San Francisco, CA: Second Coming Press, 1984. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. (Debritto, C121, p. 325). “The poems and prose appearing in this anthology are of the widest range possible, coming from every conceivable school of thought: academic, street poet, beat generation, post-beat generation and post-modern. The work spans ten years of poetry and prose that appeared earlier in Second Coming magazine and in books published by Second Coming Press..... More

Long Beach, CA, USA: Pearl Editions, 2006. First Edition. “For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Peggor Press, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. "one of the most fortunate things | to have happened to me | was to have a cruel and sadistic | father | after him | the worst thing that the Fates | have thrown upon me | have hardly seemed terrible..." (excerpt from Bukowski poem "Dear Old Dad" pg. 34) Started in 1980 by New Yorker and co-author of..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Poetry/LA, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. “there is a place in the heart that / will never be filled // a space // and even during the / best moments / and / the greatest of / times // we will know it // we will know it / more than / ever // there is a place in the heart that / will never be filled //..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Peggor Press, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. " I sit here | drunk now | listening to | same symphonies | that gave me | the luck to go on | when I was 22 | 40 years later | they and I are not as | magic..." (excerpt from Bukowski poem "Grip the Light" pg. 53) Started in 1980 by New Yorker and co-author of millenial..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Poetry/LA, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. "drunk and stale at this typer, I have the door open to this | little balcony and there is a roar in the sky, Bruckner on | the radio and then some rain comes in glorious mad sheets; | it is so good that the world cuts loose this way when | I am drunk and stale at this typer..."..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Poetry/LA, 1989. First Printing. Softcover. "when it gets at its worst, there is nothing to be/ done, it's almost to laugh, putting your clothes/ on again, going out, seeing faces, machines,/ streets, buildings, the unfurling of the/ world.// I act out motions, exchange monies, answer/ questions, ask few, as the hours toil on,/ following me, they are not always constantly/ terrible- at times I am stricken with..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Peggor Press, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. "I don't want anybody | saying about | me: | "he was really a | good guy, after | all..." | some | jackass | making some | decision upon my | mortality. | rather than the jackass... " (excerpt from Bukowski poem "No Eulogy" pg. 8) Started in 1980 by New Yorker and co-author of millenial favorite children's book..... More

Stockton, CA, USA: Wormwood Books and Magazines, 1991. Limited First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Presented here is volume 31, number 4, issue 124 of the Wormwood Review edited by Marvin Malone. This issue features contributions from both literary legends and underground poets making for a rather interesting and incredible collection. Among these contributions are: a collection of poems from Paul Agostino, this entry marking his first contribution to Wormwood; the poems..... More

Stockton, CA, USA: Wormwood Books and Magazines, 1994. First Edition. Presented here is volume 34, number 4, issue 136 of the Wormwood Review edited by Marvin Malone. This issue features a special section highlighting the American poet Fred Voss (b. 1952) and contributions from both literary legends and underground poets making for a rather interesting and incredible collection. Among these contributions are: a collection of micro-poems by Australian poet Peter..... More

Stockton, CA, USA: The Wormwood Review, 1995. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed & signed by Billy Jones. "flailing away at infinity/ the tiny winged night bug/ on its back/ under the desk lamp/ kicks and struggles with/ thread legs/ under the heat of the/ light/ as in the corner of the/ room/ my fat yellow cat/ lifts his left leg/ high/ and licks his precious/ parts/ as in the harbor..... More

Stockton, CA, USA: The Wormwood Review, 1988. Limited First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Presented here is the 112th installment of The Wormwood Review, the legendary literary journal edited by Marvine Malone (1930-1996). This issue features some really tasty contributors—the highlight being Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) with his poems “A Sad Poem” and “Good Morning, How Are You?”. Another highlight is Peter Morris’ “Pirates Cry” which is a piece consisting of five poems..... More

Stockton, CA: Wormwood Books and Magazines, 1994. Limited First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This later number of the legendary literary journal edited by the late Marvin Malone features three poems by Charles Bukowski (1920-1994), the great American cult favorite poet-denizen of the dive bar & the racetrack: "The High School Girls (1984)," "Who's Who in America: 1984-1985, Forty-Third Edition (1985)" & "Feeling Fairly Good Tonight (1985)." (pgs. 45-47). Debritto, B1756, pg..... More