Can you bash this Bukowski poem?

Question

blue
by Charles Bukowski

blue fish, the blue night, a blue knife-
everything is blue.
and my cats are blue: blue fur, blue claws,
blue whiskers, blue eyes.

my bed lamp shines
blue.

inside, my blue heart pumps blue blood.

my fingernails, my toenails are
blue.

and around my bed floats a
blue ghost.

even the taste inside my mouth is
blue.

and I am alone and dying and
blue.

Additional Details

anonymouse-
bash on, bash on.

Buk was crippin' back in
'78

Answer 1

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker

nope....for blue is my color of choice

Source(s):

*blue eyes frying in the pain*

Asker's Rating:

Asker's Comment:

I prefer a hint of green mixed in.....

Answer 2

emo fish, the emo night, an emo knife-
everything is emo.
and my cats are emo: emo fur, emo claws,
emo whiskers, emo eyes.

my bed lamp shines
emo.

inside, my emo heart pumps emo blood.

my fingernails, my toenails are
emo.

and around my bed floats an
emo ghost.

even the taste inside my mouth is
emo.

and I am alone and dying and
emo.

Answer 3

'and I am alone and dying and
blue.'

nice wrap up for this piece, exactly where my brain went from the first line.

<sorry, forgot to answer the question--nope, I actually like it. About death but not emo.>

Answer 4

I thought "I" was sad.


Sheeeesh..

Answer 5

Not going to bash because everyone has a "blue period", some have longer ones than others.

It's, uhm...palpable.

Answer 6

Not hard to understand this. From the fantasy start to the ending truth and the real meaning of blue to him, he states his feelings well.

A blue death calls
and no one answers
for no one cares
except the dying one
who is blue and cares
not to

Answer 7

I think it's good.. but I'm feeling a tad Pink right now..

Answer 8

Makes me want to enjoy myself, while I'm still in the pink.

My eyes are blue
My big toe is blue
My light bulb just blew

Blue light disco
Blue light in mirror
Blew breathalyser

Out of the blue
With the old mate Blue
got into a blue

Answer 9

banana like fish, the banana like night, banana like kinfe-
everything is banana like.
and my cats are banana like: banana like fur, banana like claws,
banana like whiskers, banana like eyes.

my bed lamp shines banana like.

inside, my banana like heart pumps banana like blood.

my fingernails, my toenails are banana like

and around my bed is a banana like ghost

even the taste in my mouth is banana like

and i am alone dying and banana like

Source(s):

my banana like brain :O

Answer 10

Dying alone, my greatest fear...
he has described perfectly why it is.
The blue ghost floating around....sent shivers, I've known the feeling.

Bukowski, of Blueblood stalk??!!
teehee

morning and laters,
ma

Answer 11

Bash? He is referring to a mood, a state of mind, a state of ...disrepair, if you will...in his mind/life. Not a color. Oddly enough...I have a cat named blue with blue eyes. I like this poem for that and for the fact that he gives his thoughts a color.

Answer 12

nah, no bash, just splash

the hues of blues run the gamut of the emotional spectrum as well

and Mockingbirds, I walked off to find my book yesterday, the Pleasures....its in my house somewhere! I'm sure! It wanders around with me.....guess what all I'll probably find along the way....and mail

Answer 13

Blue on blue, heartache on heartache, now that we are through. And I can't get over loving you.

I got nothing, I just like to answer and star your questions. I'm only creative where filth is concerned...

Answer 14

What are you.... a Crip?

Answer 15

It's too blue... I prefer 'a smile to remember' and 'the crunch'...

Answer 16

You found your "to do" post it :)

Blue is my survival
kit.

My blue T is pit-
stained, thank god.

Answer 17

Can't bash a guy who's singin' the blues.

Answer 18

Its' to depressing

Answer 19

Pabst reaction, perhaps?

.

Answer 20

Ooh, sounds like me these days, though I know days will get better...
I don't bash when some one is feeling " Blue"....Even if you are
requesting it......

On another note, sounds like you need a serious snort on some oxygen, for those blue fingernails, and toenails...Might help the inside of your mouth too...m :)


and your also makin my brown eyes "blue"...

Source(s):

amazing how it almost seems your writing to/about some of us directly.....**shivers**

Answer 21

I just read "Tales of Ordinary Madness" for the first time because I found it on the ground. I had to read the whole thing, it was like a trainwreck (I mean in a good way) and I couldn't look away. What books are his poetry in?

Source(s):

It explained a lot

Answer 22

Why bash?

It's Bluekowski.

Answer 23

Sky is blue
Is blue sad?
Only
Man is sad
When man
is blue
blue is
no air
no life
Blue sucks
life out

*with respect to Otteri S...