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Charles Bukowski

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Henry Charles Bukowski was a German-American poet, novelist and short story writer.

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Top 5 Poems

1	The Most Beautiful Woman In Town
2	Let It Enfold You
3	What Can We Do?
4	A Man
5	Love and Fame and Death

All Poems

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16-bit Intel 8088 chip

A Challenge To The Dark

A Radio With Guts

Alone With Everybody

An Almost Made Up Poem

And The Moon And The Stars And The World

Are You Drinking?

As The Poems Go

Be Angry At San Pedro

Big Night On The Town

Cause And Effect

Consummation Of Grief

Cows In Art Class

Cut While Shaving

Death Wants More Death

Eat Your Heart Out

Eulogy To A Hell Of A Dame

For Jane: With All The Love I Had Which Was Not Enough

Friends Within The Darkness

Girl In A Miniskirt Reading The Bible Outside My Window

His Wife The Painter

Hooray Say The Roses

How Is Your Heart?

I Made A Mistake

Jane Icin (For Jane - In Turkish)

Let It Enfold You

Like A Flower In The Rain

Love and Fame and Death

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Articles

Articles about Charles Bukowski or articles that mention Charles Bukowski.

The Poet's Dram: Whiskey and the Language of the Soul

Famous Poets Born Under Each Sign

On Writing and Poetry: Harry Calhoun in Conversation

Quotes

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Quote Left Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.
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Quote Left You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.
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Quote Left Politics is like trying to screw a cat in the ass.
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Quote Left An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.
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Quote Left I was no petty thief, I wanted the world or nothing.
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