Will Dockery wrote:
> "George J. Dance" wrote
> > On Jul 23, 3:48 pm, "Vera" wrote:
> >
> > > His name suggests a Polish background.
> > >
> > > I found little of his poetry in Google, but maybe I didn't
> > > search well enough. Don't have that much time on the net--
> > >
> >
> > Here's a good link (to some poems and some stories as well:)
> > http://bukowski.net/poems/
> >
> > > Would someone be so kind as to post something of his
> > > (not in complete form, of course!) Best to leave out a middle
> > > part rather than that essential last line.
> >
> > Good idea. I did contact Harper Collins (who owns the rights) to get
> > permission to put a poem up, but they require a letter and 4-6
> > weeks.
> > Your idea of quoting is much better. So here's a quote from one I
> > liked from the above site:
> >
> > <quote>
> > magical mystery tour
> >
> > I am in this low-slung sports car
> > painted a deep, rich yellow
> > driving under an Italian sun.
> > I have a British accent.
> > I'm wearing dark shades
> > an expensive silk shirt.
> > there's no dirt under my
> > fingernails.
> > the radio plays Vivaldi
> > and there are two women with
> > me
> > one with raven hair
> > the other a blonde.
> > they have small breasts and
> > beautiful legs
> > and they laugh at everything I
> > say.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > after lunch we will have a
> > flat tire on the other side of
> > the mountain
> > and the blonde will change the
> > tire
> > while
> > raven hair
> > photographs me
> > lighting my pipe
> > leaning against a tree
> > the perfect background
> > perfectly at peace
> > with
> > sunlight
> > flowers
> > clouds
> > birds
> > everywhere.
> > </q>
> >
> > > At least I should know whose style I'm copying!
> >
> > Hey, I never said you were copying Bukowski; a glance at dates should
> > be enough to dispel that idea. What I said is that you wrote in the
> > same Naturalistic style.
> >
> > That Naturalism or "Realism" already looked dominant in cntemporary
> > poetry in the early 70s (here in Canada, anyway). Bukowski's not its
> > inventor, just an exemplar.
> Ah, okay... I was really wondering where Vera came to be compared to Buk...
> never really saw her as the Barfly type...

Right on... never met Vera, though...!

Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>> "George J. Dance" wrote
>> > On Jul 23, 3:48 pm, "Vera" wrote:
>> >
>> > > His name suggests a Polish background.
>> > >
>> > > I found little of his poetry in Google, but maybe I didn't
>> > > search well enough. Don't have that much time on the net--
>> > >
>> >
>> > Here's a good link (to some poems and some stories as well:)
>> > http://bukowski.net/poems/
>> >
>> > > Would someone be so kind as to post something of his
>> > > (not in complete form, of course!) Best to leave out a middle
>> > > part rather than that essential last line.
>> >
>> > Good idea. I did contact Harper Collins (who owns the rights) to get
>> > permission to put a poem up, but they require a letter and 4-6
>> > weeks.
>> > Your idea of quoting is much better. So here's a quote from one I
>> > liked from the above site:
>> >
>> > <quote>
>> > magical mystery tour
>> >
>> > I am in this low-slung sports car
>> > painted a deep, rich yellow
>> > driving under an Italian sun.
>> > I have a British accent.
>> > I'm wearing dark shades
>> > an expensive silk shirt.
>> > there's no dirt under my
>> > fingernails.
>> > the radio plays Vivaldi
>> > and there are two women with
>> > me
>> > one with raven hair
>> > the other a blonde.
>> > they have small breasts and
>> > beautiful legs
>> > and they laugh at everything I
>> > say.
>> >
>> > [...]
>> >
>> > after lunch we will have a
>> > flat tire on the other side of
>> > the mountain
>> > and the blonde will change the
>> > tire
>> > while
>> > raven hair
>> > photographs me
>> > lighting my pipe
>> > leaning against a tree
>> > the perfect background
>> > perfectly at peace
>> > with
>> > sunlight
>> > flowers
>> > clouds
>> > birds
>> > everywhere.
>> > </q>
>> >
>> > > At least I should know whose style I'm copying!
>> >
>> > Hey, I never said you were copying Bukowski; a glance at dates should
>> > be enough to dispel that idea. What I said is that you wrote in the
>> > same Naturalistic style.
>> >
>> > That Naturalism or "Realism" already looked dominant in cntemporary
>> > poetry in the early 70s (here in Canada, anyway). Bukowski's not its
>> > inventor, just an exemplar.
>> Ah, okay... I was really wondering where Vera came to be compared to Buk...
>> never really saw her as the Barfly type...

> Right on... never met Vera, though...!

Vera passed away many years ago, one of the nicest posters in our history.