The People Look Like Flowers at Last
New Poems
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · January 8, 2008
“if you read this after I am dead It means I made it” -“The Creation Coffin” The People Look like Flowers at Last is the last of five collections of never-before published poetry from the late great Dirty Old Man, Charles Bukowski.
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- Who it’s for
- These poems pair Bukowski’s range of subjects with a more world-weary, empathetic voice.
- Genres
- American Poetry, Poetry About Death, Love Poetry
- Published
- HarperCollins, January 8, 2008
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“if you read this after I am dead It means I made it” -“The Creation Coffin” The People Look like Flowers at Last is the last of five collections of never-before published poetry from the late great Dirty Old Man, Charles Bukowski. In it, he speaks on topics ranging from horse racing to military elephants, lost love to the fear of death. He writes extensively about writing, and about talking to people about writers such as Camus, Hemingway, and Stein.
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He writes about war and fatherhood and cats and women. Free from the pressure to present a consistent persona, these poems present less of an aggressively disruptive character, and more a world-weary and empathetic person.
Range Without Swagger
These poems pair Bukowski’s range of subjects with a more world-weary, empathetic voice.
Come here for
- Poems that move from horse racing and cats to love, war, and death
- A writer reflecting on writing, fatherhood, and literary company
Expect
- An unguarded mix of everyday subjects and big questions
- Less disruptive swagger, more weariness and empathy
Where it sits
| American Poetry | 91% |
|---|---|
| Love Poetry | 61% |
| Poetry About Death | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Short Story Anthologies
- The Classics
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- War Fiction
- Women's Fiction
- American Literary Collections
- Poetry Anthologies
- Authors
- Charles Bukowski
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- January 8, 2008
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Short Story Anthologies