Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski
Henry Charles Bukowskiwas an American poet, novelist, and short story writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth16 August 1920
CityAndernach, Germany
CountryUnited States of America
order knives honey
It’s the order of things: each one gets a taste of honey then the knife.
reality love-is fog
Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.
alive pay back-to-work
They never pay the slaves enough so they can get free, just enough so they can stay alive and come back to work.
bursting bursting-out spite
If it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it.
drinking jail bail
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
sometimes loneliness-and-solitude felt
being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
long-ago world alleys
I was beaten down long ago in some alley in another world.
sunset tired people
the tired sunsets and the tired people - it takes a lifetime to die and no time at all.
new-year years new-years-eve
New Year's Eve always terrifies me.
beautiful solitude earth
they simply never understand, do they, that sometimes solitude is one of the most beautiful things on earth?
trust order differences
The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.
poetry-is happens
Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.
writing trying
not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse.
beautiful lying people
So, that’s what they wanted: lies. Beautiful lies. That’s what they needed. People were fools. It was going to be easy for me.