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BUKOWSKI: BACK TO THE MACHINEGUN, Volumes 1-3

BUKOWSKI: BACK TO THE MACHINEGUN, Volumes 1-3

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There are three volumes in this series, each of which contain a massive amount of Bukowski poems. The origin of the series is unclear, as there is no information provided regarding the publisher.

Legend has it that a group of outlaw publishers that go by the name the “Prague Collective” produced it out of Eastern Europe. In all three volumes, the only information provided is the year of publication.

There is a preface in all three, which read:

“The poems in this book were transcribed directly from the original manuscripts typed by Charles Bukowski. These volumes were created in an effort to preserve the original writing, which is in danger of being lost to all but the small handful of scholars and collectors who are able to view the poem manuscripts.

During his lifetime, relatively little editing was done to Bukowski’s poems in the Black Sparrow Press collections. However, the poetry collections published by Black Sparrow Press and HarperCollins/Ecco subsequent to Bukowski’s death in 1994 differ – sometimes in very significant ways – from the manuscripts versions of the work. The rewriting of his work in the posthumous poetry collections greatly diminishes Bukowski’s singular voice.

Here then, are the unmolested words of one of the 20th century’s greatest poets. Let him speak for himself.”

All three volumes are in as-new condition.

The poems in Volume 1, 1959-1974, include:

