Poetry Quote by Charles Bukowski — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I do think that poetry is important though, if you don’t strive at it, if you don’t fill it full of stars and falseness.”

“it's so easy to be a poet”

“the gods seldom”

“People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.”

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”

“when we were kids”

“I'll Die For Your Sins If You Live For mine.”

“Sometimes a piece of the sun burned like a coin between my hands.”

“You do not have to be good.”

“I think we are in rats’ alley”

“Then all the charm”

“I see what I want of Love... I see horses making the meadow dance, fifty guitars sighing, and a swarm of bees suckling the wild berries, and I close my eyes until I see our shadow behind this dispossessed place...”