so you want to be a writer? poem by Charles Bukowski   2 comments

I was going to reblog one of my Bukowski postings since I’m having a Bukowski morning. Instead, I found this Silver Birch Press posting I will share. — kenne

Silver Birch Press

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SO YOU WANT TO BE A WRITER?
by Charles Bukowski

if it doesn’t come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don’t do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don’t do it.
if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for words,
don’t do it.
if you’re doing it for money or
fame,
don’t do it.
if you’re doing it because you want
women in your bed,
don’t do it.
if you have to sit there and
rewrite it again and again,
don’t do it.
if it’s hard work just thinking about doing it,
don’t do it.
if you’re trying to write like somebody
else,
forget about it.
if you have to wait for it to roar out of
you,
then wait patiently.
if it never does…

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Posted November 3, 2022 by kenneturner in Information

2 responses to “so you want to be a writer? poem by Charles Bukowski”

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  1. Thanks for this, Kenne

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    Anonymous
    November 3, 2022 at 11:29 am

  2. Sounds like you follow his way

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    Jlo
    November 8, 2022 at 11:34 am

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