  • Caught Again At Some Impossible Pass - pg. 3 - manuscript - 1959
  • The Damnation of Recognition - pg. 4 - manuscript - 1962
  • The Death Of A Bee In The Grass Along Mariposa Avenue - pg. 5 - manuscript - 1962
  • To Jane Cooney Baker, Died 1-22-62 - pg. 6 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - circa 1969
  • 9-23-63 - pg. 8 - manuscript - 1963
  • To The Academians, And Those First Box Front, Opera - pg. 11 - manuscript - 1964
  • Dust Suds Dust Dissertation - pg. 12 - manuscript - 1966
  • The Drowning Of The Ants - pg. 15 - manuscript - 1968
  • Toy Christ - pg. 17 - manuscript - circa 1964-1968
  • Get The Nose - pg. 20 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1968
  • HOW LONG DOES LOVE STAY GREEN? (as long as the money lasts) - pg. 22 - manuscript - 1965
  • Rest You Merry Gentlemen And Rest You Merry Whores And Let The Lamplights Light - pg. 25 - manuscript - 1966
  • All the Love of Me Goes Out to Her (for A.M.) - pg. 28 - manuscript - 1969
  • 1926 Dodge, Tijuana - pg. 30 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • The Palmleaves Of California - pg. 32 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • Only The Truly Lost - pg. 34 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • The Scene - pg. 36 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • Now The Professors - pg. 37 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • T.H.I.A.L.H. - pg. 40 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • Poem For An X-Bank Clerk - pg. 41 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • Early Morning Beer And Not Much Else - pg. 42 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • The Heart's Riot - pg. 43 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • To A Girl In March Wind With Pure Wonderment Of Thigh Calve And Knee - pg. 45 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • Doom Like Those Large Red Lights You Suddenly See In The Overhead Mirror - pg. 46 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • Baby Needs A New Castle In Switzerland - pg. 47 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • Graditude - pg. 49 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • Looking For Jack Micheline - pg. 50 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • Ice - pg. 52 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • Poem To Yevtushkenko - pg. 53 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • Rolled Again - pg. 59 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • That Liberating Movement - pg. 61 - manuscript - circa 1965-1970
  • Society Should Realize - pg. 62 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • The Girl Outside The Supermarket - pg. 64 - manuscript - circa 1968-1970
  • A Need For Glue - pg. 65 - manuscript - 1971 - circa 1970
  • The Creation Of The Morning Line - pg. 66 - manuscript - 1972
  • Down On The Row - pg. 67 - manuscript - 1971
  • Old Age - pg. 68 - manuscript - 1971
  • Poem For An Errand Boy In The Year 1941 - pg. 69 - manuscript - 1971
  • The Game-Players - pg. 71 - manuscript - 1971
  • When The Violets Roar At The Sun They'll Set Us Free - pg. 73 - manuscript - 1971
  • Venice, Calif. - pg. 74 - manuscript - 1971
  • I Met This Woman - pg. 76 - manuscript - 1971
  • Work-Fuck Problems - pg. 78 - manuscript - 1971
  • Crowds - pg. 81 - manuscript - 1971
  • My Literary Fly - pg. 84 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1971
  • Song For This Softly-Sweeping Sorrow - pg. 86 - manuscript - 1971
  • The Chicken - pg. 87 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1971
  • A Very Dramatic Man - pg. 89 - manuscript - 1971
  • A Well-Known Poet And Myself - pg. 90 - manuscript - circa 1971-1972 - circa 1971
  • The Bells - pg. 92 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1972
  • Tonight - pg. 94 - manuscript - 1972
  • The End - pg. 95 - manuscript - 1972
  • (untitled) - pg. 96 - manuscript - 1972
  • On The Sidewalk And In The Sun - pg. 97 - 1972
  • The Gigolo - pg. 99 - manuscript - 1972
  • Back Ups - pg. 102 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1972
  • Moons Of Honey Drown The Lark Hahaha - pg. 103 - manuscript - 1972
  • Crime and Punishment - pg. 105 - manuscript - 1972
  • The Ordinary Cafe Of The World - pg. 107 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1972
  • Crickets - pg. 109 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1972
  • Wide And Revolving - pg. 111 - manuscript - 1972
  • Artistic Selfishness, Yes, I Have It - pg. 112 - manuscript - 1972
  • A Cop-Out To A Possible Immortality - pg. 113 - manuscript - 1972
  • The Triangle - pg. 114 - manuscript - 1972
  • There's People In Places Where Snow Lives - pg. 115 - manuscript - 1972
  • The Angel Who Pushed His Wheelchair - pg. 116 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1972
  • This Drunk - pg. 119 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1972
  • Born To Lose - pg. 121 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1972
