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

“there's no clarity.”

““Style is the answer to everything.”

“there are so many days”

“that your power of command”

“there is a place in the heart that”

“I wait on my fix:”

“why be bothered with other people's set-ups? it only leads to torture.”

“Minutes, foolish mortal, are the base mineral”

“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,”

“And the Spring arose on the garden fair,”

“How does a poet know when a poem is ended? Because it lies flat, taut; nothing can be added or subtracted. How does a woman know when a marriage is over? Because of the way her life suddenly shears off in just two directions: past and future.”

“Now begins to rise in me the familiar rhythm; words that have lain dormant now lift, now toss their crests, and fall and rise, and falls again. I am a poet, yes. Surely I am a great poet.”