Guide to the Charles Bukowski Papers Mss 12

A 1965-1974

Ba-Br 1962-1974

Bridge-Bruns 1965-1974

Beiles, Sinclair 1968-1970

Belart, Gerard Simon 1970-1971

Bennett, J., Jr 1965-1973

Blaufuss, Bix and Denise 1970-1973

Blazek, Douglas 1964-1974

Bloom, Gene

Bukowski, Frances 1963-1968

Bull, Joanna 1973-1974

C 1963-1975

Cherry, Neeli 1970-1973

City Lights (Nancy Phillips and Joe Wolberg) 1972-1975

Congdon, Kirby 1964-1968

Connellan, Leo 1973-1974

Corrington, John William 1963-1967

Cuscaden, Robert R 1964-1965

D 1965-1974

Dinter, Ingrid 1972-1973

Dorbin, Sanford 1970-1974

E 1964-1974

Evanier, David 1973-1974

F 1964-1974

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 1970-1974

Fett, Heinrich 1965-1970

Fife, Darlene 1972-1973

Fink, Robert 1964-1965

Fox, Hugh 1967-1968

G 1965-1974

Georgakas, Dan 1967

Grapes, Marcus K 1963-1973

Griffith, E. V 1958-1974

H 1955-1974

Hackett, Philip 1974

Hageman, Willie 1966-1972

Haggarty, Teddy 1973-1974

Hanan, John 1972-1973

Head, Robert 1968-1973

Herman, Jan Jacob 1969-1973

Hornisher, Anna 1964-1973

I 1963-1966

J 1972-1974

K 1962-1975

KAJA 1964-1967

K'dutch, Darrel 1968-1970

Kerrigan, Tom 1971-1974

King, Linda 1971-1974

Kryss, Tom 1966-1969

L 1964-1974

Locklin , Gerry 1970-1973

Ma 1966-1974

Me-My 1964-1975

McNamara, Thomas 1965-1969

Mahak, Orlani Cavalcanti 1969

Malanga, Gerard 1964-1974

Martin, John 1965-1973

Malone, Marvin 1965-1972

Martinelli, Sheri 1964-1967

Menebroker, Ann [Baumann] 1964-1974

Micheline, Jack 1968-1974

Miller, Henry 1965 August 22

N 1970-1974

National Endowment for the Arts 1967-1973

Nash, Jay Robert 1964-1966

Norse, Harold 1964-1974

O 1967-1974

P 1964-1974

Packard, William 1971-1974

Penfold, Gerda 1968-1974

Peters, Robert 1968-1973

Phillpot, Wayne 1963-1965

Potts, Charles 1967-1974

Purdy, Al 1967-1974

Qualgiano, Tony 1968-1974

R 1965-1975

Rapp, George 1967-1969

Richmond, Steve 1965-1974

Reeves, Trevor 1973-1974

Roman, Ulysses Grant 1967-1969

Rosenbaum, Jean 1964-1965

Rosenbaum, Veryl 1964-1985

Ross, Alan 1973-1974

S 1964-1974

Sedricks, Andre 1970-1974

Shannon, Patrick 1964-1965

Sherman, Jory 1965-1974

Silver, James 1968-1970

Stangos, Nikos 1967-1969

Starczenko, Oskana 1973-1974

Stone, Stephen 1973-1974

T 1965-1969

Taylor, William 1963-1974

U-V

W 1964-1974

Waluconis, Carl 1969-1970

Wantling, Ruth 1965-1974

Wantling, William 1965-1974

Watson, Christopher. 1967-1968

Weissner, Carl 1966-1974

Webb, Jon and Lou 1963-1974

Williams, Miller 1971-1974

Williamson, James R 1972-1974

Winans, Allan 1973-1974

Winter, Nina 1973-1974

X-Z 1970-1974

Young, Lafayette 1970

Unknown correspondents 1965-1975

Bassett, Randy 1966 April

Blazek, Douglas

1 card (TCS). Mentions signings of Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts 1966 January 20

1 card (TC). Gives several possible titles for a collection of poems 1966 July 20

1 card (TCS). Describes seeing Confessions of a Man on a magazine rack beside Ginsberg in a photograph printed in Esquire. 1966 November 18

1 card (TCS). Mentions reviews he is doing for Ole' 1966 November

1 card (TCS). On the advantage of living in L.A. and how he is a loner 1967 November 6

1 card (TCS). Has heard that a publisher wants to bring out Notes of a Dirty Old Man in book form and requests permission to use chapters from Confessions of a Man 1967 November 12

Bukowski, Frances 1968 July

Bukowski, Frances, and Marina Bukowski 1968 October 16

Cherry [Cherkovski], Sam, and Neeli Cherry

Cherry, Claire and Sam 1970 December 22

Cherry, Neeli 1962-1973

1 letter (TL). On what makes good style in poetry and who among the writers and artists had it 1962

1 letter (TL). Explains what he means in a poem that Cherry has taken for Black Cat Review 1962

1 letter (TLS). Mentions Cold Dogs in the Courtyard 1963 April 29

1 letter (TLS). Describes visit to Cherry's house and offers advice on how to write 1963 September 20

1 letter (TLS). Response to a poem about war [Vietnam] that Cherry wrote 1965 October 28

1 letter (TLS). A note at the bottom of a letter by L. W. Currey concerning signed issues of Laugh Literary ordered for Currey's rare book store 1970 March 19

1 letter (TLS). Characterizes the women's liberation movement and mentions the taxes he paid in 1969 1970 April 13

1 letter (TLS). Describes drinking with Harold Norse and others and notes the demand for his poems 1970 May 10

1 letter (TLS). Describes his life as a writer now that he has quit working at the post office 1970 June 4

1 letter (TLS). Goes into his finances. Describes reading poetry at The Bridge and his feelings about sex 1970 June

1 letter (TLS). Includes a list of magazines where Cherry should send poems. Mentions that subscribers to Laugh Literary complain about never receiving issues, and blames Cherry for not mailing them 1970 June 29

1 letter (TLS). Mentions the reading he did at The Bridge. Complains about the problems he and other writers have with money 1970 July 12

1 letter (TLS). Lists money received for orders of Laugh Literary and mentions other matters having to do with the publication [1970 July 23]

1 letter (TLS). Describes how much he has written on a daily basis lately and how it took him only 20 days to write Post Office, which a German publisher has offered to buy sight unseen 1970 September 1

1 letter (TLS). Complains about who gets the Guggenheims and how he doesn't even know where to get the forms to fill out to be rejected 1970 November 20

1 letter (TLS). Notes who has been and should be sent copies of Laugh Literary 1971 March 22

1 letter (TLS). Urges Cherry to send out copies of Laugh Literary as they are requested 1971 July 12

1 letter (TLS). Talks about waiting on the idea of the anthology of L.A. poets 1971 October 15

1 letter (TLS). Asks Cherry to look through his house for a watch that Bukowski has lost 1971 October 31

1 letter (TLS). Addressed to Sam, Neeli Cherry's father, inviting him to take the photograph for the book of stories that City Lights is about to publish 1971 November 2

1 brief note (TNS) 1972 July 8

1 letter (TLS). Invites Cherry to participate with Bukowski and about four others in a poetry reading to be filmed by Channel 28 [PBS] 1972 November 18

1 letter (TLS). Instructs Cherry on signing the contract for payment to be split three ways [for reading poems filmed by Channel 28] 1973 February

1 letter (TLS). Concerns submissions and subscriptions [to Laugh Literary]

1 letter (TL). Concerns submissions to [ Laugh Literary]

1 letter (TLS). Defends a poem by Ben Pleasants and asking Cherry not to cut a story [from Laugh Literary]

1 letter (TLS). Brief note concerning Laugh Literary

1 letter (TLS). Questions how large drawings can be for the cover [of unnamed item]

1 letter (TLS). Requests Cherry ask his father if he wants to photograph Bukowski for another book to be published by John Martin

1 letter (TLS). Mentions his rate for poetry readings [during the time that Laugh Literary was coming out]

1 letter (TLS). Invites Cherry and his parents to [a party at] Bukowski's apartment

1 note (ANS). Concerns submissions

Corrington, John William 1963-1968

1 letter (TLS). Mentions that Jon Webb is working hard on It Catches... Has received thirty rejected poems, which he will send out again immediately [1963] June 24

1 letter (TLS). On not wanting to marry or live with a woman again. Says he learned to write by himself in the alley 1963 July [22][

1 letter (TLS). Criticizes Corrington for not answering his request to return his letters. Attacks Corrington for being superior 1968 November 2

Dorbin, Sanford 1970

1 letter (TLS). Describes episodes at poetry readings at three colleges. Also complains about an organized attempt by tenants around him to take over his parking place. This letter appears in Living on Luck., 1970 June

1 letter (TLS) [photocopy]. Thanks Dorbin for his bibliography and castigates him for holding Bukowski responsible for the cassette that never reached Dorbin (the Nola Express recording of Bukowski reading poems) 1970 December 21

Editors 1974 November 15

Goldberg, Jerry 1974 January 14

Griffith, E. V. 1958-1960

1 letter (ALS) [photocopy]. Written on the bottom and back of a letter from Griffith. Concerns a possible title for the chapbook that Griffith is planning to publish [1958] June 6

1 letter (ALS). Offers Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail as the best title for the chapbook of poems Griffith would print [1958] July 9

1 card (ACS). Expresses thanks for the news of Hearse [ Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail] in Nation and Poetry 1959 October 3

1 letter (TLS). Describes his dislike of poems in poetry magazines and the despair he feels in his own life 1959 December

1 letter (TLS). Questions Griffith about the process of printing a book from clippings 1960 April 25

1 letter (TLS). Proposes promoting Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail in contributors notes and in other ways 1960 June 2

1 letter (TLS). Informs Griffith of acceptance in Sparrow and that he will tell magazine editors who accept poems that Hearse will publish Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail 1960 June

1 letter (TLS). Complains about how much time has passed since Griffith proposed to publish Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail 1960 August 1

1 letter (TLS). Suggests some magazines to send review copies to. Also mentions that the publication of Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail will be half paid for by Bukowski 1960 August 6

1 letter (TLS). Complains about other chapbooks printed ahead of his [1960 September 12]

1 card (TCS). Defends himself as a lively writer who might earn money for Griffith. Still resents the slowness in bringing out the chapbook [1960 September 13]

1 letter (TLS) 1960 October 7

1 letter (TLS). Apologizes for blaming Griffith for his remarks in the previous letter and expresses unchecked gratitude for the book, now out 1960 October 14

Kerrigan, Thomas S. 1971-1972

1 letter (TLS) [photocopy]. Invitation to a party at Bukowski's apartment [1971 October 8]

1 letter (TLS) [photocopy]. Thanks Kerrigan for a checklist and invites him to a New Year's party 1971 December 16

1 letter (TLS) [photocopy] 1972 January 5

1 letter (TLS) [photocopy]. From Phoenix, Arizona, where he says he will stay a month 1972 January 10

1 note (TN) [photocopy]. Announcement of a party

Lowenfels, Walter.