  • Girls Coming Home In Their Cars - pg. 123 - manuscript - 1972
  • Round Trip - For T.H. - pg. 125 - manuscript - 1972
  • Daylight Saving - pg. 127 - manuscript - 1972
  • Yes, Yes - pg. 128 - manuscript - 1972
  • Fast Track - pg. 129 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1972
  • 200 Yards From The Surf - pg. 131 - manuscript - 1972
  • A Great Man Speaks Of Great Men - pg. 133 - manuscript - 1972
  • Robinson Jeffers And Love - pg. 136 - manuscript - 1972
  • I Can't See Anything - pg. 137 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1972
  • My Hump-Backed Laughing Soul - pg. 138 - manuscript - 1972
  • A Critic - pg. 139 - manuscript - 1972
  • The Reason - pg. 140 - manuscript - 1972
  • Piss - pg. 142 - manuscript - 1972
  • Woman In The Supermarket - pg. 144 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1973
  • Demise - pg. 149 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1973
  • Drunk And Listening To Some English Marches On The Radio While Far Away From You - pg. 150 - manuscript - 1973
  • The Arcade Room - pg. 152 - manuscript - 1973
  • Panties - pg. 154 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1973
  • It Will Come On Padded Feet Carrying Roses, Wine And The Yellow Pages In Its Mouth - pg. 159 - manuscript - 1973
  • No Bra, No Panties - pg. 160 - manuscript - 1973
  • Something About A Cat - pg. 163 - manuscript - 1973
  • 200 Years - pg. 164 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1973
  • She Lost Weight - pg. 168 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1973
  • Vegetables - pg. 168 - manuscript - 1973
  • The Copulation Blues - pg. 170 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1973
  • The Lambs Of Laughter - pg. 171 - manuscript - 1973
  • My Comrades - pg. 173 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1973
  • Overtime - pg. 176 - manuscript - 1973
  • The Police Helicopter - pg. 177 - manuscript - 1973
  • Big Grey Balloon Things, Heavy - pg. 179 - manuscript - 1973
  • Hooked - pg. 181 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1973
  • Did You Ever Think About That? - pg. 183 - manuscript - 1973
  • The Boy In Red For A 20 - pg. 184 - manuscript - 1974
  • 2,294 - pg. 186 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1974
  • A Plausible Finish - pg. 187 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1974
  • An Afternoon In Mid-February - pg. 189 - manuscript - 1974
  • Dig Me A Ditch - pg. 191 - manuscript - 1974
  • One Hundred Dollars - pg. 195 - manuscript - 1974
  • A Confession - pg. 196 - manuscript - 1974
  • While Sitting In A Bar On Sunset Boulevard - pg. 198 - manuscript - 1974
  • The Midnight Dip - pg. 199 - manuscript - 1974
  • Rubber - pg. 200 - manuscript - 1974
  • Advice - pg. 202 - manuscript - 1974
  • All You Need - pg. 204 - manuscript - 1974
  • Mice - pg. 206 - manuscript - 1974
  • D.N.F. - pg. 208 - manuscript - 1974
  • Extant - pg. 209 - manuscript - 1974
  • Help Wanted - pg. 212 - manuscript - 1974
  • To Weep In Her Hair - pg. 213 - manuscript - 1974
  • Mother - pg. 215 - manuscript - 1974
  • Insomnia - pg. 217 - manuscript - 1974
  • Teeth - pg. 218 - manuscript - 1974
  • The Bells Of The Condom - pg. 219 - manuscript - 1974
  • No Cagney, Me - pg. 221 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1974
  • Where Are You? - pg. 223 - manuscript - 1974
  • It Comes From Somewhere - pg. 225 - manuscript - 1974
  • 2 Horse Collars - pg. 226 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1974
  • How Good Sleep Is Before Having To Walk Down Any Street - pg. 228 - manuscript - 1974
  • The Sun Itself, I Guess, Is The Only Thing That Doesn't Need The Love Of Luck - pg. 230 - manuscript - 1974
  • The Fulfillment - pg. 235 - manuscript - 1974
  • August - pg. 238 - manuscript - 1974
  • Love - pg. 239 - manuscript - 1974
  • The Mad Poet - pg. 247 - manuscript - 1974
  • Rosary For A Once Tenderness - pg. 248 - manuscript - 1974
  • A Love Poem - pg. 249 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1974
  • Apprentices - pg. 252 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1974
  • Free - pg. 254 - manuscript - 1974
  • Let's Be Original - pg. 256 - manuscript - 1974
  • Like A Movie - pg. 257 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1974
  • Guru - pg. 259 - manuscript - 1974
  • My Ol' Drinking Buddies - pg. 260 - manuscript - 1974
  • Cloud 9 - pg. 262 - manuscript - 1974
  • A Song To The Glorious Lonely - pg. 263 - manuscript - 1974
  • An Old Fan - pg. 264 - manuscript - 1974
  • Flashing White Teeth - pg. 265 - manuscript - 1974
  • Butterflies - pg. 266 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1974
  • Blinks A Little Spot Of Senseless Yellow In The Middle Of It All - pg. 268 - manuscript - 1974
  • Hitler's Mama - pg. 269 - manuscript - 1974
  • Feed Time - pg. 270 - manuscript - 1974
  • A Poem For The Swingers, A Poem For The Playgirls Of The Universe - pg. 272 - manuscript - 1974
  • I Meet A Vegetarian - pg. 273 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1974


