Fuck You (!) Underground Poems / Untergrund Gedichte -- Three Charles Bukowski Poems (1968)

Published in 1968, this rare magazine published out of Germany presents dual text of the poems in English and German. It’s a unique collection of Beat Generation, countercultural and Black Mountain poetry edited and translated into German by Ralf-Rainer Rygulla, with psychodelic wrappers portraying a nude female on the front cover. Featured poets include Charles Bukowski, Frank O'Hara, Ed Sanders, Edward Dorn, Philip Whalen, Ted Berrigan and many others.

Bukowski’s poems include:

The Noiseless Care of a Blue Violet
Men’s Crapper
Nature Poem

The Noiseless Care of a Blue Violet previously appeared in Ole 6 (1966).

Men’s Crapper previously appeared in Intrepid 7 (1967) and Evergreen Review Vol. 11, No. 50 (1967).

Nature Poem previously appeared in Ole 6 (1966) and would later appear in Betting on the Muse (1996).

Contributors include JCharles Bukowski, Frank O'Hara, Ed Sanders, Edward Dorn, Philip Whalen, Ted Berrigan and many others.

This copy is in Near Fine condition but has a large chip on the front cover. See pics.

A very nice copy of this rate poetry collection published by Joseph Melzer Verlag out of Hamburg, Germany.

Box 6