Mallory, Lee 1971-1972

1 letter (TLS). Calls Post Office "not an immortal novel" but says "it does have pace and will not bore." 1971 July 9

1 letter (TLS). Notes his depression and inability to write a coherent letter because of it 1971 October 30

1 letter (TLS). Complains about the effects of the recession on payment for stories and poetry readings 1971 December 23

1 letter (TLS). Written from Phoenix, Arizona, and comments on Jack Hirschman 1972 January 17

1 letter (TLS). Refers to offensive behavior while drunk 1972 March 17

Martin, John 1965-1973

1 letter (TLS) 1965 October 27

1 letter (TLS). Complains about job, apologizes for being unsociable but invites Martin over, if he will bring beer along. Also will sell him signed copies of chapbooks 1965 October 30

1 letter (TLS). Working overtime, at night. Tells Martin that if he visits, will find he is "an isolationist but not a snob." Also mentions that he split with his wife and child a week earlier 1965 December 12

1 letter (TLS). Apologizes for not having met Martin yet, due to work hours and visits to racetrack. Also talks of hopes to write a novel, just needs an advance of 200 or 300 bucks 1966 January 17

1 letter (TLS). Notes the corrections made in the proofs of Post Office 1971 January 8

1 letter (TLS). On how lucky he is now to be able to live by his writing and how much he owes to Martin for publishing his work 1973 April

Martinelli, Sheri 1966 February

Menebroker, Ann [Bauman] 1962-1967

1 letter (TLS). Asks her to visit him if she comes to Los Angeles and offers to drive her anywhere in town 1962 April 2

1 letter (TLS). Mentions receiving praise for Dead Stay Alive Too Long in a letter from Menebroker, and how any amount of praise is dangerous to a writer 1962 May 10

1 letter (TLS). Remarks that he is not interested in history or theory: "The best argument is a new poem." 1962 May 19

1 letter (TLS). Advises Menebroker to stay away from poetry festivals and study her kids. Goes into other matters about writing. With ballpoint ink drawings 1962 May [21]

1 letter (TL). Mentions recently receiving copies of his third collection of poems, Run with the Hunted. 1962 June 11

1 letter (TL). Advocates not believing reviewers who praise. Says poetry does not have to be uplifting [1962 June 19]

1 letter (TL). Calls art madness rather than glory. Letter written while drunk 1962 June 30

1 letter (TL). Claims he is not feeling any better and is about to crack. 1962 July 17

1 letter (TL). Brief note saying he has a telephone but rarely answers it 1962 August 24

1 card (TCS). Brief poetic note 1962 September 3

1 letter (TLS). Lists all that is wrong in his life 1962 September [4]

1 letter (TLS). Says he has recovered from depression. Postulates that the work the masses must do keeps them from sinking 1962 September 17

1 card (TCS). Notes accompanying a bobby pin [1962] September

1 letter (TLS). Brief note, mentions cummings 1962 October 3

1 letter (ALS). Explains that women who can think like herself will suffer. Offers to send her Run with the Hunted to cheer her up 1962 October 8

1 letter (TLS). A letter enclosed with an essay Menebroker has sent him 1962 November 22

1 letter (ALS). Recommends Kafka over Henry James 1962 November

1 letter (TLS). On how he prefers simple pleasures like beer and music ("sounds") to philosophies 1962 December

1 letter (ALS). Written in depression after being thrown in jail for drunkenness 1962 December 18

1 letter (TLS). Announces that Jon Webb will bring out a collection of poems, It Catches My Heart in Its Hands, and that Bukowski took the title from Robinson Jeffers 1963 January 2

1 letter (TLS). Mentions that It Catches will be coming out and that he started writing at 35. With ballpoint ink drawing 1963 January

1 letter (TLS). Brief note on various matters; mentions he hasn't written a poem in months. With ballpoint ink drawing of Buk, with bottle in hand, at typewriter 1963 February 25

1 letter (TLS). Mentions It Catches again and that he will make nothing from its sales. Describes the lean existence of Jon and Lou Webb. With ballpoint ink drawing 1963 March

1 letter (TLS). Brief letter with which he sends back $2 that Menebroker has mistakenly sent to him instead of to the Webbs for It Catches 1963 March 25

1 letter (TLS). Brief letter 1963 April 11

1 letter (ALS). Explains that It Catches will not be out for 2 more months. With ballpoint ink drawing 1963 April 17

1 letter (TLS). Briefly mentions trouble with a woman 1963 April 22

1 letter (TLS). On physical ills and how anybody should be able to get treatment for them. With ballpoint ink drawing 1963 May 1

1 letter (TLS). On his aging and what he prefers when women visit him. With ballpoint ink drawing 1963 June 3

1 letter (TLS). Mentions signing the "purple pages" of It Catches., 1963 June 15

1 letter (TLS). Says that 150 orders for It Catches have been received by the Webbs and that the book will not be out for a month yet 1963 June 24

1 letter (ALS). Asks about Menebroker's car accident. With ballpoint ink drawing 1963 June

1 letter (TLS). A long two-page letter on how only one tenth of himself is a poet and nine tenths is a kind of despair. With several green ballpoint ink drawings and notations 1963 June

1 letter (TLS). Two-page letter, explaining why he drinks. Most of the letter is the poem "Mother and Son: 6-30-63." 1963 July 1

1 letter (TLS). Briefly expresses his pleasures at hearing Menebroker's voice over the phone 1963 July 18

1 letter (TLS). Invites Menebroker to come in September and describes himself as "pretty old" 1963 July 22

1 letter (ALS). Says he will return to the horse races at Del Mar where he nearly went mad the year before 1963 July 29

1 letter (TLS). On being jailed for drunkenness and on how he has never understood society. With ink and color pencil drawing 1963 August 14

1 letter (ALS). Says he would rather attend a lynching than a poetry group 1963 August 20

1 card (ACS). Brief note saying he enjoyed the telephone call from her 1963 September 11

1 letter (TLS). Comforts Menebroker who was depressed when she called. Also describes difficulty of working at the post office with hemorrhaging hemorrhoids. With ballpoint ink drawing of Buk at piano, with bottle, and dog 1963 September 16

1 card (ACS). Brief note, will write later 1963 September 23

1 letter (TLS). Brief letter, written as a poem 1963 September 25

1 letter (TLS). On various disgusts, poor health, and poem "Marionette" that he has just finished 1963 October 8

1 letter (TLS). On hemorrhaging and resting for 3 days to recover 1963 October 11

1 letter (TLS). Explains how an audience is not really there for him when he reads his poetry. With ballpoint ink drawing of flowering plant 1963 October 27

1 letter (TLS). On the Webbs' setbacks in getting out It Catches. Expects first copy in 10 days. With ballpoint ink drawing on flowering plant 1963 November 11

1 letter (ALS). Complains of lack of time and his difficulty in coping with everything 1963 November 20

1 letter (TLS). Expresses joy over the book the Webbs produced 1963 December 4

1 letter (TLS). Brief letter. With silver ink drawing 1963 December 9

1 letter (ALS). Emphasizes that he doesn't answer the telephone at night when he is working. With ballpoint ink drawing 1963 December 21

1 letter (TLS). Recalls reading a book he liked by Knut Hamsun about a nuthouse and a patient called the Suicide. With ballpoint ink drawing of flowering plant, bottle, and glass 1964 January 2

1 letter (ALS). Complains about a tenant who knocks on her ceiling when he types 1964 January 23

1 letter (ALS). Says he is depressed largely because he feels his life is being consumed by small things. With ink and green marker drawing 1964 February 18

1 letter (ALS). Announces that Frances is pregnant and Cold Dogs in the Courtyard will be issued in April or May 1964 March

1 letter (TLS). Notifies Menebroker of his move to a new address [probably 5124 De Longpre Ave.]. Expects Cold Dogs to come out soon [1964] April 2

1 letter (TLS). Praises John William Corrington's The Anatomy of Love, which he has just received 1964 May 5

1 letter (TLS). Tells Menebroker that he is "not married but might as well be" 1964 May 7

1 letter (TLS). Says that he is always years behind 1964 May 11

1 letter (TLS). Announces the new book of poems that the Webbs will bring out [ Crucifix in a Deathhand]: "all new stuff, none of it submitted to magazines" 1964 June 22