The poems in Volume 2, 1975-1977, include:

  • Song Of The Flies - pg. 3 - manuscript - circa 1971-1975
  • The Hollywood Hustle - pg. 4 - manuscript - 1975
  • Whiskey Sour - pg. 5 - manuscript - 1975
  • The Pact - pg. 7 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
  • Bet Too Early In The 9th And Was Sent Sadly Down The Escalator And Into The Parking Lot - pg. 9 - manuscript - 1975
  • Finger - pg. 11 - manuscript - 1975
  • I'll Send You A Postcard - pg. 12 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
  • Drooling Madness At St. Liz - pg. 13 - manuscript - 1975
  • Blood - pg. 15 - manuscript - 1975
  • Over A Beer - pg. 16 - manuscript - 1975
  • 46 And 9/10's - pg. 17 - manuscript - 1975
  • Lovlie - pg. 19 - manuscript - 1975
  • In All Fairness - pg. 20 - manuscript - 1975
  • In This Place Now - pg. 22 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
  • Tables - pg. 25 - manuscript - 1975
  • The Famous Man - pg. 27 - manuscript - 1975
  • Sometimes Even Putting A Nickel Into A Parking Meter Feels Good - pg. 29 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
  • Haul Ass, Wonder Woman - pg. 31 - manuscript - 1975
  • Thoughts On An Evening When Grey Walls Breathe And Huff - pg. 32 - manuscript - 1975
  • The Knife Waltz - pg. 33 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
  • You, Back In The Ninth Row, Let Me Tell You Something - pg. 34 - manuscript - 1975
  • Look - pg. 35 - manuscript - 1975
  • Broken Ass Like A Cherry Seed Down The Throat - pg. 36 - manuscript - 1975
  • Rip-Tide - pg. 37 - manuscript - 1975
  • Kraznick - pg. 39 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
  • The Lady Poetess With Long Blonde Hair And Long Silver Gown, Standing Tall And Explaining To Her Audience How The Muse Came - pg. 41 - manuscript - 1975
  • The Lady's Man - pg. 42 - manuscript - 1975
  • Constitutional Rights - pg. 44 - manuscript - 1975
  • A Note Upon A Workshop Instructor With Tiny Hairs Under His Chin - pg. 46 - manuscript - 1975
  • The Great Film Director - pg. 48 - manuscript - 1975
  • The 2nd Novel - pg. 50 - manuscript - 1975
  • The 2nd Novel - pg. 51 - manuscript - 1975
  • Primal Scream - pg. 53 - manuscript - 1975
  • My Lucky Friend - pg. 55 - manuscript - 1975
  • Those Flashes - pg. 57 - manuscript - 1975
  • Bright Spots Of Light Or Serpents - pg. 58 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
  • After The Reading - pg. 60 - manuscript - 1975
  • I Watch These Thin-Hoofed Beasts - pg. 61 - manuscript - 1975
  • Hawley's Leaving Town - pg. 63 - manuscript - 1975
  • Against The Window Panes - pg. 65 - manuscript - 1975
  • Airplane Spin - pg. 67 - manuscript - 1975
  • To The Soul-Seekers - pg. 69 - manuscript - 1975
  • One For The Jag - pg. 71 - manuscript - 1975
  • Visitor - pg. 73 - manuscript - 1975
  • A Lovely Couple - pg. 74 - manuscript - 1975
  • The Edge - pg. 76 - manuscript - 1975
  • The Fathead - pg. 77 - manuscript - 1975
  • Beer - pg. 79 - manuscript - 1975
  • Jones - pg. 81 - manuscript - 1975
  • The Meaning - pg. 83 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
  • Full Moon - pg. 85 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
  • Piranhas - pg. 86 - manuscript - 1975
  • The Big Score - pg. 88 - manuscript - 1975
  • One For R.O. - pg. 89 - manuscript - 1975
  • Out On The Branch - pg. 91 - manuscript - 1975
  • Garter Belt - pg. 93 - manuscript - 1975
  • The Famous Poet - pg. 95 - manuscript - 1975
