Top 10 Drunk American Writers

JOhn - 2008-01-07 23:44:56
I'm sorry. Buk should be #1 or #2. git drunk!!!

Dean Z - 2008-01-07 23:46:06
What-- only 10?

Doctorbaronking - 2008-01-08 02:14:58
Are you fucking kidding me? Where the hell is Hunter Thompson???

Tapiwa - 2008-01-08 02:29:10
I drink to make other people seem more interesting. -- George Jean Nathan

Degriz - 2008-01-08 05:06:11
So wheres Thompson? "A man makes a beast of himself to free himself from the pain of being a man"

Zac - 2008-01-08 05:20:20
What about Hemmingway?

Jimbob - 2008-01-08 06:45:34
Hemmingway is at number 1. You drunk.

AJ - 2008-01-08 06:49:51
i am sorry but this list is definately incomplete without hunter s thompson in the no. 1 place

Gonzo for ever. - 2008-01-08 07:07:51
Come on, you have left out one of the most alcohol ridden writers of our generation. The Great Shark Hunt, Hells Angels, so many columns for Rolling Stone. Poetry, prose, madness, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. We are talking Hunter S Thompson.

Sparky - 2008-01-08 08:03:48
C'mon. Eugene O'Neill

god's own drunk - 2008-01-08 08:16:35
This is a decent start but I would also add Raymond Carver, Sinclair Lewis, Truman Capote, Stephen Crane, Herman Melville and John Steinbeck. Hunter S. Thompson was a good drunk but so much more - the guy dabbled a little bit into everything! He's definitely in his own category!

beat beat beat - 2008-01-08 08:16:42
well considering edgar allan poe was the only one who died of alcohol poisoning in a gutter, he should be number one. kerouac and faulkner close behind.

Anonymous - 2008-01-08 08:23:21
WHERE THE HELL IS HUNTER THOMPSON???? WHO WROTE THIS LIST??????????? Honestly, hunter thompson goes under the first 3, for sure!!

Read Closer - 2008-01-08 08:24:31
"A man makes a beast of himself to free himself from the pain of being a man" That was Dr Samuel Johnson, not Hunter S.Thompson.

Gonzo - 2008-01-08 09:07:36
HST. ASAP.

DougM - 2008-01-08 09:12:08
Second the motion for Hunter Thompson. Don't forget Stephen King. He had it BAD (along with cocaine.) He doesn't remember writing Cujo. The Tommyknockers was about his drug habit, and The Shining was about his alcoholism.

Justsomeguy - 2008-01-08 09:42:19
Hunter S. Thompson is number 1 you idiots. Try reading.

Jim? - 2008-01-08 09:56:46
Where is Jim Morrison? He deserves the place on this list.

Bob - 2008-01-08 10:31:15
You got find room for John Cheever.

stampeedo - 2008-01-08 10:48:18
Jim Morrison shouldn't be anywhere on this list.

Anonymous - 2008-01-08 12:41:58
"Where is Jim Morrison? He deserves the place on this list." He's not on there because he can't write for shit.

The Dark Corridor - 2008-01-08 14:32:09
Actually, Beat, Poe died in a hospital in Baltimore. Kerouac however died on his couch of a stomach hemorrhage while having his first drink of the day and watching The Galloping Gourmet, one of this favorite TV programs.

Anonymous - 2008-01-08 15:29:22
what about Tennessee Williams?? Choked on a whiskey cap I do believe....?

Mike - 2008-01-08 15:35:02
Stop bitching about Hunter S. Thompson not being on the list, you people are obnoxious, just like Thompson, he wasn't a drunk he was a drug addict.

drunk drunk catholic - 2008-01-08 16:08:50
"A man makes a beast of himself to free himself from the pain of being a man" was Dr Jonhson.... Hunter S used it in Fear & Loathing in LV

Uhmmm - 2008-01-08 16:55:58
Where the heck is Dylan Thomas? Didn't the man die of alcohol poisoning in a Greenwich Village street?!

