It's here! Browse the 2024 Penguin Christmas gift guide
New Poems Book Three

New Poems Book Three

Summary

Charles Bukowski was one of America's best-known writers and one of its most influential and imitated poets. Although he published over 45 books of poetry, hundreds of his poems were kept by him and his publisher for posthumous publication, This is the first collection of these unique poems, which Bukowski considered to be among his best work.

Reviews

  • Wordsworth, Whitman, William Carlos Williams and The Beats in their Respective generations moved poetry toward a more natural language. Buckowski moved it a little farther.
    Los Angeles Times Book Review

About the author

Charles Bukowski

Learn More

Sign up to the Penguin Newsletter

For the latest books, recommendations, author interviews and more