Bukowski Contest

Bukowski Contest

Its a video -- Bukowski has a
mistress, she is younger than

he and beautiful.

They fight before the camera
and, she flees like words on 
pale paper across the transom,
out the door...

He sits for a while unaware of
the camera, the poems quiet for
a while, his brow naked except 
for regret and sorrow.

Then, he calls out to her in dipthongs
of need, his boastful alcohol wearing
off -- the frail, lonely intellectual
peering moist eyed around fleshen 
corners.

Genius

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014



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Date: 4/11/2014 10:45:00 PM
ROMELLA, Congratulations, on your win:) Enjoyed stopping by. LUV ~SKAT~
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Date: 4/11/2014 9:45:00 PM
Romella, Congratulations, In Amy's Idiot or Genius, contest.... Enjoyed the win.... ~ Linda
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Date: 4/11/2014 6:35:00 AM
Congratulations on a fine win in the Bukowski Contest, romella
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Romella Kitchens
Date: 4/11/2014 7:33:00 AM
Dr. Mehta, your poem is elegant and wise. I was surprised to have placed. Bukowski was an enigma as a human being but also as a poetry character. Your poem juxtaposes what a poet should be against what the Bukowski persona appeared to be. Very inspiring. Congratulations. I am so happy. I will enter again sometime. I am looking for a happy contest this time. This is so much fun
Date: 4/10/2014 7:59:00 PM
This captured my emotions, brilliant portrayal. Congratulations.
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Romella Kitchens
Date: 4/10/2014 10:28:00 PM
Thanks, Richard. I like the contests very much.
Date: 4/10/2014 7:05:00 PM
Beautiful capture of "being in the moment", excellent piece. Thank you for your submission.
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Date: 4/10/2014 7:39:00 PM
Amy, I enjoyed your contest, very much. The thematic made me think in a specific manner. Romella
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