Charles Bukowski "Bluebird."

[TheFirestarter2011]

14 people are delusional to dislike this !!!

[SuperRedhat123]

Bukowski, the high priest of poetry, a booze soaked angel.

[TheGloryOfMan]

@WillYum97....you're an idiot.

[WillYum97]

@TheGloryOfMan Shut up. You're an idiot.

How does me not knowing what this is make me an idiot?

[JesikkaNicole]

Yes. In fact, THIS makes me cry. Chills.

[MaTchBoOkPoEt]

@WillYum97 Charles Bukowski aka. Hank chinaski is a writer,poet,drunk,lover,friend

his poetry and short stories changed my life....

the movie barfly with mickey rourke is a top ten movie imo.

factotum with matt dillion is a great movie too just like barfly the more you watch it the better it gets

[FUBARbyBOOZE]

@WillYum97 this is poetry, so it can mean whatever you want. I think it's about a big scary looking, grumpy-sounding old man who has beautiful, sweet and tender things inside that he's afraid to show.

[0x0skinz0x0]

play this and /watch?v=1LNyyd0JXKM at the same time

[QMPhilosophe]

OK Folks - I am going to do something novel here and actually comment on the poem ...It's fabulous - a true work of art by an under-appreciated poet.

[unholychunk]

@QMPhilosophe under appreciated? many movies ham on rye is the next, his apartment is declared an historical landmark and saved from being torn down. sounds pretty appreciated to me

[rainking81]

Who's Theo Hutchcraft? My good taste in things in general brought me here.

Stop spamming the comments!

[twobit211]

@rainking81 i agree!!!

[FolkeBernadotte]

I do. I do weep.

[SDJrekoff]

@FolkeBernadotte with joy, that is?

[maurice2002]

I've just uploaded under my username a reading of George Sterling's seminal Wine of Wizardry - a major Buk. Influence.

[ukusapillage]

theres another problem ppl in anglo saxon world are turned in to couple number books and thats it, they dont read books from other countrys ppl who like bukowski ha to express tyhemselfs in order to live and their lifes where nothing but trivial lived in places and times where nothing was like today, life actually had drama and action and death and danger involved in it, those are great writers... ppl that saw history being made...

[ukusapillage]

i find those guys boring and pretenciuos, usually ppl that write for other ppl who have never actually lived live and then try to explain it and make us live thru their words, its a lie i say, they didnt suffer didnt love didnt die like buk did, only thosa can with great ability call the man on the street to do something that is to read a book, man on the street smell bullshit miles away, thats why they dont read joyce or doits... they are fake bores, they murdered books, read fernando pessoa...

[ReligionsEqualsBS]

Hey guys ..

If interested follow my blog

Poetryisdyingwaterit.blogspot.­com

[nopuelbmuts]

play this: /watch?v=1LNyyd0JXKM&feature=B­Fa&list=AV4oVf-d_DwKDnAWdKOGev­qVcdtCAVlBtV&lf=BFa

at the same time, and enjoy!



[crazybonscott06]

Grand poême!..Never alone with the book's of Charles Bukowski...J'ai déjà bu quelques verres à ta mémoire BUK...

[JayGatsbyOdysseus]

Bukowski is a little overrated. Yes, he was good, but he is not F.Scott Fitzgerald, not Dostoevsky, not James Joyce, not Saul Bellow, not Steinbeck. Yes, he was good but not great. I read Woman. This is all I need to read. I don't need to get any deeper into Mr. Bukowski when I am only halfway through Shakespeare.

[vanizzleADD]

@JayGatsbyOdysseus Oh God, you are a bore!

[JayGatsbyOdysseus]

@vanizzleADD Your comment was very deep.

[palukavilla69]

@JayGatsbyOdysseus

perhaps you should. Shakespeare is outdated. The rest of the artist you mention are great. Jean Paul Sartre though Bukowski genious. I do the same.

[JayGatsbyOdysseus]

@palukavilla69 Shakespeare will never be outdated. This opinion is only for a philistine, devoid of culture and indifferent to art. He was the best. Sarte was crazy. He wanted to overthrow everything. This is why Camus parted ways with him. I tried to read Being and Nothingness. I couldn't understand it. It took me nine months to read Ulysses. I only understood about half. Bukowski will continue to grow. I read Woman partly because I saw U2's Bono talking about it on TV.