  • Half A Goldfish - pg. 97 - manuscript - 1975
  • My Father And The Bum - pg. 99 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
  • The Genius - pg. 100 - manuscript - 1975
  • She Caught It In The Air - pg. 102 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
  • Chauv Poem - pg. 103 - manuscript - 1975
  • The Joke - pg. 104 - manuscript - 1975
  • The Anarchists - pg. 106 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
  • Ezra's Pretty Tough - pg. 108 - manuscript - 1975
  • Mean And Stingy - pg. 109 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
  • It's All A Matter Of Entertainment - pg. 111 - manuscript - 1975
  • Entertainment - pg. 113 - manuscript - 1975
  • The Good Guy - pg. 116 - manuscript - 1975
  • Those Flashes - pg. 117 - manuscript - 1975
  • A Goodbye - pg. 119 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
  • 3 Pairs Of Panties - pg. 120 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
  • O.D. - pg. 121 - manuscript - 1975
  • After The Reading - pg. 122 - manuscript - 1975
  • I'm Getting Back To Where I Was - pg. 124 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1975
  • The Red Pigeon - pg. 125 - manuscript - 1975
  • Murder - pg. 126 - manuscript - 1975
  • The Silver Mirror (For Georgia K.) - pg. 127 - manuscript - 1975
  • The Hallelujah Chorus - pg. 129 - manuscript - 1975
  • Figs - pg. 130 - manuscript - 1975
  • January 1976 - pg. 132 - manuscript - 1976
  • White Like Snow - pg. 133 - manuscript - 1976
  • Tabby Cat - pg. 135 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1976
  • Darling - pg. 137 - manuscript - 1976
  • Skin Coloring - pg. 138 - manuscript - 1976
  • Life Off Hollywood And Western - pg. 140 - manuscript - 1976
  • Shit, Sometimes It Gets So Lonely That I Can't Even Commit Suicide - pg. 141 - manuscript - 1976
  • A Touch Of Steel - pg. 142 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1976
  • The Death Kiss - pg. 144 - manuscript - 1976
  • Her Porsche Is A Pale Pink - pg. 145 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1976
  • For Me - pg. 146 - manuscript - 1976
  • The Poem Of The Empty Bed - pg. 147 - manuscript - 1976
  • Be Alone - pg. 150 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1976
  • The Fortune Teller - pg. 151 - manuscript - 1976
  • Ummmm - pg. 153 - manuscript - 1976
  • The Death-Trend - pg. 154 - manuscript - 1976
  • War, And That Particular Bayonet - pg. 156 - manuscript - 1976
  • Time - pg. 158 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1976
  • Weep - pg. 160 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1976
  • Stravinsky On A Saturday Night At 7:18 P.M. - pg. 161 - manuscript - 1976
  • For Linda - pg. 162 - manuscript - 1976
  • She Wrote Me - pg. 163 - manuscript - 1976
  • Bathtub - pg. 165 - manuscript - 1976
  • Goodbye, Goodbye, Clipped-Winged Bluebird - pg. 167 - manuscript - 1976
  • Hunchback - pg. 169 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1976
  • Dog - pg. 171 - manuscript - 1977
  • 2 Men At The Track - pg. 172 - manuscript - 1977
  • Note For My Wall - pg. 173 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
  • Note Left On The Dresser By A Lady Friend - pg. 174 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
  • A Lazy Afternoon - pg. 176 - manuscript - 1977
  • Professional Counseling - pg. 178 - manuscript - 1977
  • Best Bet - pg. 179 - manuscript - 1977
  • Uggh - pg. 181 - manuscript - 1977
