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
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