A big man <br />with small hands and a soft voice <br />Who drank hard <br />and wrote real. <br /> <br />His pock marked <br />Craggy <br />Face <br />And bulbous <br />Yet noble nose <br /> <br />That mane of greasy <br />White hair <br /> <br />His poems were <br />Real and beautiful <br />Full of angry dignity <br />And loud despair <br /> <br />He lived his life <br />As he chose <br />Drinking <br />Writing <br />Whoring <br /> <br />He lived his life <br />Fully feeling <br />Not numbly <br />Or <br />Blindly sleepwalking <br />But embracing the pain <br />Passion <br />And anger<br /><br />Richard Quinby<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bukowski/
