Some moments are nice, some arenicer, some are even worthwritingabout.
bukowski moments nice poetry tso-love war-all-the-time writing
Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.
poetry
When I am feelinglowall i have to do iswatch my catsand mycouragereturns
cats courage pets poem poetry
If I bet on humanity, I'd never cash a ticket.
charles-bukowski humanity poetry
Most people are much better at saying things in letters than in conversation, and some people can write artistic, inventive letters, but when they try a poem or story or novel they become pretentious.
conversation poetry writing
Where some god pissed a rain of reason to make things grow only to die
bukowski poetry
That your power of commandwith simple language wasone of the magnificent things ofour century.(from the poem: result)
bukowski command language poetry power speech war-all-the-time
The place trembled with sound. I didn't need to do anything. They would do it all. But you had to be careful. Drunk as they were they could immediately detect any false gesture, any false word. You could never underestimate an audience. They had paid to get in; they had paid for drinks; they intended to get something and if you didn't give it to them they'd run you right into the ocean.
performance poetry reading
Jag föddes för att kränga rosor på de dödas avenyer
Crawled like a blind slug into the web
There are so many dayswhen living stops and pulls up and sitsand waits like a train on the rails.
charles-bukowski layover life living poetry
Some men neverdieand some men neverlivebut we're all alivetonight.
death life poetry
The impossibility of being humanall too humanthis breathingin and outout and inthese punksthese cowardsthese championsthese mad dogs of glorymoving this little bit of light towardusimpossibly.
human-nature poetry
Some men neverdieand some men never livebut we're all alive tonight.
To create art means to be crazy aloneforever.
bukowski bukowskisism poetry