{"product_id":"slouching-toward-nirvana-new-poems-paperback","title":"Slouching Toward Nirvana: New Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Bukowski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wordsworth, Whitman, William Carlos Williams, and The Beats in their respective generations moved poetry toward a more natural language. Bukowski moved it a little farther.\"--\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.\"--Leonard Cohen, songwriter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLos Angeles slums, bars, and more are featured in \u003cem\u003eSlouching Toward Nirvana\u003c\/em\u003e, the third of five books of unpublished poems from Charles Bukowski, considered by many to be America's most imitated and influential poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein this place\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e there are the dead, the deadly and the dying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e there is the cross, the builders of the cross and the burners of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e cross.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e the pattern of my life forms like a cheap shadow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e on the wall before me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e my love\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e what is left of it\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e now must crawl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e to wherever it can crawl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e the strongest know that death is \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e final\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e and the happiest are those gifted with the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e shortest journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45451709874262,"sku":"9780060577049","price":54.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0738\/0664\/3286\/files\/Qy4v2FYspR9780060577049.webp?v=1785151670","url":"https:\/\/www.ibookstore.shop\/products\/slouching-toward-nirvana-new-poems-paperback","provider":"iBook Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}