{"product_id":"burning-in-water-drowning-in-flame-selected-poems-1955-1973","title":"Burning in Water Drowning in Flame : Selected Poems 1955-1973","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.\"--Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.\"--Leonard Cohen, songwriter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBurning in Water, Drowning in Flame\u003c\/i\u003e is poetry full of gambling, drinking and women. Charles Bukowski writes realistically about the seedy underbelly of life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The poems in the first three sections of this book were published in three volumes\u003ci\u003e: It Catches My Heart in its Hands, Crucifix in a Deathhand\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAt Terror Street and Agony Way\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Charles Bukowski wrote in his introduction \"Looking at these poems written between 1955 and 1973 I like (for one reason or another) the last poems best. I am pleased with this. I have, of course, no idea what shape my future poems will take, or even if I will write any, because I have no idea how long I will go on living, but since I began writing poetry quite late in life, at the age of 35, I like to think they'll give me a few extra years now, at this end. Meanwhile, the poems that follow will have to do.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Burning in Water Drowning in Flame : Selected Poems 1955-1973","offer_id":45926342688965,"sku":null,"price":42.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-87685-191-3.jpg?v=1772587290","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/burning-in-water-drowning-in-flame-selected-poems-1955-1973","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}