All The Way - a Charles Bukowski Poem 

This is the price you have to pay to retain your authenticity. I often come back to this to remind myself.

Same. 10 years later and i still get goosebumps listening to this

I sacrificed my job, my health, my sanity, love, to go all the way. Mind you, It's not something for the faint of heart. But Was it worth it in the end? Absolutely..

"Isolation is the gift.."

I think this poem just changed my life.

❤️‍🔥 “Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think I'm not going to make it but you laugh inside remembering all the times you've felt that way” ❤️‍🔥 ~ Charles Bukowski 😎

this gives me shivers. god bless a broken man.

"Isolation is a gift". At first I thought only crazy people loved to be alone. And I tried. And I understood that it was the first time of my life I really be myself. It feels like all my life, I lived what people want me to be. Thanks Bukowski and this vidéo who opened my heart and soul!

"You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is." I love this part. Whatever it is, do it and go all the way. It might seem nothing to others but it is something to you. That's all that matters.

Who's still watching this again and again after years?

This is art therapy... art as therapy! Thank you, both of you!

Going all the way has absolutely nothing to do with how much junk and garbage you have to shovel out of the way to get there. Suffering is the spice of life not safety and comfort.Forcing yourself to do something you don’t want to do every day like a cold shower. It seems a bit dark and dingy first, but every time you win you build your own character and your own confidence and you will be with the Gods and perfect laughter. One of the things that I love is thinking about how I didn’t wanna do something that I knew I had to do and once having done it that feeling of power…

"We are all actors, set on the stage of the world, as the curtains open we put on our best performance to this audience of life.”

I have watched this over and over for inspiration. I never get tired of this poem and I love the music and the video. Thank you Tony Anderson, Willem Martinot, Tom O'Bedlam and Charles Bukowski.

I've been on one hell of a journey and I keep coming back to this when I feel weak. I have to remind myself I'm not done. Not even close. All the way. ALL the way.

It's so reassuring that I'm not alone in my solitude. Thank you Bukowski.

"Do It, Do It, Do It, Do It" **chills**

I hear this poem almost every day to make me going for my goals!!

This poem makes me cry 100% of the time. I love it beyond words

Perfect timing, thank you.

Three days ago I broke up with my girlfriend. It's hard but this poem give me the power to go all the way....Thanks sir!

A modest thank you to the uploader, and my undying gratitude to Mr. Bukowski. I will be here, listening often, that I might accept this affirmation into my being. Here is to the dusting off of the midnight lantern. You've the muses to yourself while the world sleeps.

Clarity is being undivided from the cosmos. Sincerely William Michalski Jr

This video wouldn't be so epic without Tom's voice. It's so deep, it talks directly to you.

9 years later, this still brings me to tears & goosebumps. Most validation I’ve gotten in this life. Bless your soul Sir Charles Bukowski and the artists that put this together perfectly ❤️✨

I come back to this video from time to time since 2017 when i make a promise to my self to achieve a goal that was far of my posibilities... and now, im just 5 days to achieve it. If youre goin to try, go all the way, there is no other feeling like that.

beautiful & uplifting. a masterpiece of not only poetry but video

Really good. Btw the poem is called Roll The Dice.

Some fire's once started can never be cooled.

I went all the way. Left with a suitcase and a dream to be with my Highschool Love. I ran to the desert. Las Vegas NV. That's where I flourished. Go all the way. ❤

English isn't my native language, as a matter of fact my native language is not even close to English. All of my grammar professors taught me, that the best way to perceive books (and art in general) is by reading it (or grasping it) in your own native language. But when I read some the work this man has left to the world, I don't read, I feel.(Which is something that none of the art forms, in my native has done to me) Bukowski is the most influential soul that has ever floated trough a typewriter. And this video is just a perfect reflection of his work. I'm proud to say, that non of my professors were right. Art is more than reading (or listening), therefore it doesn't need to be in one's native language, on the contrary it just needs feelings. And this man has engraved his words into mine.

