People Aren't Good (The Crunch by Charles Bukowski)

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🔰A few Charles Bukowski books
📓Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame
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📓Essential Bukowski: Poetry
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📓Women: A Novel
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📓The Last Night of the Earth Poems
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📓Ham On Rye: A Novel
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📓post office: A Novel
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📓You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense
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This is the edited (trimmed) version of the poem
LINK for original: bukowski.net/poems/crunches.php
Too much
too little
or not enough
too fat
too thin
or nobody
laughter or
tears
or immaculate
haters
lovers
non-concern
an old guy in a cheap room
with a photograph of Marilyn Monroe
many old guys in cheap rooms without
any photographs at all
there is a loneliness in this world so great
that you can see it in the slow movements of
the hands of a clock
there is a loneliness in this world so great
that you can see it blinking in neon signs
in Vegas, in Baltimore, in Munich
there are people so tired
so strafed
so mutilated by love or no
love
that buying a bargain can of tuna
in a supermarket
is their greatest moment
their greatest victory
we don't need new governments
new revolutions
we don't need new men
new women
we don't need new ways
good Columbian
coke
dildoes
watches that give you the date
people are not good to each other
one on one.
Marx be damned
the sin is not the totality of certain systems.
Christianity be damned
the sin is not the killing of a God.
people are just not good to each other.
we are afraid
we think that hatred means strength
what we need is less brilliance
what we need is less instruction
what we need are less poets
what we need are less Bukowskies
what we need is more
beer
a typist
more finches
we don't think about the terror of one person
aching in one place
alone
untouched
unspoken to
watering a plant
being without a telephone that will never
ring
because there isn't one.
more haters than lovers
slices of doom like taffeta
people are not good to each other
people are not good to each other
people are not good to each other
and the beads swing and the clouds cloud
and the dogs piss upon the roses
and the killer beheads the child like taking a bite
out of an ice cream cone
and the ocean comes in and out
in and out
under the direction of a senseless moon
and people are not good to each other.

[@mingonmongo1]

“We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for a moment that we’re not alone.” ― Orson Welles

[@eGovDewas]

Awesome

[@niroo7]

the truth here aches

[@NidgeOSullivan]

If it's not in love then it's nothing

[@gabrielmaddern6070]

together. we are all alone.

[@NidgeOSullivan]

@@gabrielmaddern6070 there is only 1 here, the voice inside your head is the only one.

[@Mm10122]

“There are people so tired, so strafed, that buying a bargain can of tuna in a supermarket is their greatest moment. Their greatest victory...”

[@samuelkerckhoff2039]

Absolutely. Truth hurts.

[@robertcurtis8653]

Working as a grocery clerk I can confirm this.

[@thomasrussell7135]

remembering case's of Ramen for $5.00. and bagels for a .25

[@futureprogrammer7084]

This was me sometime ago

[@BAGG8BAGG]

I knew a man once, troubled by his life. He was married to an alcoholic and struggled with anxiety. He once took me to the supermarket, he told me "This is the best time to come". We walked up and down the isles like soldiers marching to a battlefield, it was 8 'o' clock and they had just put out all of the reduced items ready for the next day. He searched for over an hour for the best deals, this was one of the few times I ever saw him smile, as he picked up that 3/4 off meat, for a moment, he seemed alive. I will never forget that day, such a mundane task overflowing with the pain of his life.

[@SIONARAFLORIDA]

"Sometimes you get so alone that it just makes sense."

[@michaeljdesantis]

well said

[@SIONARAFLORIDA]

@@michaeljdesantis Charles Bukowski alone said it. I alone repeated .

[@user-nc4mp7ng1y]

"The rewards of tolerance are treachery and betrayal."

[@andyappleton3353]

"Mercy and cowardice are the same."

[@josuebenvindo]

Wrote the scared boy.

[@UserName-ii1ce]

Surround yourself with better people then

[@Mm10122]

This...

[@NPC-bs3pm]

@@UserName-ii1ce Lots of liberals keep electing those that are evil. By "surrounding with better people" is a CHOICE of the people in our western societies. I think the lack of a foundation is the problem with this video. A good country has a good foundation. A bad country should be tested (i.e. lets not trade with China).

[@anglaspicycabbage790]

Not just the poet himself- but the man reading this is a legend. He conveys the energy and tone of Bukowski so well.

