BUKOWSKI-HEMINGWAY

[gninori]

worth reading again from the old board
and my friend anl knows the full scope of these two poems in the new one


THE POWERS THAT BE

there was a crowd at this dinner.
they were all telling jokes of
one sort or another;
some of them were professionals
actors, directors of note, writers,

and it gave me a little
tingle to be with such talented
humans.
there was a lull, finally,
and I began telling about something
that was not a joke.
about something that had happened to me.
I mean, I wasn´t serious but at the
same time I was serious,
trying to explain what
had occurred, about
something that might occur
unexpectedly in any man´s life,
something to be understood,
something to cherish.
I guess it was
a rather philosophical story
informed by decades of
my living life out.

then, I was finished.
there was silence.
nobody agreed or disagreed.
and then, at once, they all began
again
chatting about
little happenings,
the waiter appeared and
disappeared,
desserts and libations,
further in-jokes and out-jokes,
the candles flickered in their
glass enclosures,
eyes locked and unlocked,
lips opened,
mouths smiled, hands
gestured,
these were the talented minds that
informed our way,
these were the talented minds that
informed their way.
I was sitting with talented
shit.

Charles Bukowski



THE AGE DEMANDED

The age demanded that we sing
and cut away our tongue.
The age demanded that we flow
and hammered in the bung.
The age demanded that we dance
and jammed us into iron pants.
And in the end the age was handed
the sort of shit that it demanded.

Ernest Hemingway

[Tangerine]

Thx Gninori for this 1rst poetic thread in the new board.

( Oh boy how I'd love to merge these 2 poems with my new mod tools ! )



Charles

http://galerie-le-confort-des-etranges.com...re/bukowski.jpg



Ernest

http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/images/hemingwa/2-7.jpg


Guess who's my buddy … (^ ^)Tang Edited April 19, 2007 by Tangerine

[curiousboy]

( Oh boy how I'd love to merge these 2 poems with my new mod tools ! )

Hehehe, Tang, I guess the temptation must be big, but being a mod you just can`t . Moderators must be moderate...it`s a hard job sometimes!
Nevertheless you`re doing it great and I appreciate your comments a lot.

Thanx for this poetic-realistic glance at the world (board?), gninori!

Nice intermezzo, between an asshole and the other...

cb Edited April 19, 2007 by curiousboy

[Tangerine]

Hehehe, Tang, I guess the temptation must be big, but being a mod you just can`t . Moderators must be moderate...it`s a hard job sometimes!
Nevertheless you`re doing it great and I appreciate your comments a lot.

Thanx for this poetic-realistic glance at the world (board?), gninori!

Nice intermezzo, between an asshole and the other...

cb

hehehe si si amiggi, thanks for the advice and your nice words Curiousboy I like your posts too! :freinds:

And as a newb Mod i appreciate mod lessons even from members muhaha (^ ^)

[mxdil]

Bukowski & Hemingway, now that were two real men...