Johnny Scorpio - 2008-01-08 17:21:53
Jim Morrison should NOT be anywhere near this list, this is about writers, not wanky pretentious 'poetry' that could be tossed off by angsty adolescents. Your idolatory blinds you to his merit.

david - 2008-01-08 18:23:25
Tennessee Williams choked on a cap to a medicine bottle. And he was sober, blame child-proof packaging. He drank a lot, but was more of a pill-popper before his near-decade-long stint in a sanatorium.

ilovebonnie.net - 2008-01-08 19:18:09
Hunter S. wasn't so much of a drunk as he was a drug user. Not saying that's a bad thing, just trying to provide accurate information

salmon h peele - 2008-01-08 19:58:05
football in the groin! football in the groin! it works on so many levels!

boracho of limerick - 2008-01-08 20:49:07
You drunk! HST is tied at No. 1 with Hemingway. i don't see any reason why some here are whining on the choices. go make ur own list.

zevgoldman - 2008-01-08 21:43:34
Drinking didn't make one of these guys a better writer any more than drinking makes one a better driver. If anything the booze kept them from achieving their finest work. Imagine what that would have been like. Booze kills the creative creature before it kills the human creature.

jay - 2008-01-08 22:55:07
"Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough." — Mark Twain

Ali - 2008-01-08 23:42:08
To all of you who were outraged by the exclusion of Hunter Thompson, the first writer I thought of was the Good Doctor. I clicked the link specifically to make sure he was on the list. To whomever wrote this list...You're lucky that we Gonzo savages don't make an example of you! :-/

Ben - 2008-01-09 01:33:31
Actually, I believe Jim Morrison should be on this list. He may seem arrogant in all of poems but he is a great lyricist. His poems are crap, but they work as songs. His egotism if perfect for a Top Drunk. In his later life, I don't think he ever experienced a sober moment.

Crystal - 2008-01-09 01:45:21
No Richard Brautigan?

blitzi - 2008-01-09 10:21:50
James Joyce?

The Triguy - 2008-01-10 05:45:40
What, no women? There must be one or two who would feel right at home next to any one of these guys. Best line I heard which was turned into a bumber sticker: Get drunk and be somebody!

conor - 2008-01-10 07:26:27
Joyce was Irish. If you were to do an Irish list it would need to be a top 100.

Tom - 2008-01-10 08:18:53
Well... that was easy. Now, name ten writers who weren't drunks.

B-chill - 2008-01-10 12:27:21
Dr. Seuss?

Hunter - 2008-01-10 14:39:07
Where is Truman Capote?

earnest hemingway's typist - 2008-01-10 22:06:12
Crystal, thank you. Brautigan is my homey. He should be on every list.

Baboso - 2008-01-11 12:24:56
Why isn't Ron Paul on the list?! Cheated AGAIN! Goddamn Diebold conspirators.

Alley - 2008-01-11 13:05:16
I do believe Tennessee Williams should have made it - in addition to being epicly tormented, the man died swallowing a bottle he mistook for a pill, come on. What does a man have to do to be remembered

Tara - 2008-01-11 13:25:45
To all of you who didn't have the wherewithal to realize that Thompson is actually tied for first, I can almost guarantee that you haven't read any of his works. Even if you have, clearly you don't have the capacity to understand any of them. Without "Where the Buffalo Roam" and "Fear and Loathing ..." I'm sure you would have never even heard of him. Don't base your heroes on the fact that they glorify drugs. Pick up a book, losers.

Willy - 2008-01-11 18:50:25
Forget Thompson. What about Malcolm Lowry. Read "Under The Volcano".

Anonymous - 2008-01-12 10:55:00
um, so yeah . . . look closely, really closely . . . tap your left foot three times, flick your right ear lobe and read the full title of #2 to make HST MAGICALLY APPEAR!

Jacob Russell - 2008-01-14 15:12:17
Hey, gotta have at least ONE woman: Dorthy Parker!

Anonymous - 2008-01-14 16:42:48
I hate to be an awful pedant but a tied number 2 makes the next placing 4th.

Jack Tyler - 2008-01-14 17:53:40
Jesus! Hunter S. Thompson is on the list, for Chrissake. He tied for second with Ernest Fucking Hemingway. What are you, drunk?

lovejahlive - 2008-01-14 18:07:54
Jim Morrison: Why do I drink? so that I can write poetry. Sometimes when it's all spun out everything recedes into a deep sleep there is an awakening. All that remains is true. Forgive me Father for I know what I do. I want to hear the last poem of the last poet.