[geminicfc69]

Don't it make you want to say to say what's on your mind.

[quittersremedy]

I do weep.

[cascadingsun]

Hi the volume on this is really quiet. Can you please upload a louder version. there arent any good versions of him reading this poem on youtube except some version that has annoying spanish subtitles. PLEASE :)

[bukbanzi]

wonderful.

[agent00redneck]

Id kill my own mother to drink with Bukowski.

[xXBronzedBalletXx]

@agent00redneck I hope you don't think that's cool.

[unholychunk]

@xXBronzedBalletXx i kno i like bukowski's work but he seemed like an asshole. id rather read his stuff then hang with the guy

[Warwick1016]

Is the one reciting Harry Dean Stanton? Cuz it sure as shit ain't Hank.

[dpolizos]

UH MAZE ING.

[freeman2545]

this poster has one video only...but damn...he picked a good one

[tkr808]

I think the "bluebird" he is talking about in this poem is referring to "homosexuality"...

[freeman2545]

@tkr808 no....not at all....man....he is talking about his inner beauty...that we all have...and how he smothers it in favor of ......whiskey and smoke and whores....and all the pleasures of the world.....i dont know if he was gay or what...and i dont give a shit...this is not about that at all......

[whitepanther84]

@tkr808 it refers to whatever ur hiding deep within you, might be something to think about given your comment

[tkr808]

@whitepanther84 Nope not hiding anything like that, i'm an open book. I'm just wondering what's hiding in the writers mind and subtext.

[paulpellicci]

...yes I do and you should as well. at night when you let him out, you should cry....

[MEdalFan26]

THumbs up if you thoughts this would be Charle Bukowski  singing the Beetles song Bluebird lol.

[Geisttanzer]

@MEdalFan26 It's The Beatles, not Beetles, and they don't have a song called Bluebird, that's Wings you're thinking of, and regarding your retarded reply to my comment on other Bukowski related video: no, I didn't know Bukowski, but I did read him.

[MEdalFan26]

@Geisttanzer are yuo sure man? check out the Vokswagon website and correct me if Im wrong (i AINT!)

plus ive been working on Vokeswagons since sofomore year of high school, right after i dropped out! so what the fuck bro, you wanna apolgize or what? i AINT retarded just been fuckin ROCKIN for way too long...shit catches up witth yuo You KNOW what I MEAN?? lol its all good shits tough though but fuck it, right?

shit man im a little drunk so lets just call it a push. fuck man...the beetles...

[Supertramp1966]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BUK! Keep drinkin' and smokin' and writin' and womanizin' in your afterlife. You are not forgotten... -ST2

[MrPimkiegodess]

This is..

[ianor2304]

I'm a young poet and reading things like this makes me wonder if i should even bother cos it's all been said before. this is one less poem i have to write! he's a saint

[kennykiller911]

almost teared up at the end bit there..

[lifedeathexpert]

I just found out about him and was instantly hooked, he resembles a great brasilian singer by the name of Nelson Gonsalves (Nelson was a grand bohemian in Brazil)

[imacooldude506]

I would pay good money to hear Bukowski read this poem

[MEdalFan26]

@imacooldude506 i think he dead

[imacooldude506]

@MEdalFan26 I know he's dead. But he read this poem somewhere and someone recorded. And that is what i would pay good money to hear.

[MEdalFan26]

@imacooldude506 shit Dude sounds like your sitting on a veratable GOLDMINE!! thats some shit my dad used to say. RIP, Mr. Donald Hicks IV. Haha thats why when peeple call me Mister Hicks, im like Hey man Mister Hicks is my FATHER!

haha fuck dude im a little bitty bit buzzed right now so if i dont really know what were tlaking about then slap my ass and call me charlie!

fuck man...the beetles were fuckin crazy tho... ripped off the Monkeys really bad if i were don Henry i'd be pissed! Science!

[Geisttanzer]

@MEdalFan26 The Monkees didn't even write their own songs, and the Beatles appeared 5 years before The Monkees, so I don't know how they could've ripped them off

[MEdalFan26]

@Geisttanzer shit Manthats a fuckin MISTERY to me!1 FUCK!1 i cannt fIgure it out iether!! all I Know is bukoaskis vrsioon of the BEetles is BUMMING ME OUT RIIGHT ONOW!1 hey bro1! did yuo looke at the Vokeswgon WEBSITE???? am iright or am i righht??? thoought so.

