Melancholia by Charles Bukowski

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2 жыл бұрын

Music: Ariana by Tony Anderson
Speaker: Tom O' Bedlam (SpokenVerse)
Full poem:
the history of melancholia
includes all of us.
me, I writhe in dirty sheets
while staring at blue walls
and nothing.
I have gotten so used to melancholia
that
I greet it like an old
friend.
I will now do 15 minutes of grieving
for the lost redhead,
I tell the gods.
I do it and feel quite bad
quite sad,
then I rise
CLEANSED
even though nothing
is solved.
that's what I get for kicking
religion in the ass.
I should have kicked the redhead
in the ass
where her brains and her bread and
butter are
at ...
but, no, I've felt sad
about everything:
the lost redhead was just another
smash in a lifelong
loss ...
I listen to drums on the radio now
and grin.
there is something wrong with me
besides
melancholia.
Video: All royalty free from from pixabay.com
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Пікірлер: 95

@josteinlobos694 2 жыл бұрын

It makes me so sad because he truly loved that red head there’s so many poems about her

@tonywalton1052 2 жыл бұрын

Cupcakes was more an object of lust.

@TtotheCizzel 2 жыл бұрын

It makes me happy that he could love so much

@Ritwika-Saha 2 жыл бұрын

@@TtotheCizzel what a beautiful perspective!!

@cassiuscal Жыл бұрын

@betty. Yeah

@josiah9559 3 ай бұрын

Charles Bukowski and Charlie Brown are the same person

@MrFree2nest 3 ай бұрын

"Me, i writhe in dirty sheets". This line reminds me of my friend's husband who is now bed-ridden with cancer. Happy he was when his son who works abroad sent him some cash to spend for his medical check-up. He squandered the hard-earned cash with his girlfriend instead. When the moment of truth finally arrived he was dumbstruck to learn that he has cancer in his prostate. I could just imagine how regretful he must have felt at being stupid.

@jonathanzuniga3681 2 жыл бұрын

I loved my redhead as well. Gone is she now, to a former lover. Well, current lover better said. I thought we were writing a book together, but I was just a bookmark.

@arjunkannambath7328 2 жыл бұрын

u r a Bukowski urself (sort of...)

@whemohguy7020 2 жыл бұрын

I felt that...

@AustinMorganDa_paperboy Жыл бұрын

@@arjunkannambath7328 Chuck would have killed himself before posting this

@markheim6731 Жыл бұрын

Very well put. I am in the same way...

@lindboknifeandtool Жыл бұрын

You have your own fuckin book, hers sounds lame and boring without you.

@creativitylive 2 ай бұрын

Poetry can love, hate, heal and destroy, hurt and rejoice and always does it beautifully

@rocbronson Жыл бұрын

Charles Bukowski existence was needed in every era! Couple his words with the voice of O'Bedlam, you have intoxicating art! This is one of the greatest thing I've ever heard. 🙌🏾

@dritanvarfi5274 7 ай бұрын

Indeed man indeed. Truly can't get any better than this.

@JoaoPedro-le8ib 2 жыл бұрын

It's quite interesting how people get used to melancholic/depressive phases, it's a mix of feelings. Sometimes it feel that melancholia is indeed a friend, but not in a usual good relationship, it's the one that destroys your routine and habits and turns it into a frenzy spiral, yet you can't get away from this toxic dear friend.

@schechter01 Жыл бұрын

Melancholia is the friend who substitutes for an enemy.

@crystaljumi 2 жыл бұрын

The music fits 🥺

@endoneswa 2 жыл бұрын

This is David Attenboroughs voice at 1 in the morning.

@alfonsinavidela5706 2 жыл бұрын

Aca tmb

@no_one_worth_knowing 2 жыл бұрын

Even better, it's Tom O'Bedlam's voice at every hour of everyday

@aasaestetich4192 2 жыл бұрын

Here's 2 am :)

@shcxatter2 Жыл бұрын

Melancholia is the feeling you get when you become inoxicated on your own view of the world. Next time remeber how freeing it is to be yourself.

@AniketSingh-hr8mi 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of the poems of all time

@carlpedro8427 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it certainly is one of them.

@ahmadkhan3134 Жыл бұрын

I find it funny how meloncholy has also had my back. Its the one thing I can count on when everything seems out of reach

@brucewayne7476 5 ай бұрын

since I was little, I dream of a redhead woman, and since I was a kid I always feel sad and melancholia. like a weight in my chest. always there. I had this redhead woman in my life, it was like christine hendrics but smaller and with green eyes, the most beutifull girl I ever seen. but with so much troubles in mind, suicidal, depression, pills, and other stuff. it was my goddess , my queen, in general. I try to help but she just gone, throw me away . she is alive but not with me. and again , alone again, in the same room , but now with the memories , the bittersweet memories. of the lost readhead, and laugh at this, bukowski was another companion in my life, is like is redacting my toughts again and again.

@jamiepoems Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom your voice is made for poetry and for the stars of old-time poets.

@christopherramos5690 2 жыл бұрын

The music is cheerfull while the poem is melancholic.......