  • How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm? - pg. 183 - manuscript - 1977
  • A Matter Of Size - pg. 184 - manuscript - 1977
  • A Good Show - pg. 186 - manuscript - 1977
  • The Pretty Girl Who Rented Rooms - pg. 188 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
  • A Note Upon Starvation - pg. 190 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
  • I Do It While Thinking About Things - pg. 192 - manuscript - 1977
  • A Note Upon Waste - pg. 194 - manuscript - 1977
  • The Beach Boys - pg. 195 - manuscript - 1977
  • These Same Walls - pg. 197 - manuscript - 1977
  • Respite - pg. 199 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
  • The Old Quarterback - pg. 201 - manuscript - 1977
  • A Most Serious Fellow - pg. 202 - manuscript - 1977
  • She's Free And She's Wild - pg. 205 - manuscript - 1977
  • The Firing Of The Canons - pg. 206 - manuscript - 1977
  • Downtown - pg. 208 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
  • Sam The Mailman - pg. 210 - manuscript - 1977
  • The Ladies Who Rip Men Apart - pg. 211 - manuscript - 1977
  • A Shooting - pg. 212 - manuscript - 1977
  • Passport - pg. 213 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
  • An Old Jockey - pg. 215 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
  • Yes - pg. 217 - manuscript - 1977
  • Trainer's Instructions - pg. 220 - manuscript - 1977
  • Smashed - pg. 221 - manuscript - 1977
  • Some Notes On The Word And The Way - pg. 223 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
  • Love - pg. 224 - manuscript - 1977
  • It's Not Exactly The Sun - pg. 226 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
  • O, The Literary Life! - pg. 228 - manuscript - 1977
  • It's Strange - pg. 232 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
  • Tongue-Cut - pg. 233 - manuscript - 1977
  • We're All So Wanted - pg. 235 - manuscript - 1977
  • Shopping List - pg. 237 - manuscript - 1977
  • Edith Sent Us - pg. 239 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
  • And My Mother Had A Nice Umbrella And Looked Beautiful In The Rain - pg. 241 - manuscript - 1977
  • Unleaded - pg. 242 - manuscript - 1977
  • I Been Workin' On The Railroad Just To Pass The Time Away - pg. 243 - manuscript - 1977
  • Plate Glass Window - pg. 244 - manuscript - 1977
  • 11:45 P.M. Discussion - pg. 245 - manuscript - 1977
  • The Whores, The People At Taco Stands, The Bus Drivers, The Cops, The Killers, The Janitors, The Highschool Teachers, The Priests And The Garbagemen - pg. 249 - manuscript - 1977
  • Ow - pg. 250 - manuscript - 1977
  • There's One In Every Bar - pg. 251 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
  • The Finish Of Moby Dick - pg. 253 - manuscript - 1977
  • Venice, California, November 1977 - pg. 254 - manuscript - 1977
  • Scarlet - pg. 255 - manuscript - 1977
  • Hotel Felix - pg. 256 - manuscript - 1977
  • I Drove Her To The Food Stamp Place And I Had A Hamburger While I Waited And After A While We Walked Around And Then - pg. 257 - manuscript - 1977
  • A Fact - pg. 259 - manuscript - 1977
  • 2nd. Street, Near Hollister, In Santa Monica - pg. 260 - manuscript - 1977
  • He Uses Unwaxed Dental Floss - pg. 261 - manuscript - 1977
  • High-Roller - pg. 263 - manuscript - 1977
  • Panasonic - pg. 264 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
  • The Deathly Bravo - pg. 265 - manuscript - 1977
  • Job #36 - pg. 267 - manuscript - 1977
  • Legs - pg. 270 - manuscript - 1977