Susan - 2008-01-14 19:25:08
Definitely Hunter S. Thompson should be here.

Sam T - 2008-01-15 09:13:09
Many posters needed to look up the definition of American. A clue: Irish and Welsh and not subsets.

Freddy Lorca and the Crickets - 2008-01-16 13:01:17
I second Raymond Carver.

blc - 2008-01-18 13:31:59
Where's hunter thompson? I'm kidding, I'm kidding.

j.s.vink - 2008-01-19 09:41:49
ever heard of john cheever ? the sorows of gin pulitzer prize in 79

Harry. from Australia. - 2008-01-19 14:33:52
Face the truth, Hunter Thompson was a dirty little creep, a no-talent drug addicted con merchant who actually shot himself with young relatives in the next room. What a bloody hero!

Mike - 2008-01-19 23:57:06
"Face the truth, Hunter Thompson was a dirty little creep, a no-talent drug addicted con merchant who actually shot himself with young relatives in the next room. What a bloody hero!" Wow. Read a book. HST created a new kind of journalism.

jasmine - 2008-01-20 01:57:23
this is really nice article n great collection of writers' pictures thanx for sharing it jasmine

hodgey1972 - 2008-01-20 13:06:32
both the fante's loved a drink father and son amention for them too please

Ed - 2008-01-22 08:15:43
Dylan Thomas?? The an died after a reputed 18 glasses of whisky...

Chris - 2008-01-22 13:09:20
Great list!! As accompaniment, how 'bout the Top Ten Drinking and Driving Songs of All Time?

Its Me GLW - 2008-01-22 19:35:40
I was drinking my 3rd jim beam and diet coke when I read these quotes. Insight, yes.

Animus - 2008-01-23 09:39:36
I thought it was a pretty good list. Did the HST fans only look at the pics? Malcom Lowry would be a good addition except that he was Canadian. When you look at how young many of these writers were at death and consider that many had done their best work well before dying, it gives the impression that alcohol did little if anything positive for the writing. Crews is still alive and functioning because he quit drinking in '87

J- - 2008-01-23 13:05:42
The best English professor I ever had once said, 'American literature floats on whiskey.' I agree with him. What do all of our greatest writers have in common? They were all drunks. So to Zev, who said that the drinking inhibited them, I completely disagree. Go write something, then get drunk and start writing. That's when shit gets real. I mean, the editing process afterward should be done sober, but the I'm telling you, alcohol induces words.

MeOMy - 2008-01-25 00:25:55
Don't fret babies. If ya look a little closer, you all will see that Hunter S. Thompson is in the numer 2 spot.

Anonymous - 2008-01-25 11:45:34
Thompson is in the list you fuckin morons.

Fritz - 2008-01-26 16:31:32
I disagree with those who think these writers were great despite and not because of their drinking. Writing was the only option to save themselves from being complete and utter failures in life.

Olivia - 2008-01-28 09:39:55
"What, no women? There must be one or two who would feel right at home next to any one of these guys. Best line I heard which was turned into a bumber sticker: Get drunk and be somebody!" Um, hello? Dorothy Parker?

slinkybender - 2008-01-29 14:37:33
Hunter Thompson couldn't write for shit.

martinis2nite - 2008-01-30 09:34:35
Finally, someone realized Dotothy Parker belongs on the list, "O ne more drink and I'll be under the host"

kri - 2008-01-30 09:37:32
hell yeah Bukowski! Well deserving of No. 1 indeed.

RevDrDark - 2008-01-31 15:47:01
Dorothy Parker and Anne Sexton would have made nice additions. Poppa and Bukowski should have shared no. 1. HST didn't drink as much as them; he was more into the substances, although he loved Wild Turkey and Heineken. The list is too America-centric, and all white men. Expand your focus!

compabutch - 2008-02-01 02:56:50
Do quitters count? I think James Lee Burke did brilliant work in the early years, too bad he had to sober up and ruin a promising career. Yeah, and where the hell is Hunter Thompson on this list??? Not drunk enough for yah? Arrrrgh!

Vince Johnson - 2008-02-01 05:41:16
Drinking is how I get through the night. Time moves too slow when I'm sober. Time magically passes quickly when I'm drinking, and I can sleep, and wake up to a new existence and a new day and a new crossword puzzle. And a new pot of coffee.

scruffyboo - 2008-02-01 07:17:02
ok i agree with bukowski, but what about dan fante?

rummy - 2008-02-02 14:47:05
a 'toast' to all those who could not get an eyeshot of Hunter S. Thompson's name in the list.. way to go guys!!!!!

