Response to Reading - "The Laughing Heart"

"The Laughing Heart" by Charles Bukowski, is an amazing poem. It is a motivational poem that makes you think about your entire life. It makes you think about all those times you took a chance and those moments when you were brave. The poem recognizes that there are both good times and bad times in life as well.  To my surprise, Charles Bukowski, a man who went through so many terrible things in life, was able to make such a great and optimistic poem.