[@neerajshrestha4378]

Agree.

[@stivipan7805]

Most likely the man reading is Bukowski himself - he used to read his own poems! The voice is definitely Bukowski 's voice!

[@alishariaty4418]

Because the reader IS bukowski?

[@anglaspicycabbage790]

Guys- please read the description. Illneas tells you the pseudonym of the person reading it. Also, Bukowski was an American poet. The reader does not have an American accent.

[@ngehevanssahnda]

@@stivipan7805 the narrator is Tom O'bedlam

[@Azza842]

I mentioned his name in a conversation and now it is in my recommendations. Creepy youtube spying tech.

[@illneas]

Hahahaha

[@brucewayne2184]

@@illneas Why are you laughing

[@jehriko7525]

@@brucewayne2184 he's laughing because he sees the humour in the fact that youtube "detected" that he said something, not because he got him to watch his video

[@googleinc6033]

You probably mentioned his name because you saw his name somewhere on your phone. There is no microphone spying its been debunked.

[@Azza842]

@@googleinc6033 you're incorrect.

[@iwanbonnen]

2:28 "What we need are less poets. What we need are less Bukowskies." A poet writing a poem stating that he should not have written that poem about him not being needed because he is not being needed. Brilliant!

[@True38]

He is definitely right. We don't need a sore loser with a negative perspective on the world. Most people are good to eachother.

[@iwanbonnen]

@@True38 Well, if you say so, then it must be a fact. With the user name that you have.

[@santosdr2]

A poem, an ode, a song to be told? So bold it warms the cold. The song I speak, the poem bespeeched, the ode not defeat it is to life I speak. With each battle scar, life brings It can't help but sing that life is but a dream. I conquer nightmares and daydream worse, so life can't put me in the hearse it is doing its worse, but on the other side of worse is best and to this I attest I love the mess. Grab a broom sweep the streets and play life's song on repeat. mop rain playing games, they say I'm insane... Good people everywhere hidden behind mask, learned to wear. They say swear and learned how to not dare, because they cared. Caring is but a fault, isn't the same as love I know. because caring doesn't do what love could. Caring you get worn, you cared enough to hurt your heart but you forget to love all your parts. From me to you to them and they I say you forget. All you need is love. Not a care in the world when your in love, with "ME" seee. because in me is love for everyone and every being. I can see past the mask if I am up to the task. I can outlast negative thought and soon it will be forgot because all this isn't for naught. I learned what was taught, life's teacher, makes me want to be life's preacher. Speaking thoughts that others would not. My heart hurts my mind is blank, but I'm tell you what it really is I think. I love to love it is just hard to love "ME" because then I have to face reality. the only one who could love me like I wanted to be love, well some say THat being resides above. but to me I know that love is within, and it begins with Me, my long time friend. with me from the begin, and i'm certain, i'll be with me to the "end", but I can't conjure an end for me and my friend, so I suppose my end will be when a new life begins.

[@santosdr2]

@@True38 dark vs light tangled in an apparent fight to devil's delight. But it isn't dark vs light no, it is dark and light from night to day everything is okay. I say I say. we play to play, but when we may forget our way then the play isn't fun, and we'd have it done. I know because i play and it stopped being fun, i didn't love anyone. Most of all not me you see, and then I hated to be. because well. I just didn't feel like I was me. But I still want to play just give me a break, i need to take for heavens sake. A sore loser, scorned by pain sure it can be lame, but a perspective is that, someone looking through eyes you do not, if it wasn't needed they would have never been. my friend. A negative is nothing without a positive to compare. So for every negative I see, remember how it be. Two to one and then none. two to one adn then none. what does it mean? for every negative find two positives then there will be no negative two to one= to none

[@iwanbonnen]

@@santosdr2 Not bad!

[@BREAKOUT444]

I need a hug.

[@illneas]

Go get one. Someone else needs one as well.

[@BREAKOUT444]

@@illneas you were right. ❤

[@gypsylee73]

Matt Montegomery Get a teddy bear. I’m not making fun of you ❤️🤗☺️

[@julcsijulcsi3700]

I will give u a hug😄❤

[@BREAKOUT444]

@@julcsijulcsi3700 Thank you, haha :D

[@grumblekin]

I didn’t get Bukowski until I was 40 and had enough wounds to read his thoughts in my scar tissue. Then I knew he was right about Life.