1 letter (TLS). Says drinking braces him against the days better than poetry 1964 July

1 letter (TLS). Considers the pros and cons of rejection. Comments on Sartre's Saint Genet, which he has been reading 1964 October 25

1 card (ACS). Brief note saying he is about to leave for New Orleans to help the Webbs with the book 1965 February 15

1 card (TCS). Describes the production of Crucifix in a Deathhand. Comments on That Summer in Paris. 1965 April 20

1 letter (TLS). Two-page letter, offering highest praise for the Webbs as people and bookmakers. Says that women more and more are inheriting the reality. With drawings 1965 May [27]

1 letter (TLS). Says he doesn't send poems to The Lamp because the editors would reject them 1965 October

1 letter (TLS). Asks Menebroker to send his letters to Jean Rosenbaum or Veryl Rosenbaum who are planning a book of Bukowski's letters 1965 November 17

1 card (TCS). Says he will go to a doctor tomorrow. Hardly remembers poem "Beans with Garlic," and "the whole game of poetry seems rather diffuse and foggy to me" 1966 February 23

1 card (TCS). Expresses pleasure over Menebroker's acceptances and displeasure over the holidays "when the populous really becomes beastly" 1966 February 23

1 card (TCS). Calls most poets "pretenders" and says he cannot blame the masses for ignoring poetry 1966 March 11

1 letter (TLS). On France's demands for child support and his illness that keeps him from working. With drawing 1966 June 17

1 card (TCS). Says he feels bad and will visit the doctor tomorrow 1966 June 22

1 letter (TLS). Sends five poems with return envelope to Menebroker [a submission to the Promethean Lamp]. Frances and Marina are away at a camp. With drawing 1966 June 25

1 card (TCS). Gives her permission to use a letter in the Promethean Lamp [1966] July 23

1 letter (TLS). Tries to account for the shame he feels for writing poetry 1966 July

1 letter (TLS). Health better; announces a "forward to be on Doug Blazek." Encourages Menebroker to bring out a book of her works 1966 August 9

1 letter (TLS) 1966 August 13

1 letter (TLS). On a new German interest in his poems and how his life has improved 1966 September [8]

1 letter (TLS). On being trapped by himself and his job 1966 October [16]

1 letter (TLS). On what constitutes obscenity in art 1966 October

1 letter (TLS). Mentions a poem and photograph of him to appear in Dare, for which he is to receive $50 1966 November

1 letter (TLS). He asks for poems that he thinks have been rejected by the Promethean Lamp 1966 December 11

1 letter (TLS). Describes the little things that happen in life that "tear us to the final pieces" 1967 January 19

1 letter (ALS). Responds to a telephone call. He wants Menebroker to understand that he isn't what she thinks he is. With envelope containing abstract painting on the back 1967 April 7

1 letter (TLS). Brief complaint about feeling useless in various ways 1967 June 8

1 letter (TLS). Says he has been reading the "Life of James Joyce in present Kenyon Review.",

1 letter (TLS). Mentions that Webb is almost out of material for the book [ It Catches my Heart in Its Hands] circa 1962-1963

1 letter (TLS). Describes the little messes in his domestic life circa 1962-1963

1 letter (TLS). On the problem of doing both his job and his writing circa 1962-1964

1 letter (TL). Brief note. [Early in the correspondence between the two]

1 letter (TLS). Brief note saying he is too much in a lull even to write a letter.

1 letter (TLS). Mentions a play that Menebroker was involved with

Niederman, Fred 1971-1972

1 letter (TLS) [photocopy]. Accepts an offer to read poetry and specifies his price and other arrangements 1971 November 17

1 letter (TLS) [photocopy]. Note saying he has returned from Phoenix and will try to attend Niederman's reading on March 3 1972 January 29

Richmond, Steve 1968

Roman, Jim [Ulysses Grant] 1964-1970

1 letter (TL). On Steve Richmond's poetry 1968

1 letter (TLS). Describes some of the literary people and events that have to do with his own publications. With abstract drawing in multi-colored markers 1964 July 13

1 letter (TLS). Letter sent with a review of John William Corrington's The Anatomy of Love and Other Poems., 1964 July 14

1 letter (TLS). A thorough account of recent developments with his own publications. With abstract drawing in multi-colored markers 1964 November [16-17]

1 card (ACS). Announces that the review of Corrington's The Anatomy of Love will appear in Ferment 6 1965 January 8

1 letter (ALS). Describes the treatment Southerners gave him when he traveled through the South. Praises Al Purdy as a reviewer. With drawings 1965 January 11

1 letter (TLS). Another list of developments in his publications. Says Jonathan Williams did not visit him, probably because of his reputation as a mean drunk 1965 July 23

1 letter (TLS). Promises to send two paintings to Roman. Describes his meeting with Corrington. Describes the violent racial (white-black) conflict and analyzes it 1965 August 14

1 letter (TLS). Remarks on the multiplication of mimeo publications. Printing, he adds, isn't as important as content. With drawing 1965 August 28

1 letter (TLS). Recalls being published in Portfolio in the 1940s with "Sartre, Lorca, Miller and on and on." Brings out bad relations with his father. With drawings 1965 September 26

1 card (TCS). Promises to sign what Roman sent in the mail [Bukowski's notebooks, some books, issues of little magazines with his poems in them, flyers, etc.] and to return all within a week., 1965 October 26

1 letter (TLS). On writing all night 1965 October

1 letter (TLS). Concerning why he paints and what effect colors have on him 1965 November 17

1 letter (TLS). Note sent with books by Black Sparrow 1966 May 26

1 letter (ALS). Informs Roman of his complex feeling about John William Corrington. With large, colorful drawing 1968 June 30

1 letter (ALS). Updates Roman on developments in his publications, principally prospects for Notes of a Dirty Old Man. 1969 January 14

1 letter (TLS). Informs Roman that signed copies of Notes of a Dirty Old Man, poem written before Jumping From an 8 Story Window, and Penguin Modern Poets 13 will be coming 1969 February 5

1 letter (TLS) 1969 February 25

1 letter (TLS). Says he doesn't have copies of several of his works. Comments favorably on the Webb Patchen book 1969 March 3

1 letter (ALS). Comments on how good Roman's collection of Bukowski publications is and offers to do what he can do find things Roman does not have. Also mentions forthcoming works. With drawing 1969 April 2

1 card (ACS). Promises to send Penguin Modern Poets 13 1969 April 7

1 letter (TLS). Describes some of the literary events recently occurring. Mentions a request by "another recording outfit" to record him reading. Laments Frances's move to New York with Marina. With small ink drawings 1969 April 14

1 letter (TLS). Says signed copies of A Bukowski Sampler and Laugh Literary are coming. Goes into new developments in his publications 1969 August [1-2]

1 letter (TLS). Announces that he is now a "member of the unemployed with nothing but a typer...to hold off the world" 1970 January [2-11]

1 card (TCS). Concerns signing notebooks and other writings for Roman

1 card (TCS). Promises to send news and signed literary materials

Sherman, Jory. 1960-1961

1 letter (TLS). Briefly passes critical judgment on Jeffers, Patchen, Pound, Aiken, Auden, William Carlos Williams, and Cummings as poets. Encourages Sherman to keep at it despite rejections because he is a fine poet [1960] April 1

1 letter (TLS). Concerns Bukowski's physical condition and events in Sherman's literary life [1960] June 28

1 letter (TLS). Suggests ways to manage submissions and attacks a writer named Wang 1960 July 5

1 letter (TLS). On events in the literary world that Bukowski shares with Sherman 1960 July 9

1 letter (TLS). On numerous events in his own literary life [1960 August 10]

1 letter (TLS). Describes a night of lonely drinking in place after place on his fortieth birthday. Characterizes Sheri Martinelli as primarily a woman who protects women. Says he is Hank when people talk to him, Charles when he writes 1960 August 17

1 letter (TLS). Indicates that nearly everything is going wrong [1960 August 19]

1 letter (TLS). Announces new publications. Says he prefers to single space poems despite the "rules" [1960]

1 letter (TLS). Lists rejections, tentative acceptances, and criticizes how the little magazines respond to submissions [1961]

1 letter (TLS). Describes going into a rage while drunk at a girlfriend's house. Says there is no compromising for a writer as there had been none for Pound. With ballpoint pen drawing of the devil [1961]

1 letter (TLS). On women and going to the horse races

1 letter (TLS). Recognizes that his poems have been rejected recently because they are poor. Ones rejected by Origin are "terrible"

1 letter (TLS). Goes into sex in writing and how he thinks poems need less "poesy footwork" in them, which he senses in even "the immortal poems"

1 letter (TLS). Describes a series of rejections and his disenchantment with life in general

1 letter (TLS). Says he has not been writing much. No acceptance or rejections

Stangos, Nikos 1967

1 letter (TLS) [photocopy, with pencil and pen annotations] 1967 October 2

1 letter (TLS) [photocopy, with ink signature]. Note typed on the first page of a two-page poem, "The Nature of the Threat and What to Do," which Bukowski wrote that night [1967]

Wantling, Ruth 1965-1966

1 letter (ALS). Complains of the heat and describes a night at work pretending he had the power to order the death of each person he chose. "Nobody got by" 1965 August 10

1 letter (TLS). Long letter on the phoniness that reaches into most of "Merican" life 1965 September 11

1 letter (TLS). Tells a story about getting drunk in Philadelphia and almost freezing to death face down in the snow 1965 November 25

1 letter (TLS). Letter offering his opinion of a twenty-eight year-old man and fifteen year-old girl living together. Describes what he feels when he sees youth on a campus. Mentions the art he has been doing 1966 June 27

1 letter (ALS). Points to difference between himself and Kenneth Patchen, with whom Wantling had compared Bukowski