Bro i amm so FUCKN WAsted RIght nwo....oI can BAerly SEe sHIT!! been Dranking since half PAst nine man..my fucKINg Girlfirnd Becky is SUCH A BITCCH!1 fuck YUO BECKKY!

fucKIBNG BEETLES!!! whyman WHHYY??? thieeves man...fuck yuo john L

[victorhui26]

Bukowski; But i dont weep, Do you?.... With this poem... yes.

Thanks hank.

[MEdalFan26]

@victorhui26 hes dead

[scrimex1]

this nearly brought a tear to one of my glass eyes

[europeintheworld]

I dont weep either.I'm TOUGH ;D

[SuperMoonwalker1997]

I be here because of Theo via twitter

[lovemysw]

@SuperMoonwalker1997 me too~~

[SuperMoonwalker1997]

@lovemysw ^^ Cool

[hildidi81]

aww I actually love this , thanks Theo for sending us here , you're amazing

[EllieTurnip]

Sent by the beautiful Theo Hutchcraft <3

[strayebyrd]

I have to agree with Chuck here, I don't weep. I can't remember the last time I cried. which is weird because I've dealt with depression and self harm, but i never cried.

[thomaslkp]

Who's reading this? Sounds really good - but doesn't sound like Buk...

[azurenscens]

jesus man. this tears me up. i'm sure the Buk liked being the tough guy and the "hero of his shit" and all, but even HE reacted to the pain and tragedy in life with a tender, soft heart. and this poem just makes me think he wasn't able to get truly sentimental in his work because of the big brawly ego he built up that made him known. maybe i'm just repeating what he said in this poem but in my own way, whatever. i just want to say i admire him more than most. i mean, what a guy. what a legend.

[fishnetsNcigarettes]

i wanted to weep, so bad, and i thought this to myself, and immediately after he said that. and the bluebird in my heart wept, but i did not.

[RichieWilliams97]

Where can I get a download of this or somthing?

[ValenciaMerble08]

Beautiful

[d983394]

is this bukowski's voice? he sounds exactly like harry dean stanton

[thomaslkp]

@d983394 def not Bukowski - have a search for "secret of my endurance" - that's him, drawls.

This is really good thou, be interesting to know who it is...

[canon21100]

@thomaslkp It's Harry Dean Stanton

[killpena]

@drewblood Its Harry Dean Stanton one of the greatest actors of all time.

[toomuchpetrol]

genius poem but not funny like my version

[juotto]

@toomuchpetrol And you think funnier the poem is the better it is?

[toomuchpetrol]

@juotto No. But i think most poets are a joke, unlike Bukowski....

He was a genius. I`m just an idiot with a sense of humour, unlike you.

[Lucifer986]

is this called poetry lol.

[annemaree]

Thankyou for this great share!!!!!

[noisesandwich]

Where is my Harry Dean Stanton!!!!?????

[oliverwolfson]

that is how to read poetry

[pandappotamus]

does anyone know when this was written?

[bobbydj01]

@pandappotamus No. 

[MsPidder]

@pandappotamus: I don't know for certain when this poem was written, but to my knowledge majority of the poems in The Last Night of the Earth Poems was written towards the end of his life. Book came out in 92, he passed away in 94.

[pandappotamus]

@MsPidder cheers bro, but my essay was due like a month ago :P

[jaylo310]

HARRY DEAN STANTON

[honban]

12 people have a shitbird in their heart

[Delorian82]

@honban aww, everyone has a bluebird.

[FrenchyDuckbill]

@honban haha

[bluntobjct]

that really wasn't clever :/

[CastleRockClan]

@honban a shirt bird.. up a shit creek in a shit quake

[CBukowskiable]

this man saved my life.



[BkkJohn]

nice



[The007BLUESMAN]

Let's face it. Everyone has bats in the belfry .Inside ! Talk is silver, silence is golden. But... Great minds think alike. My bird is croaky. I still pull hard liquor and smoke on him. But, where there's smoke there's fire. Do you mind if I smoke?!?

[stankler]

idont agree azurensc.if youve lived like that youve never heard of bukowski.youre quite happy with your lot.one sheep raises its head above the pack to alert the others to the danger.they all follow.sometimes im stuck in a traffic jam behind these trucks destined for the slaughter houses.i think we should all give up eating meat.but then ..who is going to give up eating us?

