Saturday 18 August 2012

Thursday 16 August 2012

ALMOST NONSENSICAL MUSINGS: TODAY IS CHARLES BUKOWSKI'S BIRTHDAY !

ALMOST NONSENSICAL MUSINGS: TODAY IS CHARLES BUKOWSKI'S BIRTHDAY !: CHARLES BUKOWSKI WAS BORN THIS DAY,AUGUST 16 IN 1920. Bukowski was an american novelist ,poet ,short-story writer and above all a LA-ICON w...

TODAY IS CHARLES BUKOWSKI'S BIRTHDAY !

CHARLES BUKOWSKI WAS BORN THIS DAY,AUGUST 16 IN 1920.
Bukowski was an american novelist ,poet ,short-story writer and above all a LA-ICON who used to give public readings of his poems and stories alongwith his signature drinking onstage!
RIOTOUS PUBLIC READINGS,as he used to describe them.

CHARLES BUKOWSKI WAS A UNIQUE WRITER WHO CAN'T BE PUT INTO ANY RECOGNISED CATEGORY,BUT,THEN HE HIMSELF WAS A CATEGORY !
He wrote primarily what he lived and observed as a wanderer who didn't like to work much for he viewed the '9 to 5' routined hours as the greatest drudgery thrown at the mankind.
He wrote about the 'low-life' of poor people, marginalia, starved and f***ed up people and of course about his own one-night-trysts,countless love-affairs and his greatest love, JANE COONEY BAKER who died very young.

THE ACADEMIA DIDN'T TAKE BUKOWSKI ANY SERIOUSLY,PARTLY DUE TO HIS WAYS OF LIVING AND PARTLY THE QUALITY (OR THE LACK OF ) OF UNEDITED GARBAGE LIKE WORKS!
But,after his demise,many universities went into rat-race to get hold of his works,manuscripts etc.!

CHARLES BUKOWSKI WORKED IN POSTAL-SERVICES TWICE,FIRST FOR LESS THAN THREE YEARS AND LATER FOR AROUND 8 YEARS!

His First Novel Was 'POST-OFFICE'.
And,His Last Novel Was 'PULP'.
His Best Novel And My Fav Is 'HAM ON RYE' which is his semi-autobiography too,wherein he basically details about his childhood memories.

CHARLES BUKOWSKI WROTE THOUSANDS OF POEMS AND IN FACT 60 BOOKS WERE PUBLISHED DURING HIS LIFE !

HE LIVED MOST PART OF HIS LIFE IN HIS HOMETOWN OF LOS ANGELES AND HE WAS GREATLY CONVERSANT WITH ITS GEOGRAPHY !

Many Films and Documentaries Were Made On His Life And His Works And A Majority Of Them During His Lifetime!
BARFLY was one such movie wherein Micky Rourke Played Bukowski And Charles Was All Praise For That !
An Italian Film Which Is Sub-titled In English As 'TALES OF ORDINARY MADNESS' Was Critically Acclaimed !

BUKOWSKI WAS A POET AND ANALYST OF 'AMERICANA' ,WHO WROTE ABOUT THE MYRIAD MOODS OF AMERICAN LIVES AND THE TENDENCY OF USELESS GLORIFICATION !

CHARLES BUKOWSKI WROTE ABOUT THE 'MEANINFUL MEANINGLESSNESS' !

He Died Of Leukemia At The Age Of 73.

THERE WON'T BE ANY OTHER CHARLES BUKOWSKI !

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
+91 9334411390.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY , CHARLES BUKOWSKI, THE AMERICAN POET,NOVELIST AND ICON !

“ There’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out
but I’m too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I’m not going to let anybody see you. ”
— Charles Bukowski.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TODAY MARKS THE BIRTH-ANNIVERSA RY OF 'CHARLES BUKOWSKI' ,THE AMERICAN POET AND ESSAYIST.
BUKOWSKI WAS MORE A LOS-ANGELES' CELEBRITY WHO DRANK WINE ROUND THE CLOCK ALONG WITH THE OTHER ROUTINE ANIMAL NEEDS HE USED TO WRITE POEMS THAT WERE UNUSUAL AND STRANGE AND YOU WOULD THINK EH! BUKOWSKI NEEDS AN EDITOR AND A GARBAGE-CAN. . . . .BUT, LOL!! THEN YOU WOULD GET STRUCK WITH SOMETHING AND YOUWOULD BECOME A BUKOWSKI -FAN FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL !
THAT WAS AND THAT IS CHARLES BUKOWSKI !
A CRAZY MAN, A CRAZY POET , A DRUNKEN MAN WHO WILL MAKE YOU DRUNK THROUGH HIS POEMS!
A SPOILT YOUNG BRAT WHO DRANKAND STARVED AND SLEPT ON PARK-BENCHES AND SLEPT UNDER THE SHEETS OF CHEAP WHORES AND LOITERED ALL AROUND AND HAD RATS AND CANS AND BOOKS AND OTHER STUFFS STUFFED IN HIS FOUR-DOLLAR-REN TED ROOM. . . .HEWAS EVERYMAN AND HE WAS ONE MAN !
A RARE POET WHO SAW FILM MADE ON HIS LIFE PLAYED BY MICKEY-ROURKE DURING HIS LIFETIME!!
HOW MANY WRITERS OR POETS COULD GET THAT THAT HIS/HER BIOPIC MADE DURING HIS LIFE TIME!
CHARLES BUKOWSKI WAS A GENIUS!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHARLES BUKOWSKI !