The poems in Volume 3, 1978-1980, include:

  • Victory - pg. 10 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - circa 1975-1978
  • Hot Dog - pg. 11 - manuscript - 1978
  • Winter Meeting - pg. 15 - manuscript - 1978
  • Hooked In H - pg. 17 - manuscript - 1978
  • Have A Nice Day - pg. 19 - manuscript - 1978
  • Hollywood Ranch Market - pg. 21 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1978
  • The Big Weight-Lifting Feat - pg. 24 - manuscript - 1978
  • Women At My Dresser Mirror - pg. 27 - manuscript - 1978
  • Combat Primer - pg. 29 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1978
  • Coming And Going - pg. 31 - manuscript - 1978
  • Rape - pg. 32 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1978
  • Jilted - pg. 37 - manuscript - 1978
  • Time Off - pg. 39 - manuscript - 1978
  • My Buddy - pg. 42 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1978
  • Craft - pg. 44 - manuscript - 1978
  • A Member Of The Jury - pg. 45 - manuscript - 1978
  • So I Got Out The AE-1 - pg. 46 - manuscript - 1978
  • There Was Always The Danger Of Men Who Originally Wrote Things Down Well Of Becoming Professional Writers - pg. 47 - manuscript - 1978
  • 5000 Dollars - pg. 48 - manuscript - 1978
  • Little Magazines And Poetry Chapbooks - pg. 49 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1978
  • Good Friday - pg. 50 - manuscript - 1978
  • My Instructor - pg. 51 - manuscript - 1978
  • Where's It At? - pg. 57 - manuscript - 1978
  • The End Of A Short Love Affair - pg. 58 - manuscript - 1978
  • I've Looked Everywhere For The Can Opener - pg. 59 - manuscript - 1978
  • A Big One - pg. 60 - manuscript - 1978
  • The E Was All Right - pg. 61 - manuscript - 1978
  • The Playboy Of The Western World Leaves The Field To Those Who Desire It - pg. 62 - manuscript - 1978
  • Death Of The Toteboards, Hollywood Park, April 21, 1978 - pg. 64 - manuscript - 1978
  • The Yards - pg. 65 - manuscript - 1978
  • Chilled - pg. 66 - manuscript - 1978
  • Igloo - pg. 68 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1978
  • Those - pg. 70 - manuscript - 1978
  • Crazy - pg. 72 - manuscript - 1978
  • Heart-Ache - pg. 74 - manuscript - 1978
  • Racetrack - pg. 76 - manuscript - 1978
  • You Can't Make A Lion Out Of A Butterfly - pg. 77 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1978
  • I.U.(C.)D. - pg. 80 - manuscript - 1978
  • Travertine - pg. 81 - manuscript - 1978
  • Funny Man - pg. 82 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1978
  • Trouble In The Ghetto - pg. 85 - manuscript - 1978
  • Action Down On The Corner - pg. 88 - manuscript - 1978
  • Last Try - pg. 90 - manuscript - 1978
  • The Girls Are Gone - pg. 92 - manuscript - 1978
  • Academy Award - pg. 93 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1978
  • Mosquito - pg. 95 - manuscript - 1978
  • 4 Christs - pg. 98 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1978
  • A Great Place - pg. 101 - manuscript - 1978
  • Mouth - pg. 103 - manuscript - 1978
  • Legs - pg. 104 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1978
  • Telephone - pg. 106 - manuscript - 1978
  • N.Y. Times - pg. 108 - manuscript - 1978
  • Tank Jobs - pg. 109 - manuscript - 1978
  • Action - pg. 111 - manuscript - 1978
  • Sad Letters From Up North - pg. 114 - manuscript - 1978
  • Talk - pg. 115 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1978
  • The Pros - pg. 117 - manuscript - 1978
  • Gift - pg. 118 - manuscript - 1978
  • He Used To Be - pg. 120 - manuscript - 1978
  • A Big Thursday Night At Hollywood And Western - pg. 122 - manuscript - 1978
  • Have A Nice Day - pg. 125 - manuscript - 1978
  • The Golden God - pg. 127 - manuscript - 1978
  • Pretty Boy - pg. 129 - manuscript - 1978
  • The Letters Of John Steinbeck - pg. 132 - manuscript - 1978
  • Water The Plants - pg. 134 - manuscript - 1978
  • Dead Again - pg. 139 - manuscript - 1978
  • Clown Poem - pg. 140 - manuscript - 1978
  • Social - pg. 141 - manuscript - 1978
  • 1984 - pg. 143 - manuscript - 1978
  • De Luxe - pg. 144 - manuscript - 1978
  • Hop, Skip And Jump - pg. 145 - manuscript - 1978
  • Chill - pg. 146 - manuscript - 1978
  • Slump - pg. 147 - manuscript - 1978
  • Interview - pg. 149 - manuscript - 1978
  • Just A Touch Of Mox - pg. 152 - manuscript - 1978
  • Reality - pg. 153 - manuscript - 1978
  • Off The Board - pg. 154 - manuscript - 1979 - circa 1979
  • He Likes To Be Alone - pg. 155 - manuscript - 1979
  • Hell - pg. 156 - manuscript - 1979
  • Horse - pg. 158 - manuscript - 1979
  • Eating The Father - pg. 160 - manuscript - 1979
  • My Style - pg. 162 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • Thrill Time - pg. 163 - manuscript - 1979
  • The Old Pinch Hitter - pg. 164 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • Nice And Brown - pg. 165 - manuscript - 1979
  • Bad Day - pg. 167 - manuscript - 1979
  • The Altar Boy - pg. 169 - manuscript - 1979
  • Burning Bright - pg. 171 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • Vision - pg. 172 - manuscript - 1979
