Published in 1967, Vagabond 5 featured two classic Charles Bukowski poems:
The Flower Lover I Met A Genius
Both poems were included as part of the first Bukowski poems published by Black Sparrow Press, appearing as broadsides in 1966.
They would also appear in the first collection of Bukowski poems published by Black Sparrow Press, At Terror Street and Agony Way (1968).
Bukowski is also mentioned in passing in an interview with Jay Robert Nash.
Conceived in the fall of 1964 over a pitcher of beer in Washington D.C., Vagabond was an early proponent of Bukowski and published him regularly between 1966-1978. The publisher was John Bennett. A vagabond himself, Bennett published the first few issues in Munich, Germany, and then from locations all over the United States. He also published many other chapbooks for other poets. Bukowski would appear in 12 issues of Vagabond as well as its anthology.
This copy is in Very Good ++ condition with some shelf wear and light creases to the covers.
Overall, a very nice copy of John Bennett’s long running poetry journal which consistently published Bukowski’s work.