Jane - 2008-02-03 07:58:13
Of course there must be more than ten .... more like hundreds ... When is a person actually categorized as a, "Drunk ?"

mikeey "O" - 2008-02-05 11:48:45
the drink was my friend when my friends past out. passing out with a bottle is like a security blanket that just keeps your lips warm.

drink the line - 2008-02-06 13:25:20
dumb ass, Hunter tied for 2nd with Hemingway

Bukowski4President! - 2008-02-06 14:56:19
Bukowski, not only the biggest drunk on the list but the best writer too.

David Lawton - 2008-02-06 15:15:54
Chandler but not Hammett?

Xray Calibur - 2008-02-06 16:16:42
You will not find a lot of carefully crafted witticisms about the drinking life in the Norman Mailer internet archives. That is because he lived it everyday for nearly seven decades. NORMAN MAILER!

henryhunter - 2008-02-09 06:06:31
I didn't even have to get to the bottom to know Buk would be No1. Nobody comes close.

Anonymous - 2008-02-10 02:36:35
The number one man is a spot on the lung of writers. He writes like he knows what the fuck he's talking about when really he's shitting out everything to please those eager to read anything that seems out of the ordinary.

Anonymous - 2008-02-12 17:40:38
Hunter IS there, and so are half the writers you people were too eager to bitch about that you didn't even notice they were in front of your face. Nice job. Also, if this is a list of who was the best drunk and also an excellent writer, then this is in great order.

jim - 2008-02-13 16:44:54
Before any more dumbasses have a chance to say it, LOOK AT #2, TIED WITH HEMINGWAY! HUNTER EFFING THOMPSON! Either everyone else who posted is drunk off their own asses, or this is just a forum for idiots. #2. Hunter Thompson. Yes, he was a drunk. Yes, he was a writer. Yes, he made the list. IDIOTS!

George - 2008-02-29 23:19:34
You forgot Eugene O'Neill. But so does everybody else.

Karen - 2008-03-08 00:53:46
You cannot add Dylan Thomas because he's not American . . . . he's Irish. Now you should make a list of the Top 10 Drunk English/Irish Writers. If you do, please make sure you include Jean Rhys!

Pilgrim - 2008-03-12 20:59:38
Scareist part of this is reading the comments, even scarier if you think they read through the list before commenting. Agree that T Williams and D Thomas are missing. Carson McCullers could make an appearence. Maybe make each number a tie and get twenty into the top ten....

Tyler - 2008-03-18 04:40:32
You're all fucking idiots who say jim morrison shouldn't be on this list. Two things, Jim was a writer, who wrote poems, he wrote lyrics. He had a passion for what he did. What he wrote meant a lot to him. So anybody who doesn't appreciate his writing can fuck off, he probably didn't care about any of you either. Secondly, a quote from himself in his writings "Why do I drink? So I can write poetry." Whats the name of this group? Oh yeah its "Top 10 drunk american writers". You fucking fools. Any 'award' with the title "drunk" in it isn't even that good anyways. So don't say "jim morrison should be anywhere near this list". He was famous,a lot of people loved his work. He was american. And a lot of people appreciated what he did more then some people on this list. Your all assholes. goodbye

Alf - 2008-03-19 01:34:42
No, you pissant, "YOU"RE all assholes" I enjoyed the list, but the comments are gold.

Anonymous - 2008-03-20 15:07:30
Dylan Thomas was Welsh, moron.

Amasea - 2008-03-20 18:38:48
To the commenters below, and all those who follow, it appears that this list is changed in response to comments and requests. So stop (ironically, but repetitively) complaining that commenters must be drunk if they didn't notice their favorite was already on the list or is in an inappropriate spot on the list.

John - 2008-03-29 01:48:03
These comments are awesome. HAHA I love Jim morrison, he should be on list. I am drunk. which fitsts the list PEACE

Comichael - 2008-04-08 07:55:37
Richard Yates!!!!

