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Henry Charles Bukowski August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-born American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and beautiful economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles.[4] His work addresses the ordinary lives of rich Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over sixty books.

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List of poems by Charles Bukowski 27 total

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Alone With Everybody
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The Great Escape
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Peace or Happiness…let it enfold you
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Oh Yes
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The Sun Wields Mercy
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So You Want To Be A Writer
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Are You Drinking?
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Beasts Pounding Through Time
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Writing
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2 Flies
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For the Foxes
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Cut While Shaving
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be kind
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as the sparrow
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as the poems go
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the harder you try
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for they had things to say
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the trash men
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beagle
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in a neighborhood of murder
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the bluebird
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the pleasures of the damned
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my cats
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The Look:
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poetry
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woman on the street
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the tragedy of the leaves
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