I wouldn’t write at
all if it weren’t for myriad writers before me whose works showed me what was
possible. The poems of this series are small offerings of respect, of thanks,
to those muses. – Brian Beatty
Charles Bukowski
I regret it never
once occurred to me
to turn my short career
as a hospital janitor
the women too distant
to be considered lovers
or those apartments
from hell I called home
into poems
with a paying audience.
– Brian Beatty
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Brian's most recent collections of poetry are Dust and Stars: Miniatures and Brazil, Indiana. Don't miss Brian's columns on the great poets: insert your email address in the "Follow By Email" box to the right of this article and you'll be notified every time a new article appears.
One of my first publications in a lit journal, my poem appeared on the page opposite a poem from Hank. That random luck kept me writing through a year or two of rejections.
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