Title: my personal Bukowski favorite
Product review: Collections of poetry tend to be uneven--especially when they're as enormous as Bukowski's work (as packaged by Black Sparrow).Betting on the muse is uneven also, but it is surely worth the money spent. There are enough poems in here ranging from 'superb' to 'good enough' to make this worth buying.The poem "Drink" is hilarious. Buk takes us into a New Orleans bar and excellently describes what he sees. The dark humor in it keeps me coming back to it."Until it hurts" is a poem about writer. It's a statement to any true writer.Betting on the Muse has the usual fare: getting drunk, hanging at the horsetrack, woman troubles... and it never gets tiresome; but it also has Buk's words of wisdom about life and the process & meaning of writing.I'd recommend this book above any of Buk's other collections.I give 5 stars because as far as collections go it's about as consistent, from page to page, as you could ever hope for
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