Wantling, William 1965-1967

1 letter (TLS). Has received signed copy of Wantling's Down, Off, and Out. Says he likes the idea of being in an asylum watching birds in the sun 1965 June 15

1 letter (TLS). Says he has written few poems since Crucifix in a Deathhand came out a month ago. Announces that he will soon be forty-five 1965 June 23

1 letter (TLS). Adds up the total he has made on poetry to $80 over the ten years he has been writing it. Will receive 10 cents per copy for Crucifix 1965 July 9

1 letter (TLS). Describes all the sounds, movements, distractions of the woman living with him and how they affect him as he writes: "I'm a dreamer, I can't take much, I like closed doors" 1965 July

1 letter (TLS). Says Henry Miller "went ape" over Crucifix. Goes into why he dislikes intellectuals, poetry groups, etc. 1965 July

1 letter (TLS). On feeling crowded by the child and woman who live with him 1965 August

1 letter (TLS). On how much he depends on his writing. Mentions doing drawings for Border Press 1965 August 12

1 letter (TLS). Attributed his crazy behavior to external things 1965 September 1

1 letter (TLS). Long letter on Wantling's activities, especially his drug consumption 1965 September 11

1 letter (TLS). Lists his forthcoming publications and adds that if he wrote better he would get paid for it 1965 September 30

1 letter (TLS). Criticizes some of Wantling's lines of poetry then complains about Wantling making him "be cruel" 1965 September

1 letter (TLS). Praises Dostoevsky. Describes the women he has ended up with and how the younger, prettier ones have required too much falseness and money 1965 October

1 letter (TLS). Offers a revision of a Wantling poem. Describes an operation on his foot to remove glass that had been there for four or five months 1965 October 18

1 letter (TLS). A long letter on the forces against him and how he must take things as they come 1965 October 30

1 letter (TLS). A list of sayings by Bukowski. Ends with social criticism aimed at the U.S. 1965 November 11

1 letter (TLS). On bringing desires into the open. Defines the "Great War" as that of the "Living vs. the Dead" 1965 November 29

1 letter (TLS). Criticizes social injustices. Expresses his disgust with himself 1965 December 31

1 letter (TLS). Compares the poets of the 1950s and 1960s outside the academies with the "university boys who are merely soft and tricky" 1966 January 28

1 letter (TLS). Note on his physical ills that keep him from his job 1966 February 23

1 letter (TLS). Goes into detail about the treatment his doctor gives him for hemorrhoids 1966 March 9

1 letter (TLS). Sympathizes with Wantling, who has been arrested for possession of drugs. Says he has been writing a lot of poems 1966 April 18

1 letter (TLS). Wishes Wantling luck in staying out of jail 1966 April

1 letter (TLS). Note on his heavy drinking of late. Announces his nomination for the Pulitzer Prize 1966 June 12

1 letter (TLS). Describes his physical condition as improving since illness has kept him from work. Includes a note to Ruth Wantling 1966 June 20

1 letter (TLS). Recommends Artaud. Complains of surgery done recently 1966 July 1

1 letter (TLS). Says he is experiencing dizziness and pain, and now that he is weak people are requesting poems 1966 August 6

1 letter (ALS). A theoretical letter on how to work things in one's favor to stay alive 1966 August 21

1 letter (TLS). Congratulates Wantling on his writing published in Notes from the Underground. Says he is drying up as a letter writer 1966 September

1 letter (TLS). On a number of matters, both literary and nonliterary, in his and Wantling's life. Says he has started a novel. 1966 December 11

1 letter (TLS). Vaguely refers to "pull[ing] thru a kind of 2 bit crisis" 1966

1 letter (TLS). Says he has written six or seven chapters of a novel called "The Way the Dead Love," which he has used to apply for a grant. Says he hasn't written a poem in three or four months 1967 July 31

1 letter (TLS). Criticizes a poem Wantling sent him. Says he will sell the few copies of Crucifix that he has for $5 each [1965] July 13

1 letter (TLS). On how life does not make sense and is filled with too many lies, [September]

1 letter (TLS). Long letter on how nearly everyone bothers him in one way or another, and how he doesn't have what he wants though he isn't sure what it is

Webb, Jon and Louise 1963-1965

1 letter (TLS). Concerns the production of It Catches My Heart in Its Hands, which the Webbs are about to bring out. With ballpoint ink drawing of jockey and horse 1963 November 5

1 letter (TLS). Praises what he has seen of the book and says he anxiously awaits the finished product 1963 November 15

1 letter (TLS). Lavish praise and gratitude for the book, which he has just received. 1963 November 23

1 letter (TLS). Mentions something he said to John William Corrington that may have angered him. Ferlinghetti's name is mentioned in connection with a future book 1964 January 16

1 letter (TLS). Says that he would rather have the Webbs then Ferlinghetti do his next book [1964 January 21]

1 letter (TLS). Note to say he has mailed a "3 hour tape" 1964 January 23

1 letter (TLS). Thanks the Webbs for an inscribed book from their press. Describes a dream about a whore filling wine glasses with beer and not drinking from them 1964 January 27

1 letter (ALS). A complaint [apparently sent in a letter to the Webbs] that was written by Bukowski to the woman beneath him who knocks on his ceiling when he types, along with her response 1964 January 28

1 letter (TLS). Comments, "We are moving up a bit, Loujon Press and Buk," because of favorable responses to the book. More complaints about the woman downstairs who knocks on her ceiling [1964 January 30]

1 letter (TLS) 1964 February 5

1 letter (TLS). Note on an enclosed letter for Bob Fink. Notes that he "stole 2 excerpts" from Ben Tibbs "for purples" [i.e. signing the purple pages of It Catches] [1964] February 7

1 letter (TLS). Thanks the Webbs for a valentine. Says he has finished a side of a tape ("conversation") and will send it to them when it comes 1964 February 14

1 letter (TLS). Says he will read the poems in It Catches on the tape. Describes his pleasure in Al Purdy's Poems for All the Annetts. Mentions Purdy's review of It Catches 1964 February 27

1 letter (TLS) 1964 March 1

1 letter (TLS) 1964 March 2

1 letter (TLS). Complains of the horrors of having to move into a "rotten hole." Comments on Michigan's Voices "Love-Sex Issue" and how writers are usually presumptuous on the subject. With abstract color drawing 1964 March 14

1 letter (TLS). Short note on an enclosed poem and his reservations about it. With abstract color drawing 1964 March

1 letter (TLS). Affectionate letter discussing poetry, various authors and magazines. Decorated with yellow marker 1965 June

Weissner, Carl 1966-1968

1 letter (TLS). Tells Weissner that he was born in Andernach, Germany, and was brought to the U.S. when he was two. Describes his life and the life of a few literary friends. With ballpoint ink drawings 1966 August 19

1 letter (TLS) 1966 October

1 letter (TLS) 1966 November 2

1 letter (TLS). One long paragraph taking up almost anything that comes to mind 1966 December 27

1 letter (TLS) 1967 January 27

1 letter (TLS). Offers a blurb for Weissner's magazine KLACTO. Bemoans the dismal proceedings in his life. With several ballpoint ink drawings 1967 March 3

1 letter (TLS) 1967 March 24

1 card (TCS). Wants to know if Weissner received the tape, and says again that he has a new concept for a musical reading 1967 April 15

1 letter (TLS). On his long experience of being singled out for punishment as a child without knowing why. Also describes how he paints with watercolors directly from the tube. With ballpoint ink drawing [1967] April 28

1 letter (TLS) 1967 May 13

1 letter (TLS) 1967 June

1 letter (TLS). Describes his stay at the University of Arizona and then his "terrible" life back home in L.A. Emphasizes how tired he feels, tired of things and physically tired 1967 July 7

1 letter (TLS). A note saying he mailed two copies of Crucifix to Weissner. With ink drawing 1967 July 16

1 letter (TLS). Invites Weissner, who has received a Fulbright and will be in New York, to come to L.A. Hasn't written a poem in four or five months. Describes a woman outside watering the lawn, whom he considers "insane" 1967 August 8

1 letter (TLS) 1967 September 26

1 letter (TLS). Mentions a money order of $7.50 sent for a tape [KLACTO/23 monaural tape recording]. Finds playing games with his daughter amusing 1967 September 29

1 letter (TLS) 1967 [September-October]

1 card (TCS). Note saying he hasn't heard from Weissner after writing to both addresses [in New York] [1967] October 17

1 card (TCS). Gives Steve Richmond's address to Weissner in case he wants the tape of Bukowski and Richmond reading. Mentions the Black Sparrow tape of him reading [1968 April]

1 letter (TLS) 1968 May

1 letter (TLS) 1968 May

1 card (TCS). Acknowledges receiving two copies of KLACTO [23]. Has finished 20 paintings for Poems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8 Story Window and 25 for At Terror Street [1968 May]

[Wolberg, Joe] 1980 July 26

Other

1 letter (TLS) to Jay [illegible], apologizes for remarks about Jay's novel and damns Robert Creeley [early 1960s] May

1 letter (TLS) to D[avid]. Antin, thanking him for copy of some/thing. With several drawings 1965 January 16

1 letter (TLS) to James and Gray [illegible], criticizing their publication for trying too hard to be avant garde and modern. Covered with drawings in India ink and colored chalk 1965 December

1 letter (TLS) to Ev [illegible], a poem of New Years' greeting. Covered with drawing of mounted jockey, in India ink and colored chalk 1965 December

1 letter (ALS). Requesting proper photo credit. With drawing 1976 April 7

Typescript Poems

"about a phone call" - 1 leaf

"ABOUT MY VERY TORTURED FRIEND, PETER:" - 3 leaves, with drawing ( Wormwood Review)

