Poetry

Poetry - meaning Summary

Art Born of Disillusion

Bukowski’s short poem claims that good poetry requires intense inner pressure—desperation, dissatisfaction and disillusion—and that such work is rare because of that cost. He insists that poetry is neither universal nor easy: not everyone can produce it or even want to read it. The poem frames poetic creation as a hard-won, selective act rooted in personal distress rather than craft or fashion.