Charles Bukowski (16 August 1920 – 9 March 1994 / Andernach)

You are in the mind of the man. You can't be disappointed or happy about what he says. You can accept it, or not accept it. Its a poem. Its a fleeting moment in time when he had those thoughts.

Quilter, white trash is NOT glamorous. Not only is your statement fetid classism, as Ms. Fantasy so accurately put it, but considered extremely offensive and racist in the South, if not all the US. And if we're going to be beyond anything, it should be making remarks such as the ones you just did.

La de da. Mr. Quilter's fetid classism is repulsive.

i think we should be way beyond any arguement that C.Bukowski was a moderate poet.He represented 'marginal' people in the California he knew, and probably a large chunk of the rest of the states.'White trash' as they are sometimes catorgorised and glamorised now. This is stunning, for all the reasons posters have mentioned before and because it means something.It's a real issue for hundreds of thousands maybe millions of people

Buk's got more than 'some issues', its the life that molded the clay into a great artist.

well i feel mad for this dude but its obvious he has some issues

On first glance Bukowski is a puzzle.Try and write like him though.His economy is awesome.Little words with short sentences that paint the whole picture? Very difficult.Zicky.

Interesting spin on the notion of nightly walks being good for the soul... the distant moon and stars contrasted with the hardness of the world in which we live.

I'm very late here. Doesn't Roehl's copy have an uncanny resemblence to a Jim Morrison 'poem? ' No offense, just an observation.

Except for the obvious typos of the person who posted this, this is one of the most remarkable poemettes I've ever read....and silly kids...funny that you'd rewrite a greats' work - but isn't his own work precisely what has made him great? ? ?