MeMe - 2008-04-10 00:23:54
Hunter Thompson for SURE. I mean. . . come on.

superdude - 2008-04-17 23:07:52
Jim Morrison may have been a talented lyricist, but he also might have been a sociopath, so it's doubtful that anything aside from himself really meant a lot to him.

RodMunday - 2008-04-22 13:42:59
Wasn't Kerouac Canadian?

Dr. Robert - 2008-05-02 02:42:47
I am definitely in the Top 10 Drunk Canadian Writers http://visionsofcalgary.blogspot.com

Karen L. - 2008-05-15 10:06:23
If you really want the truth, trying reading the Big Book "Alcoholics Anonymous." by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith among others

pannonica - 2008-06-22 09:30:17
Tyler one day you will get past your dad's old records and realize that drunk washed up twats like Morrison don't give a fuck about people who like are dislike them. Go listen to the sprinklers outside or spin one of those Doors records. Who cares I'm a cunt? tout va bien lemon squeezers

Temperance - 2008-06-26 20:15:03
For those of you who can't read, you have no business commenting on who a top writer is. Hunter Thompson is at number 2 in a tie with Hemingway. Perhaps picture books are more your style.

James - 2008-06-27 10:26:53
This sucks, you left off Hunter. What are you smoking, idiots, you are not worth anything, and Hunter is downing a fifth and pissing of you. fools!!

w/n/h - 2008-07-14 14:30:15
William Styron, anybody? Truman Capote? Tennessee Williams? Be serious people, if a writer doesn't drink I'm not sure I'm all that interested in reading them. But kudos to Exley. I miss him most.

mike - 2008-08-13 17:19:27
Funny that so many comment writers here don't see the quote from Hunter Thompson. Was his quote added later -- like, after the comments? Or do they, like me, like to surf the net after they've been drinking for several hours.

Andii - 2008-09-23 00:42:18

Was it Oscar Wilde? "I like drinking. I find drinking alcohol produces all the effects fo drunkeness." or something a lot like that.

Doctor Modesto - 2008-10-31 23:27:12

The thing that most people may be unaware of when in comes the question of Jim Morrison's inclusion is that he didn't write any of the Door's hits. Many people would be surprised to note how many of their favorite Door's songs were written by Robbie Krieger. In fact, Krieger wrote their only #1 song, Light My Fire. Hardly anyone would have heard of the Doors or Jim Morrison if their reputation was based on Morrison's poetry and song writing ability.

kmaas - 2008-11-10 07:29:24

Hunter S Thompson is there among Hemingway

syd - 2008-11-16 09:17:20

jack kerouac should be, without doubt, closer to number 1.

dan - 2008-12-04 11:13:46

John Berryman?

in a pool of my own vomit - 2008-12-06 05:11:35

hey jack asses... hunter s thompson is # 2 with hemingway... i guess they got #1 right though

MBR 200 - 2008-12-11 10:00:58

Raymond Carver...... this list reads like a freshman year bookstore purchase

Ashley - 2009-01-29 15:27:15

shit im not on there....jk.............i drnk but im not an author....☺☺

Udo Bukowski - 2009-02-12 10:01:05

Where the hell are Charles Bukowski's main influences - John "Fellowship of the Grape" Fante and Henry Miller?

Harlan Quinn - 2009-02-18 02:29:50

I am baffled by all the people bitching about HST. He's clearly on the list. He's tied with someone else but on there nonetheless. Read the captions in addition to looking at the pictures! You'll find it very helpful in not looking like an idiot! Also...this is a list of drunk AMERICAN writers. No Dylan Thomas therefore, sorry. He was a great poet and a great drunk but, alas, not American. Having said all that: Hart Crane, John Berryman. Two that are also deserving of being on the list I'd say.

Robert digital - 2009-02-27 23:22:29

Wheres Norman Mailer at he's a drunk...

jane - 2009-03-16 15:14:21

okay, so Dylan Thomas was a poet, but he happens to be my favorite drunk death. it was at the White Horse Tavern in the village of new york city. his last words were, "I've had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that's the record . . ."

Ditolar - 2009-03-20 00:28:02

You fucking yanks! As dumb as calling yourself like the owner of 2 continents "America", (by the the way your fucking has no name), you worship drunk fucking bastard u ignorant fucks. Luv U

wilkes east - 2009-03-26 10:38:52

Hunter s. Thompson is # 2 with ERNEST HEMINGWAY, losers

Puddin' - 2009-04-05 11:25:12

As is Dorothy Parker. Like Hunter S. Thompson, her picture is not present, although her words are. It seems clear that many of the "readers" look at the pictures first, and sometimes last.

