Love Is a Dog from Hell

from JaredOrlando

This is a book of poetry for those who hate poetry.It took me a mere... I don't know, 3-4 years to finish Love is a Dog from Hell. Not because of disinterest, but because Bukowski is like Raymond Carver.. you get so much in so little words.It takes time to digest a Bukowski poem, with each piece ...

from DinoReader

Powerful touching stuff, the man had an ear for putting words together and an inner eye for seeing uniquely. He may have built this reputation by challenging many of the sacred cows of American culture but he will be remembered for the energy and emotion he put into such small spaces.

from Neftzger

Some of the poems in the book were pure genius and some were purely offensive, but that's Bukowski. I've never been a fan of the way he treated women but I do admire his writing and the raw honesty. I respect him as an artist even when I cringe at the words on the page, because true art always co...

from byronemerson

Some of it was selfish rambling. Some of it was simply confession. Some poems captured the human condition, especially the aging human male condition, and threw it back in my face.

from JaredOrlando

This is a book of poetry for those who hate poetry.It took me a mere... I don't know, 3-4 years to finish Love is a Dog from Hell. Not because of disinterest, but because Bukowski is like Raymond Carver.. you get so much in so little words.It takes time to digest a Bukowski poem, with each piece ...