Charles Bukowski poem and story database

Dangling in the Tournefortia

Published in 1981 by Black Sparrow Press

The Lady In Red - pg. 13 - manuscript - 1979
The Stink - pg. 14
The Lisp - pg. 15
Silk - pg. 17 - manuscript - 1977
On Shooting - pg. 19
Blue Collar Solitude - pg. 21
Sick - pg. 23
Immortals - pg. 24
Independence Day - pg. 26
One For Sherwood Anderson - pg. 31
Fight On - pg. 32
I Didn't Want To - pg. 35
Nothing - pg. 39 - manuscript - 1981
Taking Care Of The Big Whammy - pg. 44
The Indian - pg. 47 - 1978
Grace - pg. 50
Love And Courage - pg. 51 - circa 1981
Two Drunks - pg. 53
Bad Press - pg. 58
Yeah, Man? - pg. 59
Ladies' Man - pg. 66
Yrs., Anica - pg. 68
Rock - pg. 71 - 1977
Night School - pg. 72
Platonic - pg. 74 - 1977
Hello, Barbara - pg. 77 - 1977
Genius - pg. 81 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1981
Overt Population - pg. 85 - manuscript - 1977
Out Of The Mainstream - pg. 87
Time Is Made To Be Wasted - pg. 89 - circa 1978
We've Got To Communicate - pg. 92
The Fast Life - pg. 95
I Am A Reasonable Man - pg. 99
Free Coffee - pg. 103
Laugh - pg. 105
Bad Fix - pg. 106 - circa 1978
Maybe We'll See - pg. 108
Pretty Boy - pg. 109
The New Woman - pg. 116 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1980
We Both Knew Him - pg. 120 - circa 1980
Killer - pg. 123
I Can't Stop - pg. 127 - manuscript - 1980
Fasten Your Seat Belts - pg. 129
Culture - pg. 131
The Descent Of The Species - pg. 135
Yes - pg. 138 - manuscript - 1977
Laid Up - pg. 141
Within My Own Madness - pg. 143 - manuscript - 1979
Dead Again - pg. 144 - manuscript - 1978
Hell Yes, I'll Go - pg. 145
A Little Sun - pg. 147
Another Day - pg. 149
A Gallon Of Gas - pg. 151
Black And White Roach - pg. 157
You Can Never Tell Who You're Going To Meet - pg. 159
The Weather's Been Fair - pg. 162
On The Hustle - pg. 163
Attack And Retreat - pg. 166
It's Strange - pg. 168 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
No Chance In Pomona - pg. 169
A Poetry Reading - pg. 171
True Confession - pg. 176
Pick Six - pg. 178
Fourteen Dollars And Thirty-Two Cents - pg. 182
Snap Snap - pg. 184 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
Suckerfish - pg. 186
The Sniveler - pg. 192
Fear And Madness - pg. 194
Drying Out - pg. 196
There Are Hecklers In Germany Too - pg. 198
Just Another Bad Affair - pg. 200
The American Writer - pg. 202
Sibelius And Etc. - pg. 203 - manuscript - 1978
The Woman From Germany - pg. 204 - 1977
Parked - pg. 205
At Vegas You Have To Put Up Two To Get One - pg. 207
Dummy - pg. 208
Virgins - pg. 210 - circa 1979
Let Nothing Ever Happen - pg. 212 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1980
The Vampires - pg. 216
Produced And Bottled By - pg. 219
Retreat - pg. 221
The Embracers - pg. 226
The Cats Too - pg. 229
Guava Tree - pg. 232 - manuscript - 1979
Getting My Money's Worth - pg. 234
Guest - pg. 236
War - pg. 239 - circa 1991
Table For Two - pg. 241
Let It Go - pg. 246
Notes Upon A Hot Streak - pg. 248 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1980
Do You Use A Notebook? - pg. 250 - manuscript - 1980
Smooth - pg. 252 - circa 1981
Message - pg. 253
They Ruin Your Day - pg. 254
Order - pg. 256
My Big Fling - pg. 258
Contemporary Literature, One - pg. 261
The Film Makers - pg. 265
Slow Night - pg. 268 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1980
The Secret Of My Endurance - pg. 270 - manuscript - 1979
Too Late - pg. 271
The Poets And The Foreman - pg. 272
For The Little One - pg. 276 - 1980
We Evolve - pg. 277
The Man At The Piano - pg. 278
Night Work - pg. 281