[@unsinnkim3690]

lol same here. I discovered his works during the pandemic and I'm in my early forties as well.

[@jamiejamie9549]

18 and already fucked up enough to feel it! Yay

[@robbiemoreau4039]

Stop being cynical. That's how you will get dumped again

[@charliechew733]

@@jamiejamie9549 One thing to remember is that all of these depressing pieces of literature may be true for some but it doesn’t mean we are all damned to the same fate. Not everyone is alone; and not everyone is bad. These works of art were made by sad lonely writers who are just writing about the way that they see things. That doesn’t mean that’s the way things actually are. It is all an interpretation. The beautiful thing about life is that we are all free to our own interpretations. You’re 18, too young to judge life. You haven’t even seen a fraction of the picture yet.

[@lewstone5430]

Evo Cruzer EXACTLY.

[@stribor5567]

Bukowski: one of the greatest poets of all time, the man who inspired others to think about life in a certain way and one of the greatest extistentialists ever Also Bukowski: *what we need is more beer*

[@M0bilD]

🍺

[@manricoceroni4548]

suuuuucaaaa ...

[@aaronlopez717]

Healthy a delicious Beer ( special if is local beer)

[@Jmp153]

The stoic were for moderation and controlling your emotions which he was not known for so no not a great stoic at all

[@what6306]

literally the opposite of a stoic

[@PatTheRiot]

"People are just not good to each other" "People are just not good" "People are just" "People are" "People".

[@Noah-fv2zq]

PatTheRiot That‘s interesting

[@orsike192]

People are not good to each other and themselves

[@vrm9346]

hodor

[@ianmelodcs]

Pe

[@ericq9579]

People are soylent green

[@Max-bo3di]

When I Listen to Bukowski, the Light in the Room suddenly dims, the World seems colder and Reality becomes Dark. Good job Bukowski.

[@tomasveres5066]

🙌

[@JP-iu6nv]

It’s sad that so few people know the genius of Bukowsi.

[@nr7432]

i know! they are too busy checking twitter and instagram for celebrities who are stupid because thats the way theworld is going and into the toilet we flow...

[@Lytewerkproductions]

i've stopped smoking and quit drinking yes i'm an idiot lol

[@bartfart3847]

or know how to spell his name.

[@Lytewerkproductions]

@@bartfart3847 smarty pants learn to drink that's the correct spelling

[@Lytewerkproductions]

i know one thing i'm done dealing with bog swomping comment sections i got shit to do

[@oshatlarge3870]

The more you read that poem, the more you realise how much depth he put into his writing

[@arnoldblashak171]

Yep 👍

[@ChazTB]

The more you read his books especially Ham on Rye, Post Office and Factotum, the more you understand his poetry and philosophy too

[@truthgiant6487]

The problem with sadness is people think they should always be happy.

[@toddjohnson271]

Yup...number one fallacy of life. Life is hard......find meaning for contentment and hope for some bits of happiness.

[@my2cents49]

Exactly

[@bigbadbillb]

After a while, trying to fake being happy becomes mentally draining and exhausting.

[@randomcomputer7248]

@@bigbadbillb I think its a fair bet most people, like 90% arent happy. Once you are over 30yo you start to get it, once the hope and fires of youth are dead.

[@christianperez7846]

I forget who it was that said something like “The greatest terror in this world is that nobody knows what’s happening, at all”

[@poem]

powerful... stuff

[@Walklikeaduck111]

The more intelligent you are the less you live in denial... The more sensitive you are and the more you suffer. The stupid are blessed indeed.

[@kurtgledder1285]

Mongols always smile... sth like that ?

[@yup.uh-huh.1183]

“Blissful ignorance”

[@isaiaha4647]

But if you are ignorant you are blind. The more you know the slightly wider the pin hole you look at the world through is....which leads you to realize there is are beautiful lies and ugly truths,but still choose the truth

[@julesjordenshier]

This has always been one of the more narrowminded and stupid things I heard coming from an adult. I don't think it's true.