[begood20000]

Harry Dean Stanton read this really well but I would have loved to hear Bukowski read it. I think it's his most personal poem

[twobit211]

@begood20000 yeah, i wanna hear hank read this one. have you ever read his poem 'notice'? as good as this one and about jane cooney baker.

[begood20000]

@twobit211 I can't find 'Notice' on the net. Which book of poems is it from?

[twobit211]

@begood20000 i can't remember offhand. i'm pretty sure it was one of his first 3 w/black sparrow, but it's been a while since i've read it. the best way, i find, to read buk's poems is to check out/put on hold all of his books at the local public library. visiting used bookstores and buying anything by hank is a good method for finding his poems too. sorry i couldn't be more helpful but, when you do find 'notice' it'll be that much sweeter, huh? cheers

[MsPidder]

@begood20000: It is in "The Last Night of Earth Poems".

[USSRCulture]

i love his poems,,,,the best are the beer and the other one's i dont know the english name,,,,does anyone know the title of the poem where the man cuts off his balls???its vey nice

[DrSHenshaw]

Such a lovely, sad and beautiful man.

[ssoultrain]

Harry Dean Stanton reading Bukowski, well now this is...tremendous!

[MrLeGardien]

Legendary french philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre said that this man was the greatest American Poet of all time.

You can also read Ham on Rye, one of the best novel ever written.

[wattsmith]

This guy is the Johnny Cash of writers

[DackIsBack]

SHIT... I nearly cried...

fucking bluebird... *sigh*

[kaplanazmi]

bukowskicharles

[iLaurock]

This is such a wonderful Poem. I think it's one of his finests. I just had to make a Song out of it. Take a look /watch?v=bMj3TeS00iA

But don't be to hard on me I'm no musician. But hey, Bukowski wasn't a "good" Writer, he was quite rough around the edges aswell...

[FOSCOIZATION]

I cry every time I gear this ii love it -3

[ADiaryIKeep]

I identify with this way too much...

[glassineheart]

<3

[Hiranipra]

I will love this forever.

[AntiConniff]

He is an inspiration to many of us even if his poetry is pretty bad. His novels are much better.

[twobit211]

i gotta disagree. Women was awful, Factotum was a bit all over the place and Pulp didn't quite hit you the way it oughta. the problem is he was a prolific poet and so much of it was printed, we've got far more bad poetry words from Hank than inna novels. Regardless, he is so good that, these days, he is the yardstick by which I measure written works. Feel free to rip into the merits of this statement; It's a bit contentious [sic?].

[AntiConniff]

@twobit211 I don't disagree at all. I agree Women was awful, a bunch of stories stuck together. I liked Factotum a lot. You're right, he was almost too productive, which gave the impression that so much of the work was written in minutes while he was drunk. I think he's great for encouraging would-be writers to try. If T.S. Eliot, for example, is your intro to poetry, you're likely just to give up before you start. Hanks is accessible, which is good and bad.

[twobit211]

@AntiConniff Hi, there. Sorry, re-reading my post and the one I responded to, I was unclear, I understand now. What I disagreed with was the statement "...his poetry is pretty bad...". The line "...He is an inspiration..." is a sentiment I must, most strenously [sic?] agree with. As Hank himself mentioned, many people used his poetry to 'get through it'; And I do, too.

[atrios28]

That's Harry Dean Stanton - actor & musician - reading

[l7m7g7]

Buk was much more sensitive as the most people will ever be...

[Ohhikelsey]

Pure genius.

[majesticrecords]

that was fucking dumb.guess u gotta be blue collard to feel that..

[enjoyyourroots]

@majesticrecords - i guess you gotta be ignorant to make such a stupid comment.

[Robert27962]

Bukowski did more for emerging writers than any man.

He was a fucking genius, not the soft kind, the hard drink gambling kind.

God bless him if God was tough enough.

[Thjelle92]

My favorite poem ever written. An ode to every man that has ever hid his emotions from the world.

