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
waiting shadow hell
I tell you such fine music waits in the shadows of hell.
dog love-is hell
Love is a Dog from Hell.
people burning hell
I am not like other people. I am burning in hell. The hell of myself.
literature life-is hell
Without literature, life is hell.
hell things-to-do ifs
The wisest thing to do if you’re living in hell is to make yourself comfortable.
men envy hell
Never envy a man his lady. Behind it all lays a living hell.
hell bother
Those who escape hell however never talk about it and nothing much bothers them after that
sometimes hell goodness
Goodness can be found sometimes in the middle of hell.
baby pockets hello
I carry death in my left pocket. Sometimes I take it out and talk to it: "Hello, baby, how you doing? When you coming for me? I'll be ready.
years ends middle
from the beginning, through the middle years and up to the end: too bad, too bad, too bad.
beautiful crazy mean
Oh, I don’t mean you’re handsome, not the way people think of handsome. Your face seems kind. But your eyes - they’re beautiful. They’re wild, crazy, like some animal peering out of a forest on fire.
kindness world gone
The world had somehow gone too far, and spontaneous kindness could never be so easy.
taken wine air
the last cigarettes are smoked, the loaves are sliced, and lest this be taken for wry sorrow, drown the spider in wine. you are much more than simply dead: I am a dish for your ashes, I am a fist for your vanished air. the most terrible thing about life is finding it gone.
nice book rose
There's nothing like privacy. You know, I like people. It's nice that they might like my books and all that...but I'm not the book, see? I'm the guy who wrote it, but I don't want them to come up and throw roses on me or anything. I want them to let me breathe.