[@kimyeontan9680]

Ignorance is bliss ✨

[@milesgemini4029]

"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead"- Bukowski I love the clips from Chungking Express, the whole thing really but that film for whatever reason really resonates with me

[@joemomma4879]

I lost faith in people. I used to be a nice person ..always willing to help.. but people take advantage..and eventually it just wears a person out. Nowadays..i seem to avoid people and see the worst in them.

[@leaderofmycrew30]

Don’t lose your heart. As much negativity there is in this world, there is also beauty and good people. The Universe is yin and yang. The fact that you have gone through those hardships are lessons to be learned but they are not meant to make U hateful or resentful. Acquire wisdom, and keep pushing for love. For now when you do find it, you’ll feel it warm you up so much you will see why you had to go thru the road you did. Open yourself up to the positive and loving vibrations. -One Love.🙌

[@Dani-W164]

Same😞😞 and it seriously breaks my heart but if there is no one whom is willing to help others unconditionally then the world will probably be filled with a bunch of assholes so what are we to do.

[@jessicaamster5400]

The thing is that you can´t see people in such a systemized way. People often do good things for each other, but its not that simple. We could say for example, that many people do "good" things but for reasons you don´t even know at all. One is example is that video where a homeless man gives his life for another person that was being pointed with a gun. Well maybe he just wanted to feel that he could be useful, maybe it was a mixture between many feelings inside of him. Sometimes you are "good" in a narcisistic way. Sometimes you choose not to be good in order to also be assertive. Sometimes you do "good" and you end up doing worse. We don´t know. We just been told that certain things are sins, we have realized that certain behaviours are not good for us and that we should promote others. Sometimes we feel miserable for whatever reason and we want to be like that. Sometimes we want to have more or you have an ambition to live in a certain manner so you act in a certain way. We can´t predict ourselves. We also have a huge ethical struggle since we live in a competitive social structure which is actually "good" since it makes the society more competent and at the same time we have to be good and treat us as "equals". I notice that many people solve this ethical dilemma by becoming cynical.

[@longliveavalon]

Join the club bra

[@leonoraerskine5848]

My sister is the kindest soul I know. She gets treated with contempt. People really are not good to each other.

[@nontologicalbeing]

So artfully nihilistic that it starts to actually convey a possilbe meaning

[@aakashdeepkumar4157]

well said.

[@marineswarm]

@Google User Whats Trite mean

[@LocustxXxLocust]

And there are at least 120 others who thought that sentence meant anything.

[@marineswarm]

@Google User fart sacks

[@slizzeredbroskie8547]

Google User you are obviously a small minded fool

[@crazzygirrl]

Charles Bukowski was my grandma favourite author. I didn't understand why she liked him so much until she passed away. Now he is my favourite author too and the only consideration I ever had of her💗🌱😭

[@sunnycheba]

We don't think about the terror of one person.

[@sunnycheba]

It's the best. Not the terror of one person. The line. The reality. The postman with an insight. Henry understands terror.

[@isaaccrawford6543]

No we don't.

[@isaaccrawford6543]

And for some reason that fact fucking scares me.

[@yazanodeh8002]

No we don’t.

[@failuretocommunicate]

A man who said we need less of him. How wonderful.

[@brendonferguson5726]

Those last lines. "And the ocean comes in and out. In and out. Under the direction of a senseless moon. And people are not good to each other." My interpretation of this is that human beings are bound by nature to do horrible things to other people. We are learning more about this with genetics. Our cultures are largely what has pacified the violent human instinct.

[@spikeboy101]

my interpretation is that in the midst of everything we can't control, the ocean being directed by the moon, mother nature's unmerciful hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards that kill everything, death, our inevitable extinction; we can choose to be good to each other while we're alive. Help each other thru all the suffering while god sits and watches. But we still choose not to. But tbh I do think lots of people help each other. We just remember the ones who dont better.

[@nyhyl]

There's no "interpretation", that's not how poetry works. You can say what it means to you, that's all. Poets write poetry, not interpretation of poetry, otherwise they would have written an interpretation of what they wanted to write in the first place.

[@brendonferguson5726]

@@nyhyl Yeah that's called MY interpretation. Obviously it's not the author's. That's what I took from it. You're saying I dont have a perspective on how it made me feel and think? Doesn't make any sense to me

[@mikemontgomery5755]

It's ok Karen, really

[@zeusdarkgod7727]

I think i would interpret it; just as the ocean ebbs and flows to an endless cycle and the moon is senseless (pointless) because it doesn't bring any sort of change, just the same old cycle repeating. And people are not good to each other.

