Charles Bukowski poem and story database

Poems Written Before Jumping Out Of An 8 Story Window

Published in 1968 by Poetry X/Change

One Night Stand - pg. 6 - 1961
Sleep - pg. 7
Hangover And Sick Leave - pg. 8
Kite String - pg. 9
The Blackbirds Are Rough Today - pg. 10
Big Bastard With A Sword - pg. 12
The Millionaire - pg. 14
86'D - pg. 16 - circa 1965
Cows In Art Class - pg. 18
Weary Curls The Worm - pg. 21
The Beast - pg. 22 - 1970
Mercy, Wherever You Are, Come Running In To Grab Me In Your Good Arms - pg. 24
Poem For The Future - pg. 26
Thermometer - pg. 27
Singing Is Fire - pg. 28
Red Violets Boiling - pg. 30
Freedom: The Unmolested Eagle Of Myself - pg. 31
The Hairy Hairy Fist, And Love Will Die - pg. 32 - circa 1966