Bukowski Contest

Several times, too many to count I was suffering or bored and pulled his books out. I'd open one up to a random page Begin to read and wave some green sage . His words would clear all of my pain Funny or wild and deeply insane . They had a way of making me smile Which no other anecdote worked meanwhile. In poetry classes that I took at night In Hollywood where the lights shown so bright. I used one of his poems as my homework The class would go crazy, acting bezerk. His simple everyday themes splashed on the page Easy to understand no matter your age. Told stories that could lull you to sleep When a period would end it was silent, no peep. So it's safe for me to say that Bukowski rocks! A modern day poet with outlandish plots Never a dull poem I've read I've always kept his books next to my bed. GENIUS