[@joshchapman4753]

Some people just can’t reconcile themselves with humanity, and so make beautiful art.

[@deez2569]

You are amazing💯💯💯

[@lonewolfmcquade1873]

Couldn't have said it any better

[@thekhan517]

There is still Love in the world, it's just hard to find over the loudness of hate, greed and corruption.

[@johnnypastrana6727]

Well stated...I think so too. I try to be kind and giving much of the time...the world is such an angry place...Vonnegut tells us to be kind anyway even though we won't be rewarded. I agree with that...Christ tells us that also along with many other spiritual beings. 'Love one another as I have loved you'...that is the challenge of being a 'true' Christian.

[@pimp_floyd5024]

Didn’t expect to find this masterpiece, damn.

[@illneas]

Glad you like man

[@anandsingh-ss6wf]

Even me

[@alencifps1535]

Bro, What is your profile pic XD

[@asmamuhammed375]

Same..

[@vudu8ball]

Love the voice of Tom O'Bedlam. One of the best poetry readers on KZbin. And Bukowski is one of the few modern poets he will read. OH the GLORY!

[@AnthonyLiccione]

"My heart looks better on me than my face."

[@tomasveres5066]

🙌

[@wildgearwarehouse9380]

One heart, or two?

[@AnthonyLiccione]

@@wildgearwarehouse9380 one?

[@wildgearwarehouse9380]

@@AnthonyLiccione That’s what I chose, I hope we’re right

[@AnthonyLiccione]

@@wildgearwarehouse9380 was a little confused w the 2 hearts, thought we all came w one heart ❤ 😄

[@GoneDubb]

A modern day Poe. Suicidal, straight forward, and real. A great man with great words from his heart and mind.

[@TheWalper]

"What we need is more beer" -everyone liked that

[@ViratNimesh]

Hey.. yes 🙈 that line had juice

[@SIONARAFLORIDA]

and the automobile in scene banging a left towards the package store on a quick beer run

[@ViratNimesh]

@@SIONARAFLORIDA i get you, totally! ❤️

[@johnnypastrana6727]

Nobody will find the answer at the bottom of a beer bottle. Alcoholics keep looking for the Baby Jesus there though.

[@ananda_miaoyin]

Everyone on Earth wants the same thing: Better. Better for themselves and their families. We do need more beer.

[@richardjohnson5827]

It starts with you just like it starts with me

[@Tombalino]

Didn’t know Charles was so good at the violin

[@oscarplant6371]

Tom Bagiotas lol

[@Marc-ox2rj]

thats november by max richter in case you wonder

[@jaffajoffer6300]

His hands was made to play!

[@jaybird1731]

his words create the violin.

[@xxfox]

😂 right!

[@ColaDad]

I like how on a video like this, the whole comment section just turns into poets and philosophers. I love it!

[@shatrujeet763]

I Really Love Charles Bukowski's Poet With Tom O Bedlam Voice. Sir You Are Doing Great Job. It Helps Us.

[@illneas]

Thank you dude, it means a lot.

[@shatrujeet763]

@@illneas I Am Not Socialised, So This Really Helps Me, Bukowski Helps Me, Tom Helps Me & Most Of All Your Efforts For Making These Kinds Of Videos. Keep Posting, I Am Waiting For Next Video.

[@illneas]

@@shatrujeet763 thank you again soon I will have new video on this channel.

[@jimbig3997]

The problem is that everyone wants to be taken care of, and there's only so much a generous man can do.

[@xwhite2020]

Buk writes a 1000 word poem and your too quick self trots out a distilled one sentence answer to the words problems. Me thinks the point was missed.

[@xHannibal]

xwhite2020 He isn’t wrong though, thats not *the* problem but it’s *a* problem. Everyone wants to be taken care of but doesn’t care to take care of others. Everyone wants to be loved and be happy but they don’t love eachother and make others happy. Everyone wants to be listened to and be understood but nobody listens or understands. Pride and selfishness kill so many would be positive interactions between people.