Lioness - 2009-04-05 11:34:30

To be perfectly fair, the people who put the "Top Ten" list together rounded up to an even dozen, so perhaps illiteracy, or at least innumeracy, is inherent in the premise.

Angie - 2009-06-04 15:08:04

Ha Buk should be 1-10!

Ix - 2009-06-19 23:06:42

I just wanted to throw another couple of names out there for your consideration. Thorne Smith is probably best known for the Topper series, but I think his best work is probably The Stray Lamb. He is said to have never written a word whilst sober. Li Bai or Li Po is considered to be one of the greatest Chinese poets in history. He was also said to have been an incredible drinker, and it is told that he died by drowning in a river while trying to embrace the reflection of the moon.

Carol - 2009-06-28 18:51:25

Add Chinese poet Li Po - not American, but a drunken poet.

Aaron - 2009-07-06 20:10:57

Fhck you guys! Where's Hunter S. Thompson!!!!!!!?

Houston-I-Have-A-Problem - 2009-07-24 20:57:25

Hunter S. Thompson (the good doctor) definately should have his own category at number 1 or at least top 5 on this list. And Jim Morrison was an amazing writer as well, unfortunately without not much printed work ignorant folk will always discredit him... "I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom... Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical." ~ Jim Morrison "I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments." ~ Jim Morrison

Justin - 2009-08-23 17:18:23

Jack London is #1. Because he was the first (except Poe. Where the hell is he? And Faulkner? And Steinbeck?) (...I'm writing my MA Thesis on American Alcoholic writers....)

[Editor's Note: Poe is listed at No. 4, Faulkner at No. 3 and Jack London, No. 6. We did not have room to include Steinbeck.]

tony - 2009-08-24 01:25:37

Jim Morrison should be number 1 on this list!

Lord Stradmor - 2009-09-30 10:33:17

Whither P J O'Rourke? "If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat - in other words, turn you into an adult." "The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to." "Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power."

juan estota - 2009-10-01 16:34:26

Dylan Thomas? Anne Sexton? Robert Lowell? James Baldwin?

JoshKarl - 2009-10-07 08:33:54

I'd have to push for Raymond Carver. Hospitalized something like five times in one year for his alcoholism. And is there a "top ten of the world" rather than "american" because Malcolm Lowry probably deserves top spot

Eggtooth - 2009-10-17 15:13:21

definitely Malcom Lowrey...(tho he's English)...he made a career of drunkenness....and "Under the Volcano" has some of the best "lost time" sequences in all of writing. Morrison wasn't a great poet...and "Gonzo" was a serious drunk...the pills were just garnish.

Carl Jacobsen - 2009-11-02 16:08:20

Sometimes I Do not understand you Americans? Jack London, one of your best world renown writers, You do not even seerm to know him -

Carl Jacobsen Norway - 2009-11-02 16:43:21

Nobody has mentioned Joseph Conrad - what is this?

noontide - 2009-11-14 03:18:00

Great list and comments. I am not sure where I would put Morrison on this list, but to all the people doubting him...suck it and learn to appreciate art. To Dr. Modesto who claims he did not write any of the hits...you are a fool. He wrote most of the songs. look no further to the first song on their first album "Break on Through" to the last song on the last "Riders on the Storm" I could name countless more. Now for two beautiful quotes from the man who seems to split people's opinions on his qualities as a poet: "Do you know we are being led to slaughters by placid admirals and that fat slow generals are getting obscene on young blood?" "Do you know how pale & wanton thrillful comes death on a stranger hour unannounced, unplanned for like a scaring over-friendly guest you've brought to bed Death makes angels of us all & gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as raven's claws No more money, no more fancy dress This other kingdom seems by far the best until its other jaw reveals incest & loose obedience to a vegetable law I will not go Prefer a feast of friends To the Giant family" Both of these are from his poem "An American Prayer" which can be found in the book American Night. It is different than the album An American Prayer. All right, that's enough. It's just frustrating when people doubt his talents. All right one more "Now is blessed the rest remembered"