"AN ACTION AFTERNOON" - 2 leaves ( KLACTO)

"the adding machine" - 2 versions, each 1 leaf

"Adolph" - 2 leaves

"Advice" - 1 leaf

"ADVICE FOR SOME YOUNG MAN IN THE YEAR 2064 A.D. :" - 1 leaf ( Epos)

"advice for those almost unarmed against the constant meloncholy:" - 1 leaf

"Africa, Paris, Greece" - 2 leaves

"AFTER RECEIVING A CONTRIBUTOR'S COPY OF NOTHING AFTER A 3-YEAR WAIT" - 3 leaves ( Targets)

"AFTER THE PARTY" - 1 leaf

"age" - 1 leaf ( Ole', 1964)

"AH"

"ah, ###ah, ah"

"all"

"ALL ABOUT"

"ALL GOD'S CHILDREN GOT TROUBLES"

"all right"

"all right then/ you mean to say/ that your proper sayings/ makes buildings out of/ men?" (first stanza)

"all the luck"

"ALL THE SACRED CHRISTS THAT NEVER ARRIVE"

"ALL THE WHITE RATS"

"all you need to get by-"

"the amazing eccentricity of the sidewalk"

"...american express, Athens, Greece"

"AND EVEN THO SHE GAVE ME A HARD-ON"

"AND NOW I SIT IN A SMALL PAPER PLACE"

"AND SO WE GOT OUR WAY"

"AND THE MOUSE KNOWS AND THE WINDOWPANE AND THE CHAIR"

"AND THE RENT'S HIGH TOO"

"and when love came to us twice" (first line)

"THE ANGEL WHO PUSHED HIS WHEELCHAIR - "

"THE ANGELS OF SUNDAY"

"THE ANGELS SAY KEEP GOING"

"Another Academy"

"another knock on the door"

"Another Love Poem (For Nina)" (two versions)

"another of my critics"

"another one of my ###critics"

"THE ANSWER"

"ANSWER TO A NOTE FOUND IN THE MAILBOX"

"ANSWER TO A NOTE ON THE DRESSER:"

"AN ANSWER TO AN ARTICLE UPON MY DECADENCE AND DEPRAVITY"

"ANSWER TO SOME SACRAMENTO LETTERS:"

"the ants"

"ANYTHING: SAY: A BANDAGE ON THE MUSKET OF A GUN IN THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF A MAN IN A HOUSE, A HOUSE ON A HILL, A HILL IN THE SUN -" (two versions)

"An Apology For Songs of Death"

"the apple" (two versions)

"APPLE PIE"

"The Apprentices"

"THE ARCADE ROOM"

"AN ARGUMENT OVER MARSHAL FOCH"

"ART CLASS"

"Artaud" (two versions)

"artistic selfishness, yes, I have it-"

"AS THE HOTELS/ FALL UPON/ OUR HEADS/ & THE LAST/ CHILD DIES/ THEN WE'LL KNOW/ IT'S APRIL," (holographic poem)

"As the Sparrow"

"ASSAULT"

"ATD FOR YOU AND WE" (two versions)

"atomic warfare is wilder than tonight but it's still motherfuck"

"August"

"the automobiles of Delongpre"

"Autumn Morning"

"THE AVOIDANCE OF BOREDOM"

"Ax and Blade" (two versions)

"B.W."

"BABY NEEDS A NEW CASTLE IN SWITZERLAND"

"BAD NIGHT"

"A BAD NIGHT-BLAME THE BOURBON"

"a bad ride and a German bar"

"Balance Sheet, May 17, 1974:" (two versions)

"balling" (two versions)

"bar" ("I suck in and out of a cigarette while thinking . . ." [first line])

"bar" ("standing outside a bar" [first line])

"BAYONETS IN CANDLELIGHT"

"BEAKS WITHOUT ICECREAM"

"the beast"

"a beautiful day"

"THE BEAUTIFUL LADY"

"BEE"

"beef tongue...for J.T."

"BEEFRICE"

"BEER AND CIGARS"

"Bee's 5th."

"Behan, Bruce and What-Not..."

"the bells"

"THE BELLS OF THE CONDOM"

"belly"

"bet too early in the 9th. and was sent weeping down the escalator and into the parking lot-"

"the big bulls in the pisspot"

"The Big Fire"

"big grey balloon things, heavy" (plus one photostat)

"THE BIGGEST BREASTS"

"birds"

"birth:

"BISTRO SCENE, OR: SKID ROW: HOLLYWOOD"

"A BIT OF LIGHT FOR THE TOAD:"

"THE BITCHING MACHINEGUNNER"

"The Black Poets" (two versions)

"black sun"

"THE BLONDES IN BLUE DRESSES"

"blood"

"blue cheese and chili peppers"

"the blue head of death"

"bluechip stamps" (two versions)

"blues song"

"a blurb"

"boil near left elbow

"the bombing of Berlin" (plus one photostat)

"THE BONES OF MY UNCLE"

"books"

"bord gomme"

"A BOTTOMLESS JOINT ON SUNSET NEAR WESTERN"

"the boy in red for a 20"

"the brainless eyes"

"Brando"

"BREAD"

"BREAKTHROUGH"

"THE BROOM HANDLE" (two versions)

"BROWN IS BEAUTIFUL"

"BUFFALO BILL"

"bullshit pain"

"the bum's at Phillipe's"

"burn and burn and burn and burn"

"BURNED"

"BURNING"

"burning in water, drowning in flame"

"the butcher"

"BUTTERFLIES"

"CALIFORNIA HERE I COME" (two versions)

"cancer of the eyeball" (first line)

"candlewax"

"can't you see me where I'm at now? (weeper) (,me):" (two versions)

"Captain Jim" (two versions)

"carnival:"

"THE CATCH"

"celebration enough"

"CEMENT MAN ON CEMENT HORSE"

"a change of habit"

"CHARISMA"

"Charles" (two versions)

"CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS - 10$"

"the chicken"

"chilled green" (also a postcard of "chilled green" published by Alternative Press)

"christ" (plus one photostat)

"Christmas Eve, alone (1973)" (two versions)

"a class broad"

"climax"

"Clint Wescott"

"THE CLOSING OF THE TOPLESS AND BOTTOMLESS BARS" (two versions)

"cloud 9"

"coffee and babies"

"cold plums"

"the colored birds"

` "colors"

"THE COMEDY HOUR" (two versions)

"Communion:"

"COMMUNISTS"

"concrete"

"the conditions"

"the confusion of the gently-damned is the best song going on everybody's hit parade:"

"contributor's clumn:"

"cooperation"

"a cop-out to a possible immortality:"

"THE COPULATION BLUES"

"A CORRECTION TO A LADY OF POESEY:"

"coughs" (two versions)

"COUNTERPOINT"

" countryside"

"courage"

"the courage is the sun"

"crack-up"

"crazy man, another one-"

"the creation of the morning line" (two versions)

"crickets"

"CRIME AND PUNISHMENT"

"a critic"

"CROCODILE"

"d.n.f." (plus one photostat)

"damn dog, buddy," (first line)

"DAYLIGHT SAVING"

"dear Charles-" (two versions)

"dear friend" ("I wish to thank you for the photo of . . ." [first line])

"DEAR FRIEND" (this/ is what happens when the/ drink and the life . . ." [first line]) (two versions)

"death" ("death is a man standing . . ." [first line])

"death" ("look, he said, you got spider traps all along this wall," [first line])

"DEATH AND DOSTOEVSKY"

"death and white glue"

"the death of an idiot"

"a declaration of independence"

"definitions"

"the delicacy of our submarine souls is . . ." (first line)

"demise"

"devout fellow"

"did you ever think about that?"

"dig me a ditch"

"dirdge"

"DIRECTIONS"

"DIRECTIONS, INSTRUCTIONS AND SIGNS TO THE INDOLENT, THE BORED AND THE INSUFFICIENT"

"DIRT"

"a dirty joke"

"discursive as muttering does in a banishee twilight the hounds come home to eat the master..." (first stanza)

"A DIVISION"

"dogfight"

"THE DOGS"

"THE DOGS BARK KNIVES"

"$$$$$$" ("I've always had trouble with/ money" [first line] missing page 3)

"$$$$$" ("of course/ the unfortunate thing is/ there isn't anything experimental about living" [first stanza])

"dooby do do do"

"DOW JONES: DOWN"

"DOW LOVE DOWN"

"down by the sea, the beautiful sea"

"down by the wings"

"down like stairways, up like smoke-"

"DOWN ON THE ROW"

"down the silver river with one shoe off"

"DOWN THRU THE MARCHING"

"A DRAWER OF FISH"

"DRAWING OF A BAND CONCERT ON A MATCHBOX:" (2 versions)

"dreamlessly"

"the drill"

"drinking"

"driveway"

"drooling madness at St. Liz:"

"THE DROWNING"

"DRUNK AND LISTENING TO SOME ENGLISH MARCHES ON THE RADIO WHILE FAR AWAY FROM YOU:"

"drunk ol' bukowski drunk"

"the drunk tank judge"

"the dwarf" (two versions)

"the earthquake"

"Eddie and Eve" (two versions, earlier version missing page 1)

"The Editor of the Sheets"

"the egg" (two versions)

"the 8 count"

"18 CARS FULL OF MEN THINKING OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN"

"I8,000 to one"

"the elephants"

"Eleven"

"THE END" (also a second poem, "tonight")

"the end of nothing"

"The end of the funhouse"

"entirely hesitant" (first line)

"ESCAPE"

"the escape"

"everything:"

"evol"

"EXISTENCE"

"the experts"

"extant"

"FACE OF A POLITICAL CANDIDATE ON A STREET BILL BOARD"

"the faces are gnawing at my walls but have not yet come in..."

