Yes, I admit, my work is never posh
I don't like fancy poetry
I don’t need a vocabulary of big words
sending my reader to a dictionary isn’t my style
I prefer to make them cringe and blush
that is where the richness truly comes from right?
pure honesty of who and what I just fucked
prostitutes and dogs galore
even one poem that gets the reader thinking
thinking about the magnificent imagery
and emotion from each unpoised line
waiting anxiously for the next
and in some rare cases
when my reader even becomes envious?
because isn’t that's what poetry means?
and finally… the last line
that always gives me the satisfaction of impact
Bukowski admitted his very best friends
and finest company were Bach and Mozart
and the true reason he loved them
was because they were already dead
so maybe, just maybe, right now
they are all somewhere
composing a masterpiece…
whilst I the muse, am living very happily in limbo?
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Teddy.15 (
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I did not know Bukowski, until I read this poem, and thought it only right that I should, before I commented. So I went to You Tube, found the man, and watched the interviews and his poetry readings. Raw, merciless in many ways, unencumbered by any norms, Lenny Bruce came to mind so strongly. We need the Bukowski's to keep us real, grounded in what life really is, one who has no fear and often no filter, to speak the truth especially to those who don't want to hear it. A wonderfully inspired write dear friend, thank you once again for introducing me to something, somenone, so extraordinary!
How truly wonderful to hear this my dear Bella, he is definitely one to read I admire so many things about his work. Thank you so much my dear Bella. 🤗
Much like that of one of my favs, Jack Kerouac. Well penned Dea👍r Poet.
Dear A.P thank you so much my friend, even using one foul words sends me into embarrassment mode when I write but I am always mesmerized by Bukowski he just has that wonderful way of making the reader see and feel. 🤗
I think I remember you mentioning him before. I'll have to take a look at his work. Hope your weekend is joyful. 😊👍
That muse is within us all Teddy, sometimes it cannot find us though.
Andy
Dear Andy very well said, I wish I could have an explosive courage to write like he did. Obviously he had a very colourful life but still as you say it's probably within us all. 🤗 Thank you dear friend.
with this, or to be even more precise, with these words, you have reached some kind of poetic zenith .. inchiostro sorprendente ma'am ..
Neville
Oh Nev, grazie di cuore 💓
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