Poetry Readings by Charles Bukowski

Music: Johann Johannsson - The Candlelight Vigil
Speaker: Tom O' Bedlam (SpokenVerse)
Full poem:
poetry readings have to be some of the saddest
damned things ever,
the gathering of the clansmen and clanladies,
week after week, month after month, year
after year,
getting old together,
reading on to tiny gatherings,
still hoping their genius will be
discovered,
making tapes together, discs together,
sweating for applause
they read basically to and for
each other,
they can't find a New York publisher
or one
within miles,
but they read on and on
in the poetry holes of America,
never daunted,
never considering the possibility that
their talent might be
thin, almost invisible,
they read on and on
before their mothers, their sisters, their husbands,
their wives, their friends, the other poets
and the handful of idiots who have wandered
in
from nowhere.
I am ashamed for them,
I am ashamed that they have to bolster each other,
I am ashamed for their lisping egos,
their lack of guts.
if these are our creators,
please, please give me something else:
a drunken plumber at a bowling alley,
a prelim boy in a four rounder,
a jock guiding his horse through along the
rail,
a bartender on last call,
a waitress pouring me a coffee,
a drunk sleeping in a deserted doorway,
a dog munching a dry bone,
an elephant's fart in a circus tent,
a 6 p.m. freeway crush,
the mailman telling a dirty joke
anything
anything
but
these.
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[@UndinesOcean]

Isn't this what we all wish different, that we were immortal and not so accustomed to the humdrum existence? That we make a slight change and someone takes notice. That we are valid, approved, commemorated...
Lovely choice of poem! I was delighted with this combination of deep voice, cinematic visuals and minimalist music. Truly inspiring and relatable! 🥹

[@vieraveira]

Isn't it more liberating to write when you know that it will never be read, it will never be judge and that you can keep it your own forever..

[@bekindifpossible]

After long time are you okay

[@msimika_III]

Seems like we gonna have masterpieces every week now
Were you okey during those month of total silence or you was just just minding other businesses??

[@ClayFrankk]

Yeh this a good one, never heard.

[@Christonia-5]

who is the owner behind the channel ?

[@Christonia-5]

sad :(