"fact"

"fag, fag, fag"

"a fair evening"

"FAIR STAND THE FIELDS OF FRANCE AND NEGATION"

"fast track" (two versions)

"FAX:"

"feed time"

"feelings" (two versions)

"the feelings of the creature within the shoe"

"FEMALE AND BREAKDOWN AND PEACE"

"fetish"

"A $15 Boy and A $1500 Coffin"

"55 Beds in the Same Direction"

"THE FIGHT"

"A FINE DAY AND THE WORLD LOOKS GOOD"

"finger"

"FINISH" ("the hearse comes through the room filled with/ the beheaded, the disappeared, the living/ mad." [first three lines])

"finish" ("it's all over, she says," [first line])

"fire"

"FIRE STATION (For Jane B., with love.)" (two versions)

"THE FIRST LOVE" (plus one photostat)

"5 Dollars"

"$5.95"

"5 men in black passing my window"

"flashing white teeth"

"fleas in my brain"

"flies"

"THE FLOWER LOVER"

"the flu"

"fly song"

"food"

"a fool in Greenwich Village"

" footnote upon the construction of the masses:"

"for Jane"

"FOR MANY OF THOSE WHO THINK THEY QUIETLY KNOW WHILE TUGGING AT THEIR NEATLY*TRIMMED HALF-BEARDS:"

"FOR ONE I KNEW"

"for those 3"

"FOR THOSE WHO PUT THEMSELVES UPON ME"

"40 Cigarettes"

"46 and 9/I0's"

"40,000 flies"

"4 blocks" (plus one photostat)

"4 on 6"

"4:30 A.M."

"the 4th. of July holiday"

"FRAGILE!!"

"free"

"a free 25 page booklet"

"freedom"

" French's; nt wt 8 ounces" (two versions)

"FROM THE DEPT. OF ENGLISH"

"fuck" ("fuck the censors" [first line]) (two versions)

"fuck" ("she pulled her dress off' [first line]) (incomplete)

"THE FULFILLMENT"

"game"

"the game"

"game-players"

"the garbageman"

"garden'

"Genet and Jones; an evaluation From Underground"

"get the nose"

"getting your dime's worth out of a newspaper"

"the gigolo" (two versions)

"girl in a miniskirt reading the Bible outside my window"

"THE GIRL outside of Strawberry Patch # One"

"the girl outside the supermarket"

"the glass fly"

"GLORY TIME: TAKE A BATH + GET THE FLIES OFF."

"GOD"

"god I got the sad blue blues this woman sat there and she said are you really Charles Bukowski?" (first stanza)

"the golfers"

"THE GOOD LIFE AT O'HARE AIRPORT"

"GOOD MORNING"

"good night, sweet jello leaves" (two versions)

"good things happen too..." (two versions)

"a good way to run through the swinging door when you don't believe in running"

"Goodyear"

"GRADITUDE"

"GRAMMAR OF LIFE"

"THE GRAND LIFE OF THE DEAD"

"THE GRAND PRICKS OF THE HOB-NAILED SUN" (two versions)

"grandfather's trick"

"a great man speaks of great men"

"THE GREAT ONE:"

"the great poet"

"The great writer in bed" (first line)

"guru"

"the guy in the front court"

"H-Bomb"

"ha ha ha ha ha , ha ha"

"HAMMER AND LEASH"

"the happy life of the tired" (two versions)

"Happy New Year"

"A HARD KNOCKER"

"the hatred for Hemingway"

"HAVE YOU EVER KISSED A PANTHER?"

"HAVE YOU EVER PULLED A LION'S TAIL"

"he knows us all"

"HE LAYED IT UP THERE INTO THE AIR"

"he learned it from Gertie"

"he wrote in lonely blood"

"the heart's riot" (two versions)

"Hell Hath No Fury . . ."

"help wanted"

"here"

"A HEROE'S DEATH" (two versions)

"Hey, Dolly..." (three versions)

"High-Rise"

"THE HIGH-RISE OF THE NEW WORLD"

"the hippies and the killer'

"his wife knew Carl Sandburg" (two versions)

"HIS WIFE, THE PAINTER"

"HITLER"

"hitler's mama"

"hogs in the sky"

"The Hollywood Hustle"

"holy communion"

"HOLY ENOUGH UNDER PLASTIC CEILINGS" (two versions)

"Honor Thy Father and Thy..."

"HOOKED"

"HOOKED ON HORSE"

"the hookers, the madmen and the doomed"

"horse"

"HORSESHIT"

"hot" ("I was up under the attic and it was almost summer" [first line])

"hot" ("she was hot, she was so hot" [first line])

"A HOT DAY IN LOS ANGELES"

"hot month" (two versions)

"A HOT TIP ON THE FUTURE"

"The Hours"

"how good sleep is before having to walk down any street--"

"The Human Inhuman"

"the hunt"

"THE HUNTED"

"I am a selfish man"

"I AM EATEN BY THE BUTTERFLIES"

"I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING"

"I CAN'T STAY IN THE SAME ROOM WITH THAT WOMAN FOR FIVE MINUTES"

"I cause some remarkable creativity"

"I didn't know what time it was until I met you"

"I do not need a guitar"

"I don't give a damn"

"I drove on down there and walked into the hospital, up to his/ bed" (first line)

"I get all the latest hit tunes free"

"I have hope" (first line)

"I HAVE TAKEN THE PLACE OF THE STARVING ARTIST I USED TO BE"

"I KNEW WHAT THE TIGERS SAID"

"I like to look up at the ceiling for designs in the cracks"

"I live in a neighborhood of murder"

"I love You"

"I meet a vegetarian"

"I met this woman"

"I now hear an airplane overhead," (first lines)

"I PISS UPON THE WORKS OF MEN"

"I SAW AN OLD FASHIONED WHORE TODAY"

"I SLEPT WITH ANGELA DAVIS LAST NIGHT" (two versions)

"I Think of the Little Men . . ."

"I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET SOME" (two versions)

"I THOUGHT OF SHIPS, OF ARMIES, HANGING ON..."

"I was clean anyhow, I think" (plus one photostat)

"I was glad"

"Ice"

"ice for the eagles"

"the icecream people"

"If I were Norman Mailer I'd die too"

"IF YOU SHOULD QUESTION THIS PLEASE REQUEST AN EXPLANATION FROM...IF YOU THEN BELIEVE YOU HAVE BEEN..."

" IGNIS FATUUS"

"I'll send you a postcard"

"I'M IN LOVE"

"I'm serious..." (first line)

"IMAGINATION IS A TERRIBLE THING"

"IMBECLIE NIGHT"

"IMMENSITY"

"THE IMMORTAL BOMBS, THE STINKING FEET OF GOD, BE QUIET"

"IMPERFECTION SAYS GRACE"

"In a Lady's Bedroom" (two versions)

"in bed until noon with the poets"

"IN MEMORY OF THE SECOND LEADING JOCKEY AT SANTA ANITA:"

"in the name of love and art"

"in the sun and in the rain and in the day and in the night"

"In This Place We Eat Apples And Cut Our Fingers On Beercans"

"IN THIS WHIRLING POT OF PISS SOME SONGS ARE BORN"

"THE INDIAN AND THE OLD MAN WITH THE DANGLING CIGARETTE" (two versions)

"INFORMATION UPON AN EMPIRE OF COINS"

"THE INQUISITOR"

"INSOMNIA" ("have you ever been in a room" [first line])

"insomnia" ("my aunt Sally from Boston" [first line])

"interviews"

"inverted love song"

"the invincible country of balloon faces"

"It Beats Love Because They're Aren't Any Wounds Flopping About-"

"it comes from somewhere"

"IT TAKES LESS THAN A GUN TO KILL A WOMAN"

"It will come on padded feet carrying roses, wine and the yellow pages in its mouth:"

"IT'S ALL IN THE BURING"

"it's an UNDERWOOD, I see now..."

"it's difficult to be a god when bannanas eat monkeys

"ITS EVEN IN THE RAIN IN THE WET IN THE SMALLEST DROP IN THE SHADE IN THE DIAMOND SKY-"

"it's killed" (first line)

"it's not going to hurt"

"IVAN THE TERRIBLE"

"joe"

"just another L.A. poem-"

"the justice of the blood"

"kaakaa & other immolations" (two versions)

"keroac dead at 47"

"the kid from Santiago"

"A KILLER GETS READY'

"the killers"

"a kind of argument"

"kiss me"

"The Kiss-off"

"THE KNIFEIGHTER"

"The Knifer"

"the ladies of summer" (two versions)

"The Ladies of the Afternoon"

"the ladies still don't care" (two versions)

"the lady executives"

"THE LADY WITH THE LEGS"

"THE LAMPS OF LAUGHTER"

"last act"

"THE LAST DAYS OF THE SUICIDE-KID" (two versions)

"THE LAST POETRY READING"

"A LAST SHOT ON TWO GOOD HORSES"

"Laugh literary"

"LAUGHING POOLTABLES" (two versions)

"laundry"

"LAW"

"leaning on the wood"

"left with the dog" (two versions)

"THE LESBIAN (dedicated to all of them)"

"let's be original"

"LETTER TO A SMALL AND KINDLY PRINCESS"

"the letters" (two versions)

"Liberated" (two versions)

"A LIBERATED WOMAN"

"THE LIE" (two versions)

"life of the king"

"LIFEDANCE"

"LIFTING WEIGHTS AT 2 A.M. IN THE MORNING" (three versions)

"LIKE A FLYSWATTER"

"like a movie"

"like a sideways under the crisscross"

