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Analysis and comments on Bluebird by Charles Bukowski

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Comment 12 of 12, added on July 11th, 2007 at 2:10 AM.

One commentor said: "He suffered so that we could see and live more
clearly."

Well, that really has a savior tone, one that I am guessing would make
Bukowski sick. Anyway, I don't see his suffering that way, but I do agree
he is one of our great poets.

Solomon in Santa Monica from United States
Comment 11 of 12, added on June 6th, 2007 at 10:35 AM.

If this is the first time you have read anything of Bukowski, this is only
the tip of his vast iceberg. I have always been a poor reader-dyslexia-and
Bukowski is very healing. He suffered so that we could see and live more
clearly. He is a great German-American classical artist. Read all of
Bukowski and you'll know why so many love him.

Gerard Loveless from Canada
Comment 10 of 12, added on February 27th, 2007 at 10:59 PM.

Dylan Mckay...

Michael from United States
Comment 9 of 12, added on February 6th, 2007 at 8:29 PM.

Bukowski is one of the very best poets, and this is one of his very best
poems. Truer words are hard to find.

Cory from United States
Comment 8 of 12, added on April 24th, 2006 at 5:54 PM.

This is one of the greatest American poems ever written.

Jeff from United States
Comment 7 of 12, added on April 6th, 2006 at 4:56 PM.

This poem expresses the weak, vunerable side of the self, Bukowski has
perfectly embodied our accumalation of inhibitions into the symbol of the
bluebird which made such an impression upon me that I tattooed a bluebird
behind my ear to remind me of the need to recognize that aspect of myself
and comemerate Bukowskis truth.

nylorac from Canada
Comment 6 of 12, added on March 28th, 2006 at 1:40 AM.

nicely said fisher. but there's something painful about reading this poem.
usually he's so accepting of his ill fate. but here, he's juxtaposing it
with that quiet desperation. the metaphor gets the feeling across well.

soorej from Canada
Comment 5 of 12, added on March 6th, 2006 at 6:26 AM.

This is bittersweet for me. I relate to what he's saying here. But when you
love someone who, in essence, has the same tragedy, then that is truly
tragic.

flapjack darling from United Kingdom
Comment 4 of 12, added on December 13th, 2005 at 6:09 PM.

We all have some "bluebird" in us. A decision is made at some point in life
if we should allow it to be heard, or at least allow a flash of a feather
to be seen, if only briefly.

Jon White from United States
Comment 3 of 12, added on September 5th, 2005 at 9:22 PM.

I like his poem How is your heart? - Much better.

Jane Korinec from United States

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Poet: Charles Bukowski
Poem: Bluebird
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