For Jane - A poem by Charles Bukowski


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Charles Bukowski - For Jane

225 days under grass
and you know more than I.
they have long taken your blood,
you are a dry stick in a basket.
is this how it works?
in this room
the hours of love 
still make shadows.

when you left
you took almost
everything.
I kneel in the nights 
before tigers
that will not let me be.

what you were 
will not happen again.
the tigers have found me
and I do not care.

Added: on April 25th, 2006 at 11:53 PM | Viewed: 6397 times | Comments and analysis of For Jane by Charles Bukowski Comments (8)

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Poet: Charles Bukowski (Charles Bukowski Art) Poem: For Jane Poem of the Day: Dec 19 2008 Comment 8 of 8, added on October 6th, 2007 at 3:15 PM. Who has not felt what Bukowski says so much better than anyone else? Somewhere in the last 10-20 years someone borrowed all my books by Charles Bukowski and now I want them back. It is good they can be found again on the net. I miss him and I have felt so much a kindred spirit. Hank Hank Roth from United States Comment 7 of 8, added on April 26th, 2006 at 7:56 PM. ...nothing smart to say. Buk said it all Constandinos from Greece Comment 6 of 8, added on April 25th, 2006 at 11:53 PM. absolutely marvelous. devastating. beautiful. deep. touching. merima from Bosnia and Herzegovina More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, For Jane, has received 8 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Charles Bukowski with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Charles Bukowski Poem: For Jane Last read: Nov 20 2009, 9:56PM Poem of the Day: Dec 19 2008 Viewed 6397 times. Added on April 25th, 2006 at 11:53 PM.

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