The Laughing Heart

[Paul Whybrow]

I've mentioned Charles Bukowski before, and here's Tom Waits reading one of his most inspirational poems.

Called 'The Laughing Heart', it should be the mantra for any writer:

your life is your life
don't let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can't beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.

Charles Bukowski

 

[Marc Joan]

Good ol' Tom. Anyone else here feel a sudden urge to put on 'The Heart of Saturday Night'?

 

[Marc Joan]

Although I have to say, much as I admire Tom W., he can't read poetry....

 

[Paul Whybrow]

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Although I have to say, much as I admire Tom W., he can't read poetry....

But he is one of the Sons of Lee Marvin, and you don't want to get on the wrong side of those guys...