The People Look Like Flowers At Last: New Poems – The Final Posthumous Works on Love, Death, and War

One of the best posthumous collections by Bukowski. It contains one of his best poems about his bad relationship with his father; it's called "acceptance." Lots of his standard subjects are found in this book: odd jobs, drinking, horse racing, sex, death, poetry, writers, etc. Lots of Bukowski fans tend to dismiss the posthumous work but there are plenty of entertaining little stories disguised as poems in this book. The reading level of these poems is often light compared to other famous poets but he does a great job of luring the reader into his world through the steady accumulation of stories in his poems and his straight-talking, pulp fiction kind of voice. If you haven't read the posthumous work yet, this is the one to start with or the one to pick if you're new to his posthumous work and you don't want to read them all (which would be understandable because there are a ton of them).

This poetry collection was a little spottier than other books like, say, "Open All Night" - but the fact that this is one of several posthumous publications of Bukowski's work, it is remarkable that there are as many gems as there are in this book.If you're interested in his racetrack poems or his poems about other writers, this book has some great ones. It's a bit lacking in those striking poems about the death of one of his former wives, which were always surprisingly vulnerable for such an already candid poet.I would recommend this book to any Bukowski fan - it's a bit rough as a 100% first-Bukowski read - but weak Bukowski is still excellent poetry.

I love Charles Bukowski and every book he has and I read reviews on this one and I’m so excited to read it. Great purchase.

As Tom Waits said of Bukowski, he eats coal and s*** diamonds. Bukowski brings many beautiful truths from a hard scrabble life.

big bukowski lover over here so of course i love it

Some really great stuff here. Worth the read as usual. He contemplates death and sex and just trying to be a cantankerous old man in this one. Love it.

It is exactly what I wanted.

As good as it gets.Not sure what else I can say! It's a BukowskiCame one time and in better condition that expected.

This collection of poetry is said to be the final posthumous publication of Charles Bukowski’s work, compiled with the help of some manuscripts that he left behind for the express purpose of it being released after he kicked the bucket. And boy, what a collection it is.The interesting thing here is that the work is even more introspective than you might be used to from Bukowski, and while he looks back at his youth with the experience of age, he also covers some of the perils of old age, including a piece about how much it sucks to be on antibiotics and unable to drink or smoke when you’ve been drinking and smoking for fifty years straight and it’s made its way into your unique style of literature.Speaking of literature, Bukowski also takes a look at the literary world, ruminating on the death of Ernest Hemingway or poking fun at the author bios that you see inside anthologies and literary magazines. Somehow, the great poet was able to remain firmly anti-establishment even after being accepted by it, and these poems offer a fascinating insight into that unusual contradiction.Bukowski has so many poetry books on the market that it’s difficult to recommend any one book over another. That said, this was one of my favourite collections, and this is definitely a must-have for any serious Bukowski fan. The man had a way with words that no other writer has been able to duplicate, although many have tried. It’s a refreshing taste of a different type of literature, made all the more poignant because it wasn’t released until after his death. I’d definitely recommend reading it.

Geniales Buch. Sehr humane Gedichte.

Wonderful thanks.

Bukowski cheers me up.

I Found this book excellent and an honest reflection on modern society in todays age