Charles Bukowski

A classic in the Bukowski poetry canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love.

Love is a Dog From Hell

so raw. as ugly as it is beautiful. words born from a complete love. the poems that objectify women like “the night i f*cked my alarm clock” and the few poems about little girls threw me off. other than that, poems like “pacific telephone”, “how to be a good writer”, “six foot goddess”, “blue cheese and chili peppers”, have awesome crisp lines. bukowski is a real genius; just remember this person is just as ugly as he is beautiful. his life and his life work are analogous to this phrase: “There is no tree that reaches heaven without its roots in hell”. 

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