Poetry isn’t always happy

Charles Bukowski Wrote Poetry Like a Real Son of a Bitch, and We Should Thank Him for It

Reality is both good and bad

Joe Luca
ILLUMINATION-Curated
6 min readMar 6
Pixabay Image — by Jalynn

Bukowski wrote angry. He wrote drunk. He wrote minutes after getting laid or having listened restlessly all night to his neighbor trying to.

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Joe Luca
ILLUMINATION-Curated

Top Writer in Humor and Satire. I love words. Those written, and those received. I’m here to communicate & comment. To be a part of a greater whole.