[@sandyhendrickson2033]

Not true...people are tired of the bs

[@HerStoryofMusic]

My heart absolutely moves everytime I read or hear these words. He knew the darkest of depths and still managed to craft it into something beautiful. Melancholic beauty, but eternally beautiful in light of the depths he was creating from.

[@shill1444]

Damn... How did KZbin even know I was in the mood for Bukowski? Phone was in my bag, next to the book Post Office. Hmmmm.

[@illneas]

Hahaha they know everything.

[@shill1444]

@@illneas - Patriot Act! Lol

[@WakeupNe00]

if you speak about something near your phone you will see an adv for that thing later , thats how google works.

[@shill1444]

@@WakeupNe00 - right. Not only you but the person you're talking to also. Don't get me started on Alexa. Lol

[@LeRouxshnikov]

I spoke about him at the dinner table last night. And here he is.

[@larrygerry985]

His words are stripped of flowery meanings and just the bare truth of life

[@plusfour1]

Have you seen Bukowski's vids on writing and his style? He goes into all that. It's quite interesting.

[@shaminfernando2698]

Absolute perfection.I used to read a poem every morning but this is so much better.thankyou.and you're brilliant

[@thiccviener825]

It’s not that great of a poem

[@Spud773]

Write one

[@mindsetsquare]

I love that you said that, I thought I was the only person in the world who does that. Poetry is just concentrated life.

[@Zardoz4441]

Bukowski, the poet of booze, neon lights, cheap hotel rooms, the beat of the rainy street. His work is so powerful and moving...

[@horowitz8680]

I keep coming back to this video... It's a masterpiece. The visuals, the choice of music, the narration... It takes my breath away.

[@nicholas70paul]

He strips life to the soul, my god, I have thought all he says.. people don't like each other..

[@stst6688]

I can’t tell you how much happy I am that I found this channel, thank you.

[@ericgeorgescu3391]

Love him or hate him, Charles be spitting facts

[@gryein7223]

Charles

[@FullyOnVolks]

@@gryein7223 Charlie

[@user-og6hl6lv7p]

He would despise your generation and the manner in which you speak.

[@mrMagpied]

Well. He is a bit dark. Some people ARE good to each other.

[@ShaunaTfranklin24]

Every now and then I come back to this poem and cry

[@valentinosterza7575]

Sometimes I feel lost in this world of ours. Many people are here, and I often forget how ahead of others I am, and I often feel like I'm further behind in life than many others. Why do I feel this lack in life? Is it because I am relaxed on a couch in Italy, while my home awaits my return in Los Angeles; or because I left my job to travel Europe for two months, and now credit card debt is accumulating, and I don't feel like I want to work it off. Why does short term gratification feel so much better than pain and suffering? What is my purpose, for I feel, I can not find it and it does not want to present itself to me. How much annoyance I feel with myself and the world in which I live in, for being so convoluted.

[@ForeverZoeful]

Imma pray for you

[@marshacummins2727]

Forget purpose...live ... in eat life...no one gets out alive ...relish in the simple gifts of life ...I keep repeating this mantra in perpetuity but I too am discouraged disenchanted uninspired ...pullin for you Valentino

[@Spud773]

I hope you are still lying on that couch in Italy. X

[@Mm10122]

Love that the phrase blinked when talking about neon signs

[@adityakumardas4679]

Man you are doing a great work for the mankind by keeping Bukowski available to mass.... I can hear his poem all day

[@ashk0402]

This is so raw, unadulterated, bukowski's voice just gives you chills it's like you can literally feel the words in your soul!

[@illneas]

I agree but this is not Bukowski's voice it's Bedlam's

[@ashk0402]

@@illneas sorry..i didn't know

[@johnarmlovesguam]

Wisdom borne of pain is the struggle for one's soul. Fight on.

[@benjaminjang6893]

It's amazing how honest this poet is with his feelings.

[@NidgeOSullivan]

Things are much easier alone, in fact, things only become easy when one becomes alone.

[@zombiekiller4yo495]

facts

[@mtndew616]

Thank you for making these videos and putting them out into the world through the internet.. if you hadn’t I’d likely never discovered Charles Bukowski

[@illneas]

You're welcome I'm glad you like them.

[@stusec4096]

yes, this channel is too good to be true. amazing work.

[@illneas]

Thank you for you kind words, how did you find my channel ?

