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Bluebird by Charles Bukowski

Release Date
Mon Aug 17 1992
Performed by
Charles Bukowski
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“Bluebird” is one of Bukowski’s best-known poems and came late in his life during a time of great reflection. It deals with one of deepest-rooted human emotions: vulnerability.

Bukowski typically dealt with “hyper-masculine” subject matter, but this poem suggests that, like most men, Bukowski also...

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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.
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he's
in there.

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
I say, I know that you're there,
so don't be
sad.
then I put him back,
but he's singing a little
in there, I haven't quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it's nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don't
weep, do
you?

Bluebird Q&A

Who wrote Bluebird's ?

Bluebird was written by Charles Bukowski.

When did Charles Bukowski release Bluebird?

Charles Bukowski released Bluebird on Mon Aug 17 1992.

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