Post by Will DockeryPost by Michael PendragonPost by Will DockeryThis seems to be the final on my poetry book cover, have a look and let me know what you think, G.J.D.
https://imgflip.com/memegenerator/198267128/Will-Dockery
It's not often that one sees a poetry collection with the poet's face on the cover
https://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/slaves2.jpg
When this book came out in 1972, Cohen was already successful as a folk-rock singer. As I've been trying to explain to you for the past couple of years, Cohen piggybacked his success as a singer-songwriter into a career as a poet.
His first collection, published long before his success, was limited to less than 400 copies and looked like this:
https://www.raptisrarebooks.com/product/let-us-compare-mythologies-leonard-cohen-first-edition-signed-rare/
Post by Will Dockeryhttps://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTkuSlMtB4VoABWt_D6TbtgrePn9FMdb4iFMDCFRaG9pTRNAOVWyA
The collection came out one year before Bukowski's death, and six years after "Barfly" made him a pop icon.
Bukowski's first collection looked quite different:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/608195825/flower-fist-and-bestial-wail-charles?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_ts1-a-books_movies_and_music-books-poetry_books&utm_custom1=d294c26e-410e-4440-ab26-18072148f704&utm_content=go_1844177498_71202066153_346363544769_pla-353214763819_c__608195825&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0YqLltnD5AIVk5OzCh0ruwNHEAQYAiABEgI1w_D_BwE
Post by Will Dockeryhttps://img.thriftbooks.com/api/images/l/0a17cb8e78c85cba7e2b447df9977e02e6623652.jpg
I can't find a copy of the original printing of "Pull My Daisy," but here's the first edition of his third collection (published almost a decade after "On the Road" when he was already a cultural icon in certain circles):
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scripture_of_the_Golden_Eternity
Like I said: photos on the cover are generally reserved for poets who have reached a level of success where their image has become iconic. Cohen, Bukowski and Kerouac were all at that level when the books you've linked were published.
You, otoh, are not. And you're opening yourself to (further) ridicule with that cover. Vanity, thy name is Dockery!