  • The Alien - pg. 174 - manuscript - 1979
  • Movie - pg. 175 - manuscript - 1979
  • The 9 Horse - pg. 177 - manuscript - 1979
  • The Piano Player - pg. 179 - manuscript - 1979
  • Of Course - pg. 181 - manuscript - 1979
  • Hemingway - pg. 182 - manuscript - 1979
  • A Place To Go - pg. 183 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • What Have I Seen? - pg. 184 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • One For The Gang - pg. 185 - manuscript - 1979
  • Success - pg. 187 - manuscript - 1979
  • My Father Wanted Me To Be A Mechanical Draftsman But - pg. 188 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • I Don't Need A Cleopatra - pg. 190 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • Flight Time - pg. 191 - manuscript - 1979
  • The Answer - pg. 194 - manuscript - 1979
  • The Fix - pg. 195 - manuscript - 1979
  • The New Neighborhood - pg. 196 - manuscript - 1979
  • A Reader - pg. 197 - manuscript - 1979
  • Good Show - pg. 198 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • The Gamblers - pg. 199 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • Trouble - pg. 200 - manuscript - 1979
  • Me And Pound's Girlfriend - pg. 201 - manuscript - 1979
  • Parts Dept. - pg. 202 - manuscript - 1979
  • Novels - pg. 204 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • The X-Con - pg. 206 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • Soundless - pg. 208 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • The Drunk With The Little Legs - pg. 209 - manuscript - 1979
  • Your Move - pg. 211 - manuscript - 1979
  • Bruckner (2) - pg. 212 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • Locks - pg. 214 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • Reject - pg. 222 - manuscript - 1979
  • Wall Clock - pg. 226 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • Pleased To Meet You - pg. 228 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • The Parts Dept. - pg. 231 - manuscript - 1979
  • The Payoff - pg. 232 - manuscript - 1979
  • The Princess Tina - pg. 233 - manuscript - 1979
  • Tough Cob - pg. 235 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • The Drowning Of The Id - pg. 236 - manuscript - 1979
  • Jam - pg. 237 - manuscript - 1979
  • With A Flagpole Over The San Pedro Harbor - pg. 238 - manuscript - 1979
  • Manx - pg. 240 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • Token Drunk - pg. 243 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1979
  • The Liberated Woman And The Liberated Air - pg. 246 - manuscript - 1980
  • Lazing In San Pedro - pg. 248 - manuscript - 1980
  • Swinging From The Dumb Hook - pg. 249 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1980
  • Ah - pg. 251 - manuscript - 1980
  • A Saturday Afternoon - pg. 252 - manuscript - 1980
  • Helping Friends - pg. 257 - manuscript - 1980
  • The Temporal Ease - pg. 258 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1980
  • A Fine Night - pg. 260 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1980
  • The Game - pg. 262 - manuscript - 1980
  • 4 Cops - pg. 263 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1980
  • Ladies Talking On The Telephone - pg. 265 - manuscript - 1980
  • American Literature II - pg. 266 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1980
  • Dog Fight - pg. 267 - manuscript - 1980
  • Don't Save Me - pg. 269 - manuscript - 1980
  • Pop - pg. 270 - manuscript - 1980
  • Dear Friends - pg. 271 - manuscript - 1980
  • Unemployed And Shacking - pg. 272 - manuscript - 1980
  • Quits - pg. 274 - manuscript - 1980
  • Heads Without Faces, Seen In All The Places - pg. 276 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1980
  • Only The Dragging Of Time Like A Dry Turd Being Pulled By A String - pg. 278 - manuscript - 1980
  • Horses Don't Bet On People And Neither Do I - pg. 279 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1980
  • 1810 - 1856 - pg. 281 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1980
  • The Poetry Game - pg. 282 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1980
  • 5.90 Per Pound - pg. 284 - manuscript - 1980
  • An Unliterary Afternoon - pg. 285 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1980
  • Drink And Wait - pg. 287 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1980
  • Counter - pg. 288 - manuscript - 1980
  • It Sucks - pg. 289 - manuscript - 1980
  • A Horror Poem - pg. 291 - manuscript - 1980
  • The Miracle Man - pg. 292 - manuscript - 1980
  • In My Day We Used To Call It Pussy-Whipped - pg. 294 - manuscript - 1980
  • Merry, Merry - pg. 299 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1980
  • All That Like That - pg. 301 - manuscript - 1980
  • Lunch - pg. 302 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1980
  • The Guitar Player - pg. 307 - manuscript - 1980
  • As Much As I Hate To Use This Word - pg. 312 - manuscript - 1980

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