“I thought you were sane," I said, "but you're
just as crazy as the rest of them.”
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First published in 1977, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a collection of Bukowski's poetry from the mid-seventies. A classic in the Bukowski canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love.
“one can never be sure whether it's good poetry or bad acid”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
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“one more creature
dizzy with love”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
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“I'm going, she said. I love you but you're
crazy, you're doomed.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
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“If there are junk yards in hell, love is the dog that guards the gates.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
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“I no longer want it all, just some comfort and some sex and only a minor love.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
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Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
Variant: There is a loneliness in this world so great
that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock
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“when the phone rings
I too would like to hear words
that might ease
some of this.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
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“theres no chance
at all:
we are all trapped
by a singular
fate.
nobody ever finds
the one.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
Variant: there's no chance
at all:
we are all trapped
by a singular
fate.
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“I have gotten so used to melancholia that I greet it like an old friend.”
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“eleven months.
now she's gone
gone as they go.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
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“she knew what she wanted and it wasn't / me. / I know more women like that than any / other kind.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
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“I drive around the streets
an inch away from weeping,
ashamed of my sentimentality and
possible love.”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
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