[WurmSwurK]

wow thats some wonderful stuff o.o

[njbification]

pure beauty

[ehuus0000]

bukowski would do this

bukowski would do that

he's dead

let the dog lie

good poem

[brod2man]

pretty cool to hear these words coming from someone as stubborn as he was. its like Hitler admitting that he knew he was wrong all along.

very nice

[IMChilidog]

I think I am in love with a ghost... I saw the documentary last night, I laughed and cried. I think I am in love with a ghost

[lgsintheparty]

the 10 dislikes were probably only emotional breakdowns............. I know mine was....... i'm sorry....... It may be the booz that is currently affecting me, but god damn it......... just god fucking damn it.............

[asdfjkl666]

fuck that's why i like bluebird flour.

[aligatorsandwitch72]

If it wernt for a very dear friend of mine setting my wild drunken ass down one night and shoving her copy of factotem in my face a year ago. i might of never known my love for his poor soul.-scott "chianski".

[GordonMorrice]

Here's to Hank and his Bluebird. Gentleness. Gentleness. Gentleness. Be gentle. Treat all things with care, caution, compassion.

[saprissa30]

harry dean stanton voice

[BisleyWatt]

He was a genius

[jackwardjw]

@jimmy1nth3machine Yeah I agree. It doesn't get much smarmier and more pretentious than announcing yourself as a 'published author' of poetry, as though the fact you've had a poem published validates your work. If you are truly a poet, you shouldn't give a crap if your stuff gets published or not, and you definitely shouldn't introduce yourself in that manner!

[4amstuckonearth]

Don't fuck with me ... I am a man - Charles Bukowski

[tubian323]

WOW, so simple but so powerful!

[29million]

Straight to my heart.. an arrow of beauty. i type through my tears!

[Ky1e47]

I haven't read this one yet. My new favourite.

[Inev8able]

this is no so sick it makes me wanna cry but i don't cry do you.lolz

[pmorse9130]

the ten people who "dont like this" are dumb

[bradleymusic1]

i do

[fbringiton]

very beautiful, I am a published author of poetry I love this poem very honest a true piece of this person.

[TheIEvon]

im not sad anymore

[mercury11043]

"I know you're there, so don't be sad." Bring tears to my eyes every time. Thanks Hank. You knew.

[rakugo2008]

@mercury11043 me too. a wonderful line. 

[Bayplaces]

woah

[WoodRatGirl]

Bukowski rocks.

[VeronicaG61]

beautiful. 

[aicdethfan84]

Beautiful

[stankler]

fuck harry dean .he should write his own poetry instead of reading others.

[filmdog69]

@stankler the highest level of admiration is imitation

[satiricaljesus]

yeah i weep

[roman636]

Not quite the impermeable, alcoholic, neanderthal that we're all so used to.

God, this poem makes me feel weak at the knees.

[SVMainUS]

Love Harry Dean Stanton's reading here

[vanveldhuizen]

I would say yes Charles I weep. Me and my bird don't care.

[filmdog69]

@vanveldhuizen then your obvious and probably a woman

[Klens75]

He nails what it is to be a man and expressing emotion.

[ramalekshmans]

There is a blue bird in everyone's heart. Bukowski had found it.

[shnumbleshnore]

Pretty sure this is Harry Dean Stanton reading Bukowski's "Bluebird"

[moonlitmurloc]

alcoholic lulabies...

[nny5342]

you know theres a playlist"mix tape" on bliloc's with this for a mash up transition, its beautiful! its called "blue bird mix tape"

[azurenscens]

If you've ever worked a dead end job that made your life a living hell, and you coped with the agony by drinking, fucking, and gambling in excess amounts, you're probably a fan of this man's literature.

[Juan6804]

@azurenscens i disagree. ithink anyone can enjoy this. dont u ever just feel like expressing something and u dont for whatever reason. much like not letting out the bluebird. cheers from south texas.

[azurenscens]

@Juan6804 i agree with what you said about anyone being able to enjoy his work, but being able to relate with him is what makes his literature all the more enjoyable to read in my opinion.

i believe he had reasons behind why he never showed his soft side. the main one being that he established himself early on as apathetic or as 'the tought guy' so to speak. cheers from east tennessee.

[Ohsky4]

@azurenscens not even that need to see this man says truth beyond such limits.

[HungerCultFilms]

@azurenscens you've just described one of my favourites, 'Post Office' :)

[azurenscens]

@HungerCultFilms glad we can relate. Post Office is what got me into Buk.

[natedaug1]

@azurenscens I have not drank to excess like this, or slept with tons of women, but I felt that despair he speaks of.