"like that"

"THE LITERARY LIFE"

"A LITTLE ATOMIC BOMB"

"a little bit of EXCITEMENT" (two versions)

"little poem"

"the loner" ("16 and 1/2 inch neck/ 68 years old, lifted weights" [first lines])

"the loner" ("staring at a lightbulb, unshaded, {first line])

"looking at the cat's balls"

"looking for a job" (two versions)

"looking for Jack Michelene"

"loosely loosely"

"lord"

"los angeles women"

"lost"

"Louis-Ferdinand Destouches"

"love" ("he used to come and see my girl" [first line])

"LOVE" ("he was a midget" [first line])

"love" ("love, he said, gas" [first line])

"love" ("the poems are coming/ like bloody little guys busting" [first lines]) (two versions)

"love" ("Sally was a sloppy/ leaver." [first lines])

"LOVE IS A FORM OF SELFISHNESS:"

"love is Judy Garland trying to kill herself;/ love is Judy Garland dead;/ love is bombers over Santa Monica--"

"A LOVE POEM FOR ALL THE WOMEN I HAVE KNOWN"

"LOVE POEM TO MARINA" (two versions /one photostat)

"lovlie"

"the mad poet"

"THE MADAMEOISSLE FROM ARMITERES"

"MADNESS"

"THE MADNESS OF THE WINDOWS"

"main event"

"the majesty of our imperfectness/ is almost like a snail crawling the/ side of a house;" (first lines)

"MAN AND WOMAN IN BED AT 10 P.M."

"A MAN GETS TIRED"

"man in bed"

"THE MAN SHE SAW AT THE RACETRACK'

"Mankinde"

"A MAN'S WOMAN"

"a marijuana poem"

"Marina:"

"Martin Luther King, Jr. Never Went to My Poland Like Cornell Wilde Pretending to be Chopin, the Friend of Lizst"

"material"

"MAYBE TOMORROW'

"me"

"me and my doc" (three versions)

"Measurements from the creation coffin:"

"MEATBALL"

"memory"

"men sleep in alleys. Notre Dame burns.

"MEN'S CRAPPER" (two versions)

"MERRY CHRISTMAS"

"the midnight dip"

"MINE"

"the mini-skirt life" (two versions)

"mirror mirror on the wall'' (two versions)

"the misfit"

"Miss Lazarus in the Nude"

"THE MOCKINGBIRD" (two versions)

"the moment of truth" (two versions)

"MONGOLIAN COASTS SHINING IN LIGHT"

"mood and counter-mood" (two versions)

"Moonlight Ride"

"moons of honey drown the lark hahaha"

"MORE AGRUMENT, MORE VAN GOGH, MORE GRIEG" (two versions)

"A Most Dark Night in April"

"MOTHER"

"Moths"

"moved out Saturday night" (first line)

"the movie" ("I am laying on the bed/ and her kid walks in," [first lines])

"MOVIE" ("you've seen my tart" [first line])

"Mud love"

"murder"

"the music man" (two versions)

"my afternoons into night"

"my barber" (two versions)

"my beard is getting white"

"My Brother, Ernest Hemingway:"

"my comrades"

"MY DEATH"

"my doom has wire wheels and girls in light green tight green dresses smile at me-"

"MY EYES SLEEP"

"MY FAITHFUL INDIAN SERVANT" (photostat)

"MY FATHER WAS"

"my father's big-time fling" (plus one photostat)

"MY FRIEND WILLIAM" (two versions)

"my friends down at the corner:"

"MY GOD, MY MOTHER, MOST HOLY THING: SHAKEN AND AWAKEN THE DRUNKEN HELL OF MYSELF AND SAVE ME!"

"my hell"

"my landlady"

"my landlady and my landlord"

"my new parents"

"My ol' drinking buddies..."

"my special insanity"

"MY TIMECARD IS ONE HALF A TYPEWRITER IN THE CITY OF BURBANK"

"my toilet"

"A NATION OF ANTS AND FLEAS AND GNATS AND DABS OF THINGS. . ."

"THE NATURE OF THE THREAT AND WHAT TO DO"

"a need for glue"

"negative" (two versions)

"nerves"

"NEW MEXICO"

"the new one"

"THE NEW PLACE" ("I type at a window that faces the street" [first line])

"the new place" ("the manager wears all white" [first line"]) (incomplete)

"NEW YORK AS I REMEMBER? AND I GUESS IT HASN'T CHANGED"

"A NICE PLACE"

"NIGHT ANIMAL"

"The Night I Killed Tommy" (two versions)

"the night I was going to die" (two versions)

"A NIGHT OF MOZART"

"THE NIGHT THEY TOOK WHITEY"

"9 TRASHCANS"

"THE 1930's..."

"1926 Dodge, Tijuana"

"99 degrees"

"99 to one" (two versions)

"no bra, no panties..."

"No Cagney, me"

"No HOLE IN THE SKY"

"no more of these young men..."

"no title" ("the churning maggot escapes" [first line]) (two versions)

"NO TITLE" ("WHEN BALZAC SAID,/ "GET YOURSELF A 50 YEAR/ OLD WOMAN," [first lines])

"NO TITLE AT ALL..."

"nobody home"

"NOT QUITE SO SOON"

"not too bad"

"Notations on my Splendid Sorrow"

"Notations Upon the Universal Eyebrow:"

"Notes on a Bluebird Flying Past My Window:"

"notes on a door-knocker"

"NOTES UPON READING THE C.S. MONITOR." (two versions)

"NOTES UPON THE FLAXON ASPECT:"

"notes upon the tigress"

" 'nother dead..."

"NOTHING FOR A TITLE"

"NOTICE"

"now/ there are still monoplanes" (first lines)

"now she hates me" (plus one photostat)

"now you know it's difficult and that's why we kiss walls"

"the nude dancer"

"O, WE ARE THE OUTCASTS, O WE BURN IN WONDEROUS FLAME!

"OAK TREE, OCT. 5, 1971"

"Octipus"

"od G. death twist." (first line)

"OFFICER'S CLUB, A.P.O.: (FOR M.K. AND J.B.)"

"OH"

"oh my god, I love everything so much it makes me vomit"

"old age"

"an old fan"

"AN OLD-FASHIONED POEM ON A TIMELESS SUBJECT:" (two versions)

"THE OLD MAN ON THE CORNER"

": : : The Old Movies"

"The Old Woman"

"ON A GRANT"

"on Creeley"

"ON CRUSTS AND SUCH"

"ON LIGHTING A CIGAR:"

"On Reading at U.S.C., April 23rd., 1971"

"on the circuit"

"on the sidewalks and in the sun"

"ON THE TRAIN TO DEL MAR'

"ON THE WAGON"

"ONCE, JUST ONCE IN THIS DREAM ABOUT SPAIN I SAW A MAN STANDING IN THE DOORWAY..."

"I/5"

"One for Blaise Cendrars..."

" One for Ging, With Klux Top"

"ONE FOR THE OLD MAN"

"one hundred dollars"

"$100" (two versions)

"$180 out'

"ONE HUNDRED AND NINETYNINE POUNDS OF CLAY LEANING FORWARD" (two versions)

"ONE HUNDRED AND NINETYSEVEN DEGREES'

"ONE HUNDRED AND TEN YEARS== HANGING-ON THE CROSS"

"one more farewell"

"one more player gone" (plus one photostat)

"ONE MORE TIME"

"one night stands'

"ONE WITH DANTE"

"THE ONES WHO COULDN'T MISS'

"only the truly lost"

"OPEN ALL NIGHT"

"the ordinary café of the world"

"the original'

"OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN-"

"our song"

"our tiny little cross"

"THE OUT"

"OUT BEHIND HARVEY'S:" (two versions)

"Out of the Arms"

"over a beer"

"overtime"

"the Pact"

"pain" ("listen, I told him, throwing my 14th beer can" [first line])

"pain" ("pain covers me like a skin" [first line])

"pain is the joy of knowing/ the unkindest truths/ that arrive without/ searching" (first stanza)

"the painter"

"palm leaves"

"panties"

"paper clips"

"THE PAPER ON THE FLOOR"

"A PARTY HERE-MACHINEGUNS, TANKS, AN ARMY FIGHTING AGAINST MEN ON ROOFTOPS"

"THE PAYOFF"

"PEACE"

"people"

"the people"

"people as flowers"

"the people, no"

"PERVERTED POEM-ESSAY OF A MAN SLIDING INTO A UN-NIGGARDLY BARREL OF EXCRETIA AND ASOLOTL"

"Peterglass Pecker the Size of Mars in Screaming against Cobwebs-"

"phone call from my 5 year old daughter in Garden Grove"

"photo"

"photo of a gazzly drinking water and then walking off down Broadway:"

"pick-up"

"pieces of paper"

"The Pigeon"

"Pious as the Arrow, Straight on Through"

"piss" ("it is terrible to be a genius" [first line])

"piss" ("we're laying on the bed together" [first line])

"piss and shit"

"pizza" (two versions)

"PLANTS WHICH EASILY WINTER KILL"

"platitude: the broken heart"

"a plausible finish"

"PLEA TO A PASSING MAID"

"pleasure song"

"The Pleasures" (two versions)

"poem about the mice"

"Poem for an Errand Boy in the Year 1941"

"poem for an x-bank clerk"

"POEM FOR BARBARA, POEM FOR JANE, POEM FOR FRANCES, POEM FOR ALL OR ANY OF THEM-"

"poem for Dante"

"A POEM FOR ED BLAIR"

"a poem for Elvis P. and Charley the B.:"

"A POEM FOR ERNEST H.-"

"POEM FOR JACK MICHELENE"

"A poem for Jimmy, Lafayette and Red"

"poem for my brother toy christs to make the nights shorter---"

"POEM FOR MY DAUGHTER"

"Poem For Personal Managers:"

"poem for revolutionaries"

"POEM FOR THE DEATH OF AN AMERICAN SERVICEMAN IN VIETNAM:"

"A Poem For the Swingers"

"a poem for the 3 or 4 who know"

"Poem for the 22nd. century" (two versions)

"A POEM IS A CITY"

"A POEM TO MYSELF"

"poem written while listening to a classical symphony:"

"poems'

"poet in residence"

"POETESS -- FOR S.S.V."

