For Jane: With All The Love I Had, Which Was Not Enough: – Poem by Charles Bukowski

I pick up the skirt, I pick up the sparkling beads in black, this thing that moved once around flesh, … More

Autumn Moonlight Haiku and the works of Matsuo Basho

Autumn moonlight– a worm digs silently into the chestnut. Who was Matsuo Basho? It is believed that he was born … More

Following the set Crève-Cœur (April 1941), which marked his return to poetry after ten years of interruption, Louis Aragon (1897-1982) … More

“When you can’t tell the difference between your own pleasure and your pain then you’re an addict.” Part detective novel, … More

You can do as much as you think you can, But you’ll never accomplish more; If you’re afraid of yourself, … More

When you’re up against a trouble, Meet it squarely, face to face; Lift your chin and set your shoulders, Plant … More

On the day the world ends A bee circles a clover, A Fisherman mends a glimmering net. Happy porpoises jump … More

Lord, make me strong enough to bear My little round of anxious care. The day returns. For this I pray: … More

The reason why I loved this poem is because for the last two years I’ve been living in my own … More

Some men there are who find in nature all Their inspiration, hers the sympathy Which spurs them on to any … More