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
+91 9334411390.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY , CHARLES BUKOWSKI, THE AMERICAN POET,NOVELIST AND ICON !

“ There’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out
but I’m too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I’m not going to let anybody see you. ”
— Charles Bukowski.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TODAY MARKS THE BIRTH-ANNIVERSA RY OF 'CHARLES BUKOWSKI' ,THE AMERICAN POET AND ESSAYIST.
BUKOWSKI WAS MORE A LOS-ANGELES' CELEBRITY WHO DRANK WINE ROUND THE CLOCK ALONG WITH THE OTHER ROUTINE ANIMAL NEEDS HE USED TO WRITE POEMS THAT WERE UNUSUAL AND STRANGE AND YOU WOULD THINK EH! BUKOWSKI NEEDS AN EDITOR AND A GARBAGE-CAN. . . . .BUT, LOL!! THEN YOU WOULD GET STRUCK WITH SOMETHING AND YOUWOULD BECOME A BUKOWSKI -FAN FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL !
THAT WAS AND THAT IS CHARLES BUKOWSKI !
A CRAZY MAN, A CRAZY POET , A DRUNKEN MAN WHO WILL MAKE YOU DRUNK THROUGH HIS POEMS!
A SPOILT YOUNG BRAT WHO DRANKAND STARVED AND SLEPT ON PARK-BENCHES AND SLEPT UNDER THE SHEETS OF CHEAP WHORES AND LOITERED ALL AROUND AND HAD RATS AND CANS AND BOOKS AND OTHER STUFFS STUFFED IN HIS FOUR-DOLLAR-REN TED ROOM. . . .HEWAS EVERYMAN AND HE WAS ONE MAN !
A RARE POET WHO SAW FILM MADE ON HIS LIFE PLAYED BY MICKEY-ROURKE DURING HIS LIFETIME!!
HOW MANY WRITERS OR POETS COULD GET THAT THAT HIS/HER BIOPIC MADE DURING HIS LIFE TIME!
CHARLES BUKOWSKI WAS A GENIUS!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHARLES BUKOWSKI !

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
+91 9334411390.

Tuesday 7 August 2012

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALFRED LORD TENNYSON,THE VICTORIAN POET !

LORD ALFRED TENNYSON,THE FAMOUS VICTORIAN POET AND POET-LAUREATE,ENGLAND, WAS BORN THIS DAY, AUGUST '6 , 1809 IN SOMERSBY,LINCOLNSHIRE,ENGLAND !

KNOWN FOR THE MUSICALITY OF HIS POEMS,TENNYSON WROTE SOME OF THE BEST LYRICAL POEMS IN ENGLISH AND KNOWN AS THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE POET OF THE VICTORIAN ERA.

'ULYSSES' , 'IN MEMORIAN' , 'IDYLLS OF THE KING' , 'THE LOTOS-EATERS' . . . .et.al ARE SOME OF HIS SIGNATURE PIECES OF POETRY .

MANY OF HIS POETIC LINES ARE VERY MUCH QUOTED OFTEN AS THEY CONTAIN A GREAT TREASURE OF INSPIRATIONS FOR ALL.

THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE IN LONDON-2012 HAS MANY QUOTES OF TENNYSON ENGRAVED !

HE SUCCEEDED WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AS THE POET-LAUREATE OF BRITAIN IN 1850 WHEN WORDSWORTH HAD DIED.
TENNYSON REMAINED THE POET-LAUREATE FOR 42 YEARS.

ALONG WITH QUEEN VICTORIA AND THE PRIMIER, GLADSTONE ,TENNYSON HAPPENED ONE OF THE THREE MOST POPULAR PERSON IN BRITAIN.

HIS POEMS ARE SELECTIVELY SOUND-BASED AND IT IS OFTEN SAID THAT TENNYSON WAS THE GREATEST LYRICAL POET IN ENGLISH !

HIS POEMS ARE SORT OF A BRIDGE BETWEEN FAITH AND REASON.HE WITHELD THE DEVASTATING IMPACT CREATED AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF CHARLES DARWIN'S 'THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. . . .' !

HE WAS A POET OF CLASSICAL PERFECTION COUPLED WITH ROMANTIC SENSIBILITY.AND,THAT WAS A RARE QUALITY ,RATHER FEAT TO BE ACHIEVED !

A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TENNYSON !


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
91 9334411390.
http://facebook.com/MJ1982M
http://twitter.com/MJ1982M
http://MJ1982M.WORDPRESS.COM