Charles Bukowski poem and story database

The Continual Condition

Published in 2009 by Ecco

Died 9 April 1553 - pg. 1 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1982
Thanks For The Luck - pg. 3
My Art Form - pg. 4
Rejected - pg. 5 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
Full Circle - pg. 8
The Continual Condition - pg. 9 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1983
Let's Have Some Fun - pg. 10
To Kiss Her Long Dark Hair - pg. 11 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1974
Waste - pg. 13 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1992
The Recess Bells Of School - pg. 15
The Wasted Profession - pg. 17
The Strange Morning - pg. 18 - circa 1993
Feeling Good In The New Neighborhood - pg. 24 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
This Kind Of Fire - pg. 25
Unemployed - pg. 26 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1980
Tough Cob - pg. 28 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
The Last Race - pg. 29
My Soul Is Gone - pg. 31
The Theory - pg. 33
More Than Ow - pg. 35 - manuscript - 1992
Dog Times - pg. 36
I Might Get Traded - pg. 37 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1982
Faux Pas - pg. 38
About A Worried Reader Of My Works - pg. 40
The Agnostic - pg. 42
A Good Place - pg. 44
The Legend - pg. 45
You've Seen It On The Barstool Next To You - pg. 47
Never - pg. 48 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1985
A Hot Sweaty Day In August - pg. 50 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1983 - circa 1984
News Item - pg. 53
Comeback - pg. 54
This Flag Not Fondly Waving - pg. 55
Mannequins - pg. 62
My Answer - pg. 64
Under The Suckerfish Sun - pg. 65
I Am Chastised - pg. 66 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1982
A Fine Madness - pg. 67 - 1992
A Consistent Sort - pg. 69
The Old Movie Star - pg. 70
Trying To Dry Out - pg. 73
Consummation - pg. 76
Before The 7th Race - pg. 77 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1990
Morning After - pg. 78
Heavy Dogs In Cement Shoes - pg. 81 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1981
Down The Hatch - pg. 91
Tragedy? - pg. 93 - circa 1992
Listening To The Radio At 1:35 A.M. - pg. 94 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1981
Perfect Silence - pg. 95 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1982
Mirror Mirror On The Wall - pg. 97
Parts Dept. - pg. 98 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
Dear Editor - pg. 99 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1983
Lack Of A Common Interest - pg. 101 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1986
I'm Upstairs Now - pg. 103 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1985
As Buddha Smiles - pg. 104 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1989
What Have I Seen? - pg. 110 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
A Correspondent Wrote Bitterly - pg. 111
Moving Toward Age 73 - pg. 112 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - circa 1993 - circa 1993
I Saw A Tramp Last Night - pg. 113 - circa 1957
Mountain Of Horror - pg. 114
The Last Winter - pg. 124
Bent - pg. 125 - circa 1991
Bayonets In Candlelight - pg. 126 - circa 1964