"poetry"

"THE POETRY READING"

"poetry, you whore..."

"the poet's muse"

"the POLICE helicopter"

"polish sausage" (two versions)

"poor Trochi"

"pop pop pop"

"POWER FAILURE"

"Practice"

"PRAYER FOR BROKEN-HANDED LOVERS"

"PRAYER OF AN ISOLATIONIST:" (two versions)

"praying for a best seller" (two versions)

"the priest in the pantry"

"private first class"

"the problem with concrete poetry is the same as the problem with concrete people"

"the problem with the English departments of/ our land" (first two lines)

"problems about the other woman"

"the professors"

"the proud thin dying"

"pull a string, a puppet moves..."

"Punch down lions"

"PURPLE AND BLACK"

"?"

"radio"

"rain" (two versions)

"rat poison"

"rats"

"raw"

"raw with love (for n.w.)" (two versions)

"the reading"

"the red porsche"

"REGULAR GRIND: the coffee life"

"REMAINS"

"REXAL CUT*RATE, 4:30 P.M.:"

"Rhyming Poem" "RIOT"

"ROBERT RYAN: AMERICAN MATADOR" (two versions)

"THE ROCK"

"rolled"

"ROLLED AGAIN"

"A ROLLING POEM"

"THE ROPE OF GLASS (for him)"

"rosary for a once tenderness"

"Roses are red violets are blue" (two versions)

"ROUND TRIP (FOR T.H.)"

"ROYAL. TAB CLEAR. TAB SET. MAR REL. BACK SPACE:"

"S.R.O."

"sad-eyed mules of men" (two versions)

"sailing up your yellow river"

"same game" (two versions)

"Same Old Thing, Shakespeare Through Mailer"

"THE SANDWICH"

"SARTRE WILL SHAVE, "

"SAVE THE PIER"

"THE SCALE"

"the scene" (two versions)

"SCISSORS FOR SUMMER + FALL + [?]"

"SCREAMS FROM THE CAGE"

"THE SCREW-GAME"

"THE SEA WALKED IN AND OUT..."

"SEE CLARK GABLE, ALMOST REAL ENOUGH TO FART..."

"THE SEMINAR (dedicated to my betters)" (plus one leaf of earlier version)

"sensible brush, sleeping/ flower, I awaken" (first lines)

"TEHE SEPARATE EYE"

"the serious boys..."

"SEVEN FEET BY THREE AND ONE HALF FEET TALL"

"the 7 horse AND OTHER THINGS"

"75 MILLION DOLLARS"

"the sewer"

"THE SEX FIENDS"

"share the pain"

"the sharks"

"she lost weight"

"sheets" (two versions)

"shines and looks"

"shit" (two versions)

"the shit shits" (two versions)

"shoelace"

"THE SHOELACE"

"SHOOT THE GOAT THROUGH THE HEAD AND PAINT THE BONES GREEN-" (two versions)

"the shooting of the sperm and the shooting up with love is only a partial process."

"short order"

"six"

"6 A.M."

"I6 Jap Machinegun Bullets Anywhere Forever. . ."

"6:21 P.M."

"sleeping woman"

"slim killers"

"small time advice"

"A Smart Girl"

"smiling, shining, singing"

"THE SMOKING CAR" (two versions)

"snakes + spiders"

"so big black boy leaves with threats and/ his bad poetry " (first two lines)

"society should realize. . . ."

"THE SOLAR MASS: SOUL: GENESIS AND GEOTROPISM:" (two versions)

"solid mahogeny"

"Solid State Marty"

"some men are islands"

"some order is finally what me might be after." (first line)

"some picnic"

"something about a cat"

"Something About a Woman"

"something about the action:"

"something on Berlioz"

"sometimes it is nice to/ have them all about/ in their various/ colored dresses and/ neurosis. . ." (first stanza)

"song" (two versions)

"Song for this softly-sweeping sorrow. . ." (two versions)

"song of the hermit"

"SONG OF THE VANQUISED"

"A Song to the Glorious Lonely" (two versions)

"Songs of Death"

"Sons of Your Dreams" (plus one photostat)

"soul"

"the souls of the dead animals"

"a sound in the brush" (two versions)

"Soup, Cosmos and Tears"

"space"

"SPAIN SITS LIKE A HIDDEN FLOWER IN MY COFFEEPOT"

"sparrow" (two versions)

"the spider"

"a split" (two versions)

"stag" (two versions)

"stand it up in the darkening light"

"STARVE, GO[D] MAD, OR KILL YOURSELF" (two versions)

"starving sunset" (two versions)

"THE STATUS Q. For ME and Yew. . ."

"STOP DRINKING, DRINKING, DRINKING. . ."

"story and poem"

"The Stranger"

"the strangest sight you ever did see-"

"the strangest thing"

"stravinsky"

"streaking* (*running naked through a crowd so quickly that one is hardly taken note of)"

"style" ("keep me strong in tiny rooms crawling with roaches" [first line])

"style" ("style is the answer to everything-" [first line]) (two versions)

"Success"

"summer"

'The Sun is the God of the Artic"

"the sun itself, I gueess, is the only thing that doesn't need the love of luck-"

"the sun, the bushes, the hell of it-"

"sunlight, and nightime thoughts"

"Sunset and Western"

"THE SWAN"

"SWASTIKA STAR BUTTONED TO MY ASS"

"T.H.I.A.L.H."

"TALKS IN ROOM 109 WITH ONE-EYED HARRY:"

"Tapioca"

"tarot"

"teeth"

"telephone"

"telephone wire"

"TERROR"

"that Chinaman did right"

"that liberating movement"

"that one"

"there are demons in all our heavens" (two versions)

"THERE IS SOMETHING VERY UGLY ABOUT CIRCUSES AND PICNICS TOO-"

"there's people in places where snow lives"

"THESE MAD WINDOWS THAT TASTE LIFE AND CUT ME IF I GO THROUGH THEM" (two versions)

"THESE THINGS"

"they brought me chance and hope and feeling, in a place of no chance, no hope, no feeling." (plus one photostat)

"this drunk"

"THIS EVER HAPPEN TO GORKY OR MAILER?"

"this grace we steady"

"THIS IS THE WAY IT GOES AND GOES AND GOES"

"this is the way it works. . ."

"this night"

"this one"

"this one poet"

"THOSE DAYS" (two versions)

"those sons of bitches"

"a thousand armies, armies. . ." (two versions)

"THOUSANDS OF POUNDS UPON A DIRTY RIBBON. . ."

"a threat to my immortality" (two versions)

"3 Lovers"

"3:I6 and one half. . ."

"3 young cops"

"THROUGH THE STREETS OF ANYWHERE"

"tigers (FOR BLAKE) (ONE WM.)"

"TIGHT BLACK PANTS"

"TIGHT PINK DRESS"

"the time I took THIS alky to a high class play"

"tired of wild and vacant eyes"

"to a critic of sorts:"

"to go on a little small while"

"TO HELL WITH ROBERT SCHUMANN"

"To-me poem: with bomb attached-"

"to the ABOVE:"

"to weep in her hair"

"tonalities upon distances of frustration and exhilaration-"

"tonight" ("tonight/ I have 2 spiders along a crack in the wall" [first lines]) (this is poem #2 and is filed under the title of poem #1: "THE END")

"TONIGHT" ("your sex is my salvation" [first line])

"TOUGH LUCK"

"Tougher than Corned Beef Hash-"

"tragedy is my bacon"

"A TRAGIC STORY'

"A TRAINRIDE IN HELL"

"transgression upon the senses" (first line)

": : : Transition"

"transplant" (two versions)

"trap"

"the trash men" (two versions)

"the triangle"

"trilerr suller dinner talba/ springs attach" (first two lines)

"TROUBLE WITH SPAIN"

"A Tuesday South of the North Pole"

"TUNE OFF THE SIDE OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN DREAM"

"tv" (two versions)

"12:18 a.m."

"12,000 DOLLARS IN 3 MONTHS. . .

"12, 12, 72: The Harry Truman Deathbed Blues"

"12-24-74"

"29 chilled grapes"

"twisting sheets"

"2 a.m. in the afternoon ha HA with my foot asleep. . ."

"2 carnations" (two versions)

"2-ezra-buk"

"2 FLIES"

"2 horseollars"

"200 yards from the surf"

"200 Years"

"2 immortal poems" (two versions)

"2 men with blue arm bands meet me/ outside my apartment house/ door." (first lines)

"2 spiders, and the wind. . ." (two versions)

"2347 Duane" (two versions)

"2,294"

"under"

"THE UNDERGROUND" (three versions)

"UNDERWOOD-made in u.s.a."

"AN UNHAPPY LADY" (two versions)

"uninvolvment" (two versions)

'UPON A JUSTIFICATION [?]"

"UPON AN INVITATION TO A PARTY IN WEST L.A., WHICH I DIDN'T GO TO:"

"Upon Going to Bed with a Copy of COSMOPOLITAN:"

"UPON LISTENING TO SOMETHING BY ONE H. BERLIOZ"

"UPON LISTENING TO SYMPHONY MUSIC WHILE DRUNK:"