What Matters Most is How Well You | 
pickThere is very little left original to say about Charles Bukowski.
The very essence of his poetry derives from his aims at chronicling nothing more than the impulse to make poetry. It‘s gestation made visible, the often awkward attempt to have something exist and exist uniquely.
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pickI‘ve always felt the line between sanity and madness was thinner than most would admit. More fragile than we can grasp. I loved this poem because it gave voice to that thought. #poetry #poetrymetters
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pickBook review for What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire by Charles Bukowski
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I will remember the kisses
...
and how you gave me
everything you had
and how I
offered you what was left of
me,
and I will remember your small room
the feel of you
the light in the window
your records
your books
our morning coffee
our noons our nights
our bodies spilled together
sleeping
the tiny flowing currents
immediate and forever
your leg my leg
your arm my arm
your smile and the warmth
of you
who made me laugh
again.
The area dividing the brain and the soul
is affected in many ways by
experience —
some lose all mind and become soul:
insane.
some lose all soul and become mind:
intellectual.
some lose both and become:
accepted.
Too often the people complain that they have done nothing with their lives and then they wait for somebody to tell them that this isn't so.
Things get bad for all of us, almost continually, and what we do under the constant stress reveals who/what we are.
pickRaw. Visceral. Ironic. Bukowski's poetry is like a truth sandwich - good for you, but sometimes hard to eat.