[@stusec4096]

i was just wandering around looking for charles bukowski's reading tapes on yt and luckily i found this.

[@illneas]

@@stusec4096 Thank you then, i was curious because this video never took much attention. I'm glad you found it then . Cheers

[@ciprianparfene421]

indeed, awesome combo Max Richter + Charles Bukowski through the voice of Tom o' Bedlam :) I was listening to them both on my mobile phone playlist, separately - now they've found each other on the same shared passing seconds.

[@rozaSkroza]

@@illneas I love you. Thank you.

[@morganbrown6032]

One of my favorites by bukowski

[@yazanodeh8002]

My favorite.

[@sacredflames07]

When the letters blinked like a neo sign would wow that is TOP CLASS WORK ....

[@lustyleprechaun1963]

He wrote so beautifully

[@mashotoshaku]

Bukowski had me noding, the tears are for Max Richter...

[@angeliquefourquemin2711]

just cried my eyes out once again

[@CEOKI45]

Rarement vu un nom si français

[@M_Swann]

This is one of the most chilling, revelatory poems I have ever heard.

[@christianchance5958]

I was enthralled and serious throughout the whole thing and then just died of laughter at the end tears running down my face.. he is brilliant

[@mmojorissen]

Dude- all you need are some tasty waves and a CooL buzz,,, and you'll be fine!

[@pierrickikeilberg6571]

It is so real it’s painfull

[@timhallas4275]

When the truth stops being painful, you'll know that have taken the blue pill.

[@deborahvictoriaedwards5188]

Truth can be just that. Painful...

[@monke4028]

I find it rather comforting. Your perspective needs a shift, is all.

[@ampires1976]

And Beautiful at the same time

[@harveyjeddmarquez7964]

Never cease to stir emotions. Thank you

[@sacredflames07]

I felt this SO DEEP IN MY SOUL nothing ever will never replace it ....this is priceless beyond bounds of sensitivity... respect you for your creation....and ever grateful for legend Bukowski....he won a throne in my heart where even I wouldn't fit myself in ....

[@paulshearer9140]

Bukowski reminds us all how important your perspective is.

[@connoroleary591]

"People are not good to each other". True. Try and be the one who makes a difference. Smiles are free and " no one is so poor that they cannot give".

[@cybergnosis244]

Bukowski s Poetry and punk rock music got me through high school

[@user-wf3fl6qb7u]

There are some people so lonely. That the touch of a fly soothes them.

[@behrada7643]

I miss many thing ...i miss having hand of the one i love in my hand in middle of busy street and know that every things gonna be alright...

[@aliciakhoo7238]

This is brilliant and hauntingly beautiful. I watched Chungking Express every day when I was 11 and alone. Paired up with Bukowski... this is a moveable feast!

[@illneas]

What a movie ...

[@BukowskiQuotes]

One of Bukowski's finest works. Well imagined. Cheers!

[@gravlaxbob355]

Really really good short film. I am sure Bukowski himself would approve of it. I did not know the music composer Max Richter but it suits well the subject. The video collage is impressive.

[@ricka.masaana1100]

What a masterful poet Charles Buckwoski is.

[@justanotherpoet2542]

The music is not needed. The words are powerful by themselves.

[@Bullroarer-oj3sp]

But it added another dimension. A person with a gift for narration wasn’t needed either, but I won’t complain. The overall effect was powerful.

[@justanotherpoet2542]

@@Bullroarer-oj3sp we shall agree to disagree my friend.

[@pianova2332]

People really just try too hard. They run around trying to find some ultimate conclusion about everything that will "fix" all your problems. A better approach is too accept that you won't always be happy but that is good since you learn to appreciate the good times you have.

[@zi784]

My heart slows down to make way for Bukowski It's impossible to breathe straight with such great words

[@jimw.4161]

Words of wisdom from the great Charles Bukowski. Brilliant - as is the reader: Tom o'Bedlam. 👏👏👏

[@Legend9825]

"The crowd screamed, "Sacrifice the liver!" If God takes life, he's an Indian giver. So tell me now why, you'll tell me never. Who would want to be? Who would want to be such a control freak?" -Bukowski , a song by Modest Mouse

[@happyllama4529]

bukowski makes me feel so weak and attacked... I adore him so much

[@paulcunnane4]

Enjoy your victimhood.