@christopherramos5690 2 жыл бұрын

A bit bipolar 😄

@arafrahman8363 2 жыл бұрын

Another masterpiece of Bukowski 👌👌

@josuemazariegos3895 2 жыл бұрын

Everything I've heard so far from him are masterpieces

@arafrahman8363 2 жыл бұрын

@@josuemazariegos3895 yeah.. Indeed

@rauldiaz2518 2 жыл бұрын

A gem

@paulamitchell1653 Жыл бұрын

IDK why I love Mr. Bukowski poems maybe it’s that shot of peppermint oil or wasba paste that opens my senses… hahahaha… I feel; it’s the universalness of ppl he is referring to…”there is something wrong with me”… bc stars can fall from dark skies!🎉 An excellent poet…

@emmakrumm6399 2 жыл бұрын

I will do fiveteen minutes of grieving for the lost redhead. I have been doing one minute of grieving, one per minute. For four months. My soul is bruised and bitten from it, and I so much try not to go back. I feel close to my redhead when I am in pain.

@emmakrumm6399 2 жыл бұрын

Six months and one day without her now. I didn't go back, but I'm yearning for it often enough. It never gets better, but it will get easier. Take care.

@TtotheCizzel 2 жыл бұрын

@@emmakrumm6399 turn up the drums

@lonewolf33945 2 жыл бұрын

One day you will wakeup and you won't feel the same

@emmakrumm6399 2 жыл бұрын

@@lonewolf33945 In what way do you mean that?

@yinyang8997 Жыл бұрын

@@emmakrumm6399 u will heale like nothing happen trust me.

@demonview6075 2 жыл бұрын

It’s like this music was made for this poem - great job 👍

@MissMcGuire Жыл бұрын

Your focusing on loss is perfect proof that it is not really loss that brings you grief but that you are nurturing a sense of nostalgia. And that is very poetic of you, in and of itself.

@Heybuddy1234 Жыл бұрын

Relax

@MissMcGuire Жыл бұрын

@@Heybuddy1234 Grind and shut up.

@sabishiikarasu4158 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🖤

@balugabalugaan4822 11 ай бұрын

thansk for reminding me of tony anderson

@brandonvilovski6889 2 жыл бұрын

Shall it be true ? is her a goddess or just another picture of too many , perhaps a goddess that we only hope for .

@VenerateMe 2 жыл бұрын

Keep it up!

@johncogs8717 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers man, will do!

@Crazicus_Cappicus 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting choice of words… But still beautiful

@jaredbond7908 2 жыл бұрын

I just wish I had young love. And then I would have never felt a day of depression in my life.

@mariamelkholy8567 2 жыл бұрын

This poem seems more random than most his poems, but also more pretty. I guess that’s what melancholia is.

@christopherramos5690 2 жыл бұрын

He suffered from bipolar

@schechter01 Жыл бұрын

Melancholia can manifest in a few different ways, but "pretty" is not a suitable adjective for any of them.

@Skanda1111 8 ай бұрын

If you aren't the purpose of someones life you are nothing but a pit-stop. And pit stops never last more than a few seconds.

@DGoalvideogameO_o 6 ай бұрын

😊

@tonywalton1052 2 жыл бұрын

Pamela Wood, cheers to you girl

@AniketSingh-hr8mi 2 жыл бұрын

who?

@mic4902 Жыл бұрын

If I never see you again, I will always carry you, JYA/M.

@malissahyatt2425 7 ай бұрын

Little redheaded girl.

@r.a.8861 2 жыл бұрын

bread and butter

@johncogs8717 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers man, I can't say words are my greatest skill and there's probably a mistake in every video. Think of them as easter eggs hahah!

@TtotheCizzel 2 жыл бұрын

There is something wrong with me besides melancholia

@rohan23k 2 жыл бұрын

Music choices are personal but next time you can try this piece for Bukowski's or any sober poems : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iZOIoJqknsurqIk.html

@raviolibackstab6165 2 жыл бұрын

fucking incredible piece

@johncogs8717 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, I used this for the next video!

@aedleathers 2 жыл бұрын

where her bread and butter are at...not brain and butter

@johnytsunami7983 Жыл бұрын

2:02 "bread and butter" *

@kevint.8553 7 ай бұрын

Are these available without music?

@davidammann7814 Жыл бұрын

Melancholy head like a melon face like a collie

@batiachazon5245 2 жыл бұрын

My heart tells me to ✝️ cross.the jews leading with you heart by Barbara Streisand love is always right you so right by frank sintra

@toddjohnson271 2 жыл бұрын

Life is nothing but mostly suffering and pain....but I wouldn't miss the good things for the world. Thunderstorms, blizzards, break ups, betrayals, christmas presents, great food, sun rises, and music. Quit whining, and get busy living.

@Sirius263 Жыл бұрын

"Did you know a poet can die of a lack of exposure? It comes with a WARNING: POETRY KILLS" Copyright SIRIUS

@mxtthxw511 2 жыл бұрын

Can someone explain what or who the redhead represents?

@jaydenhurley4516 2 жыл бұрын

A girl, a "lady of the night" really. Although I asumme the relationship was more complex than that. He wrote a book called "Girls" in which he speaks about them.

@fezs9027 2 жыл бұрын

Some slag

@tonywalton1052 2 жыл бұрын

Pamela Wood ("Cupcakes") his girlfriend at that time 1976-1977

@CartalucciCritic 2 жыл бұрын

The music is not right

@mabelgalloza3515 2 жыл бұрын

MELANCHOLIA ,a long word,full of sorrows and sadness. Who has not felt it??? I look at the blue, the warm sun but melancholia still follows me. When it rains I pray to God to wash away my unwanted guest! Besides melancholia there is something else wrong with me. Is it the curse for marry a priest??? No it can not be God knows I did not ptesure thee! What is it ,what can it be??? I am lost can you find me!!! Take me home where I should be!!! Ifeel I do not belong with the place,timing ,and can not breathe,save me please!!!! Meancholia my unwanted guest that haunts me .😔😥👼🙏