Jeffrey McDaniel vs. Charles Bukowski
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Jeffrey McDaniel
1967 – present
Jeffrey McDaniel is an American poet. He has published six books of poetry, most recently Holiday in the Islands of Grief. He is the recipient of a creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
"Even when I'm dead, I'll swim through the Earth,like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones."
Charles Bukowski
1920 – 1994
Henry Charles Bukowski was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his adopted home city of Los Angeles. Bukowski's work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work.
"I loved you like a man loves a woman he never touches, only writes to, keeps little photographs of."