Charles Bukowski poem and story database
You Can't Make A Lion Out Of A Butterfly
Poem written in 1978
Books
Slouching Toward Nirvana - pg. 165 - 2005
Back to the Machinegun, Manuscripts Volume 3, 1978-1980 - pg. 77 - 2014
Magazines and periodicals
Pearl - No. 6 - Fall/Winter - 1978
Manuscripts
you can't make a lion out of a butterfly - 1978 - carbon [Manuscript differs from collected version]

Recordings
Hello. It's good to be back. LP - Zweitausendeins - 1978 Audio
Solid Citizen CD - Chinaski Records (bootleg) - 2004 Audio
Hello. It's good to be back. CD - Zweitausendeins - 2008 Audio
Thomas Schmitt film, 1978 Hamburg reading - Not commercially released - 2015 Audio
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