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Penguin Modern Poets 13: Inscribed by Charles Bukowski to L.A Poet Tom Kerrigan

Penguin Modern Poets 13: Inscribed by Charles Bukowski to L.A Poet Tom Kerrigan

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Published in 1969, Penguin Modern Poets 13 was Bukowski’s first work published by a major publishing house and introduced him to a mainstream audience of readers.

This copy is inscribed and dated to fellow L.A. poet Tom Kerrigan:

THIS IS THE
JOB IN THE
BANK. WHAT?
AH, HELL. HANG
IN. MORBID
HANGOVER TODAY.

HELLO,
Charles Bukowski
5-20-72

This copy is in Near Fine condition with a little wear to the black covers. Now protected in a clear jacket.

T.S. Kerrigan attended the University of California at Berkeley and completed graduate work at Loyola University in Los Angeles. He is the author of Branches Among the Stars (Louisville, 1990), a dramatic study of James Joyce's Dublin years. His plays have been produced in Los Angeles at The Ensemble Studio Theatre and The Globe Playhouse. He writes regularly about theater in Los Angeles and is a member of the Los Angeles Drama Critic's Circle.

Bukowski shares this volume with Philip Lamantia and Harold Norse. There are 25 previously published Bukowski poems in the volume, taking up over a third of the book:

The list of poems includes:

  • I Cannot Stand Tears - pg. 11
  • Crucifix In A Death Hand - pg. 12
  • The Sunday Artist - pg. 14
  • A Nice Day - pg. 15
  • The Twins - pg. 17
  • Dinner, Rain and Transport - pg. 19
  • The Priest And The Matador - pg. 21
  • Sunflower - pg. 22
  • Old Man, Dead In A Room - pg. 24
  • The Day It Rained At The Los Angeles County Museum - pg. 26
  • Counsel - pg. 28
  • The Loss, The Loss, The Loss - pg. 30
  • The Sun Wields Mercy - pg. 32
  • I Am With The Roots Of Flowers - pg. 35
  • Love And Fame And Death - pg. 37
  • They, All Of Them, Know - pg. 38
  • Confession For Those Who Do Not Breathe At Funerals - pg. 42
  • I Wait In The White Rain - pg. 44
  • Sway With Me - pg. 46
  • A Report Upon The Consumption Of Myself - pg. 47
  • A Farewell Thing While Breathing - pg. 49
  • I Write This Upon The Last Drink's Hammer - pg. 50
  • When The Berry Bush Dies I'll Swim Down The Green River With My Hair On Fire - pg. 55
  • I Was Born To Hustle Roses Down The Avenues Of The Dead - pg. 57
  • Something For The Touts, The Nuns, The Grocery Clerks And You... - pg. 59

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