 175
• A Good Time
You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense - pg. 51
• Going On
The Wormwood Review Vol. 27 No. 1 Issue 105 - pg. 36
• Speed!!!!!!!!!!
The Wormwood Review Vol. 27 No. 4 Issue 108 - pg. 116
• never look
the night torn mad with footsteps - pg. 153
• strictly bullshit
Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way - pg. 298
1986
• on fame
• B U K O W S K I
• dirty poem
• a lady who wants to help
• Buddah Chinaski says
• a terrible need
• how to get out?
• I am giving away the prize
• a common interest
• dead
• full circle
• listen, let me tell you of olden days...
• false praise
• no chance
• the winner
• switching
• immobile
• pardon me, you got some light?
• a poem that doesn't work but one that I still keep playing with like a cat with a toy mouse that won't become alive--
• B U K O W S K I
• dirty poem
• a lady who wants to help
• Buddah Chinaski says
• a terrible need
• how to get out?
• I am giving away the prize
• a common interest
• dead
• full circle
• listen, let me tell you of olden days...
• false praise
• no chance
• the winner
• switching
• immobile
• pardon me, you got some light?
• a poem that doesn't work but one that I still keep playing with like a cat with a toy mouse that won't become alive--
1987
no manuscripts available for this year
1988
no manuscripts available for this year
1989
no manuscripts available for this year
1990
• husk
• love poem
• defect
• Sumatra Cum Laude
• the fix
• the place
• a lot of nothing
• a question
• the last salamander
• displaced
• don't call me, I'll call you
• perfect
• skinny-dipping
• accepted
• yes
• bad night
• silverfish
• .188
• 25 cents worth
• hey Pablo
• inside and outside
• mailbag
• nothing
• ow ow ow
• the death of a hero
• why do you write so many poems about death?
• yes
• nothing to it
• strange
• 1990 special
• another interview
•
• love poem
• defect
• Sumatra Cum Laude
• the fix
• the place
• a lot of nothing
• a question
• the last salamander
• displaced
• don't call me, I'll call you
• perfect
• skinny-dipping
• accepted
• yes
• bad night
• silverfish
• .188
• 25 cents worth
• hey Pablo
• inside and outside
• mailbag
• nothing
• ow ow ow
• the death of a hero
• why do you write so many poems about death?
• yes
• nothing to it
• strange
• 1990 special
• another interview
•