Charles Bukowski poem and story database

It Catches My Heart In Its Hands

Published in 1963 by loujon Press

The Tragedy Of The Leaves - pg. 15 - circa 1960
I Cannot Stand Tears - pg. 16 - circa 1958
Shoes - pg. 16 - circa 1961
A Real Thing, A Good Woman - pg. 17 - circa 1961
To The Whore Who Took My Poems - pg. 18 - circa 1960
Worm - pg. 18
The State Of World Affairs From A 3rd Floor Window - pg. 19 - circa 1960
The Japanese Wife - pg. 20 - circa 1960
For Marilyn M. - pg. 21
The Life Of Borodin - pg. 22 - circa 1958
Winter Comes In A Lot Of Places In August - pg. 23 - circa 1959
No Charge - pg. 24 - circa 1959
Truth's A Hell Of A Word - pg. 25 - circa 1961
The Sun Wields Mercy - pg. 27 - circa 1960
A Literary Romance - pg. 29 - circa 1961
Reprieve And Admixture - pg. 30
Conversation In A Cheap Room - pg. 31 - circa 1960
Letter From The North - pg. 32 - circa 1960
Okay, But Later - pg. 33
A Minor Impulse To Complain - pg. 34 - circa 1961
The Dog - pg. 35
Nothing Subtle - pg. 36 - circa 1961
The Twins - pg. 37 - circa 1959
The Day It Rained At The Los Angeles County Museum - pg. 41 - circa 1959
2 P.M. Beer - pg. 42
Hooray Say The Roses - pg. 42 - circa 1961
The Sunday Artist - pg. 43 - circa 1961
Old Poet - pg. 44
To A High Class Whore I Refused - pg. 44 - circa 1961
Dinner, Rain And Transport - pg. 46 - circa 1963
Poem For These 4 - pg. 48
Regard Me - pg. 48 - circa 1959
I Am With The Roots Of Flowers - pg. 49 - circa 1961
The Race - pg. 50
Vegas - pg. 52 - circa 1961
Pay Your Rent Or Get Out - pg. 53 - circa 1961
Love Is A Piece Of Paper Torn To Bits - pg. 55 - circa 1959
The House - pg. 55 - circa 1963
I Wait In The White Rain - pg. 57 - circa 1969
The Kings Are Gone - pg. 58 - circa 1961
It Is Not Much - pg. 59
Side Of The Sun - pg. 60 - circa 1961
The Talkers - pg. 61
A Pleasant Afternoon In Bed - pg. 62
9 Rings - pg. 63 - circa 1962
Blasted - pg. 64
Song For Sadists Without A Place To Sit Down - pg. 65 - circa 1963
The Priest And The Matador - pg. 69 - circa 1961
Love & Fame & Death - pg. 70 - circa 1961
My Father - pg. 70 - circa 1957
People Come Thru - pg. 71
The Gift - pg. 72 - circa 1961
The Bird - pg. 73
The Singular Self - pg. 74 - circa 1963
Counsel - pg. 76 - circa 1962
The Ox - pg. 77
Wrong Number - pg. 78 - circa 1960
Sundays Kill More Men Than Bombs - pg. 79 - circa 1961
A Farewell Thing While Breathing - pg. 81 - circa 1969
A Rat Rises - pg. 82 - circa 1962
A 350 Dollar Horse And A Hundred Dollar Whore - pg. 83 - circa 1962
Bull - pg. 84 - circa 1961
I Write This Upon The Last Drink's Hammer - pg. 86 - circa 1969
The Virgins Of Christmas - pg. 89
I Think Of Hemingway - pg. 91 - circa 1963
Old Man, Dead In A Room - pg. 95 - circa 1961