The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain:

The second of five new books of unpublished poems from the late, great, Charles Bukowski, America's most imitated and influential poet -- 143 never-before-seen works of gritty, amusing, and inspiring verse.

part 1.

German

3

(2)

the old girl

5

(4)

the birds

9

(2)

game day

11

(2)

gas

13

(2)

mystery leg

15

(7)

be cool, fool

22

(2)

an unliterary afternoon

24

(3)

poop

27

(4)

the end of an era

31

(7)

the 60's

38

(3)

the would-be horseplayer

41

(2)

the night Richard Nixon shook my hand

43

(1)

throwing away the alarm clock

44

(1)

pretenders

45

(2)

$1.25 a gallon

47

(2)

floss-job

49

(2)

a friendly place

51

(3)

the old couple

54

(2)

what?

56

(1)

born again

57

(1)

card girls

58

(3)

it's never been so good

61

(2)

goading the muse

63

(3)

the wavering line

66

(4)

the road to hell

70

(2)

crucifixion

72

(1)

barfly

73

(4)

part 2.

thoughts while eating a sandwich

77

(1)

nothing's free

78

(1)

what bothers them most

79

(5)

into the wastebasket

84

(3)

it's over and done

87

(1)

nice guy

88

(2)

feet to the fire

90

(1)

the poetry game

91

(2)

the fix is in

93

(1)

photos

94

(1)

tonight

95

(2)

a visitor complains

97

(3)

besieged

100

(1)

the novice

101

(2)

Cleopatra now

103

(3)

please

106

(1)

the barometer

107

(2)

enemy of the king, 1935

109

(2)

nights of vanilla mice

111

(2)

lark in the dark

113

(2)

lonely hearts

115

(2)

B as in bullshit

117

(1)

a riot in the streets

118

(1)

interlude

119

(2)

d.n.f.

121

(1)

reading little poems in little magazines

122

(2)

how to get away?

124

(2)

the difficulty of breathing

126

(3)

help wanted and received

129

(1)

heart in the cage

130

(2)

places to die and places to hide

132

(2)

poem for the young and tough

134

(1)

ow

135

(1)

my doom smiles at me-

136

(2)

hey, Kafka!

138

(2)

a strange visit

140

(2)

1970 blues

142

(2)

snow white

144

(1)

sour grapes

145

(1)

fencing with the shadows

146

(2)

a hell of a duet

148

(2)

the dogs

150

(3)

part 3.

cold summer

153

(2)

crime does pay

155

(2)

throwing my weight around

157

(3)

they rolled the bed out of there

160

(3)

crawl

163

(2)

nothing here

165

(1)

my last winter

166

(1)

first poem back

167

(1)

a summation

168

(1)

walking papers

169

(2)

alone in this room

171

(1)

farewell, farewell

172

(1)

about the mail lately

173

(2)

life on the half shell

175

(1)

the hardest

176

(1)

a terrible need

177

(1)

body slam

178

(1)

the gods are good

179

(1)

the sound of typewriters

180

(4)

a fight

184

(3)

Sunbeam

187

(4)

apparitions

191

(1)

speed

192

(2)

it's difficult to see your own death approaching

194

(1)

made in the shade (Happy New Year)

195

(1)

one for Wolfgang

196

(1)

night unto night

197

(2)

notes on some poetry

199

(2)

the buzz

201

(2)

a simple kindness

203

(2)

good try, all

205

(2)

proper credentials are needed to join

207

(3)

silly damned thing anyhow

210

(2)

moth to the flame

212

(1)

7 come 11

213

(2)

put out the light

215

(2)

foxholes

217

(1)

calm elation, 1993

218

(5)

part 4.

I have this new room

223

(2)

writing

225

(2)

human nature

227

(2)

notations

229

(2)

Democracy

231

(1)

Kraznick

232

(2)

Hungaria, Symphonia Poem #9 by Franz Liszt

234

(2)

Club Hell, 1942

236

(3)

unloading the goods

239

(2)

Saratoga hot walker

241

(3)

the sixties?

244

(6)

experience

250

(2)

fame at last

252

(3)

party of nine

255

(3)

he showed me his back

258

(1)

the unfolding

259

(2)

drunk before noon

261

(2)

thumbs up, thumbs down

263

(2)

they are after me

265

(3)

feeling fairly good tonight

268

(1)

there's a poet on every bar stool

269

(5)

valet

274

(3)

prescience

277

(1)

10:45 a.m.

278

(2)

the horses of Mexico

280

(2)

a big night

282

(2)

a musical difference

284

(2)

you tell me what it means

286

(2)

dear reader:

288

(2)

not much singing

290

(2)

the shadows

292

(1)

a pause before the counter attack

293

(1)

picture this

294

(1)

9 bad boys

295

(1)

one more day

296

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The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain: New Poems

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