when you write a poem it
needn’t be intense
it
can be nice and
easy
and you shouldn’t necessarily
be
concerned only with things like anger or
love or need;
at any moment the
greatest accomplishment might be to simply
get
up and tap the handle
on that leaking toilet;
I’ve
done that twice now while typing
this
and now the toilet is
quiet.
to
solve simple problems: that’s
the most
satisfying thing, it
gives you a chance and it
gives everything else a chance
too.
we were made to accomplish the easy
things
and made to live through the things
hard.
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“War Some of the Time” by Charles Bukowski, from Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way. © Ecco Press, 2003.
Nexus 
Charles Bukowski is easily one of my favorite poets. He gives me such a fresh take on my life and writing each time I read his work. 🙂
Robert Frost said that free verse was like playing tennis with the net down. Bukowski spent a lifetime saying in effect, “Who the fuck’s playing tennis?”
M
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Marie Marshall
author/poet/editor
Scotland
I love this poem. Must look up more of Bukowski’s verse, I have only recently discovered it.
He’s fantastic!
AH
RIGHT TIME
RIGHT PLACE
RIGHT
STRUGGLE
THANK YOU
AS THE GREAT ENSO
ROLLS