Charles Bukowski

Marina

Marina - meaning Summary

Childhood Love and Renewal

The speaker observes a young girl whose bright, simple presence restores him. She is imagined as sunlight and innocence; her casual acts and gaze prompt the poet to shed weariness and respond with renewed warmth. The poem contrasts age and damage with a child’s unfiltered love, presenting emotional revival as immediate and unforced. It emphasizes renewal through human connection rather than reflection or rhetorical flourish.

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Majestic, majic infinite my little girl is sun on the carpet - out the door picking a flower, ha! An old man, battle-wrecked, emerges from his chair and she looks at me but only sees love, ha! And I become quick with the world and love right back just like I was meant to do.

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