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

“it's so easy to be a poet”

“we must bring”

“that your power of command”

“Love is a form of prejudice. You love what you need, you love what makes you feel good, you love what is convenient. How can you say you love one person when there are ten thousand people in the world that you would love more if you ever met them? But you'll never meet them. All right, so we do the best we can. Granted. But we must still realize that love is just the result of a chance encounter. Most people make too much of it. On these grounds a good fuck is not to be entirely scorned. But that's the result of a chance meeting too. You're damned right. Drink up. We'll have another.”

“having nothing to struggle”

“shot in the eye”

“Wanderer, your footsteps are the road, and nothing more; wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking. By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind one sees the path that never will be trod again. Wanderer, there is no road-- Only wakes upon the sea.”

“The rain to the wind said,”

“The one that burned the hottest is the first to die.”

“I love to feel the temperature drop and the wind increase just before a thunderstorm. Then I climb in bed with the thunder.”

“July 4th fireworks exhale over the Hudson sadly.”

“Many women are singing together of this:”