A lot of people don't understand the premise of this book. They want to know why there isn't any Bukowski in a book about Bukowski. Well, that's just it...it isn't about the legendary Bukowski, it's about the influence of Bukowski on a generation of writers who followed him into the trenches to write in their own particular style. Before Bukowski became the legendary Bukowski, when he was just another schmuck writing the not-so-great American novel, when he had a snowball's chance in hell of catching a break, he was like some of you; living with his dreams and enjoying the fruits of his...

The first of a two volume set of poetry by RD Armstrong, owner and operator of the Lummox Press, member of the American Small Press community and unofficial Poet Laurette of the L. A. Harbor. It contains 184 poems from a fifteen year period of Armstrong's writing, beginning with his years in San Pedro and Long Beach, two towns that border the L.A. Harbor. It is a working man's poetry collection.

This is the second volume of poetry written in the last 15 years by RD Armstrong. This volume covers the years 1999 to 2007.