[@winros3042]

You get him that's why!🤟

[@winros3042]

You get him that's why!🤟

[@maheshbinayak9433]

Thank you man for creating and sharing this..It's a blessing for all of youtube ..

[@adamjursell]

Illneas! Keep making them man. These are the kinds of media marriages that can show the value of poetry to someone young, inexperienced, ignorant. I think too many people read poetry in their head with their own voice, and it doesn't make sense. To hear the inflection this old man uses, paired with the tone of the songs you are choosing, really highlight the depth and message of the poetry. I think they're sensational, far greater productions than a vast majority of the mindless bullshit most 'artists' put out. I appreciate the wisdom of these great poets, the beauty of these wonderful songs, and the normal everyday backdrops showing how everyone is living it. Always looking forward to another breath of inspiration.

[@llobo3901]

Love the chunking express montanje on the background, adds just the right atmosphere, great video!

[@idleoligo1]

The most important poet of the 20th century!!!

[@thewilderfanclub7896]

Strangers sometimes are prepared to die for some one they don't know. Yet put them in a uniform and they are prepared to kill some one they don't......... And both can be called heroes. What a sick world we live.

[@sunnoski9195]

When you put on a uniform(any uniform (bukowski the mailman)), you become a slave/soldier/statistic. You dont make decisions, the decisions are made for you, dont follow the instructions passed down from above you get written up/imprisoned/fired. Deep down the soldier doesnt want to kill but the fear of failure overrides the humanity. Dont let fear consume you.

[@LocustxXxLocust]

Oh for fuck sake. Bloody naive idealists. See, both soldier and EMT is a job that adults can choose to train years for. When they finish training they get their big boy pants and both are expected to carry out their duty to the people. And this is just the simple version. I could add variables like conscription or plague. Maybe both. You are so damn shallow I couldn't drown a ant in the pool that represents your mind.

[@asunnyday3749]

O my goddddd “Many old guys in cheap rooms without photographs at all” . My heartttttt

[@carolekohl-duggan9982]

As long as there are words, l will never feel lonely in my aloneness... As long as there is someone out there... I will use words to reach out and connect... Words never die, even when you don't speak them, hear them, write them... There are so many out there, an eternity of words...🙏

[@asunnyday3749]

“There are people so tired that buying a bargain can of tuna in a supermarket is their greatest moment.” It makes me feel empathy and that makes me feel pain.

[@user-dd2ys9dd8c]

I was that person, for a season.

[@oxycotine]

Nobody cares that you feel pain. Your pain aint worth my empathy

[@AlZakariaNegative]

Thank you KZbin for recommending. 💛

[@johnnycreighton29]

These tears never stop flowing I wish I could be going and never look back, never look back. I yearn for the unknowing. Still, these tears, they never stop from flowing.

[@poem]

this is such a beautiful poem :):)::)

[@aurum8766]

One of the best things I ever came across is your work,Kudos to you brother

[@brookswoodward7278]

When me and my now ex-wife would go grocery shopping... everytime we passed dinty Moore cans of stew I had to tell her about the time I bought one for 25 cents.

[@priscillamorales3130]

Stay in my head Mr. Bukowski, it only gets darker however you interpret it so beautifully. I’m jealous in humble way

[@guilhermearanha5676]

Oh my God.... I thought this poem coudn't get anymore beautiful. And then, this video, this song, this voice...

[@booya8789]

there is a loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock. people so tired mutilated either by love or no love. people just are not good to each other

[@yehboi6646]

We don’t think about the terror of one person aching in one place.

[@leticiagalvao3408]

This is just so beautiful, i cried while watching . Thank you very much.

[@jebediahwolf1205]

Incredibly powerful words. Thanks.

[@Dode2622]

simply amazing. the poem. the recitation. the video. i'm speechless, and greatly inspired.

[@ayej_8862]

Everything is hypocrisy. Life is a hypocrite of non life, looking in one direction is a hypocrite of looking in another direction. I am a hypocrite in the very act of calling myself a hypocrite. I can’t deal with hypocrisy.

[@rebeccapaisley9382]

maybe you should write a poem about that ......

[@lonewolfmcquade1873]

Life is indeed a contradiction

[@Deepbluecat]

REAL.