This video should be an academy award winner

I AM IN AWE OF THIS VIDEO.... thank you; its touched me, deeply. -Exotika

Amazing poet Amazing poem Amazing music Amazing directer Amazing film Thank you Willem Martinot

Such an outstanding piece of poetry, I will be forever grateful for the person who sent me this and reminded me to keep going all the way, no matter what, you’ll always be special to me ♥️.

Working towards a big goal at the moment.. I wake up each week day at 4am, have a cold shower and listen to this...

Came back to this after some time.

What a beautiful poem

One of the most beautiful things I have seen on You Tube. Thank you for sharing this with us

This is why I say, passion is useless. Obsession is what you want, it needs to be a mental illness

comments are so different. everyone understands it differently

Show this to your first born when he decides to become a writer/musician/painter/sculptor/actor/astronaut

I lived with drugs and alcohol for six years to write it down in my soon to come book. I went all the way. I lost several girlfriends, a couple of jobs, my family and almost my daughter. But I did go all the way.

If i came across this 15 years ago. My life would be different... completely different

Wow, everything about this video is beautiful. Bukowski is so amazing... I love him.

Every now and then I start to feel that I am losing purpose and momentum, so I return to this video. Thank you Willem Martinot.

This is possibly the best video on the Internet

Absolutely incredible. Thank you for creating and sharing this.

I'm in the craziest time in my life, and this right here amplified it infinite times.

I have been educated with an it bachelors and medical degree and as of recent even a real estate license and yet this video was a gift passed on from a friend who clearly could see I am trying to walk a different path. My father, who passed in 2011, was my only inspiration but after his passing and a divorce I have found myself not fulfilled. Now I am living proof that the poetry of Bukowski is true. I am no longer in touch with my family or friends and have broken up a 3 year relationship with someone who couldn't understand me. Even though I took to isolating myself before I saw this video it is true that isolation has rightfully been the gift that has allowed me to understand myself and aspire for more. Today I have no contact with my blood family or friends and have self imposed myself to seclusion. I am trying something very creative in uncharted waters for myself, much to the chagrin of the people that would say they love me. And yet I see no sincerity in them. I am looked down upon and constantly told that I am losing it. This video brought me to tears and continues to inspire me as I stand on the precipice of my own self discovery. I have no guarantees and yet I am sure I will go all the way. Thank you Charles Bukowski.

I've had this video bookmarked for over a year. Just wanted to say thanks for making this. It is truly fantastic.

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How a few linked words gets you up. Such a eternity brings you just a short sentences.

And the nights will flame with fire ...its the only good fight there is. thank you for sharing.

Thank you. Very good movie.

This is perfect. The words, the imagery, and the music are absolutely beautiful together. It is hope in the face of the pain and darkness of life. This is a gift you have given my soul. Thank you. Thank you.

This poem is really uplifting when you think about it in the context of going after your passion or something. but when you think about people who have thoughts about things like murder reading this poem and gets motivated by it, it gets real dark real quick.

The dude reading it makes it Better than it is.

this will be my new morning alarm sound, thanks charles.

“If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery - isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you’ll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you’re going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It’s the only good fight there is.”

Thank you. My favourite Bukowski poem.

Thank you so much.

Love it all the way :) Poem, Direction, Song, Narrator

This is amazing piece of poetry combined with a fine direction and perfect blend of music! Thank You for bringing the Golden words alive!

I always come back to this...

beautiful and spoken with an very wise message

I really felt all of that

Willem Martinot:An excellent job.Eternal inspiration.

I wish I could type more than just THANK YOU. Combined with Mr. Bedlam and Mr. Anderson, this is so powerful it seems I cannot find the right words. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART AND MIND

This is phenomenal.

I swear you need to be over 40 to feel him. This one is haunting, an overlook on the cliff.

Wow. This is life changing if applied. Wow. Listen twice daily. Have a goal. A plan. And believe. Listen to this. Achieve.

Some incredible work, outrageous talent and stubborn dedication to overcome all the limitations of mediums in order to capture the sheer radiance of pure love, going on here... This piece has caught me completely off guard and I am a sobbing mess of grateful tears at the moment... THANK YOU!!!

Yes. "DO IT. ALL THE WAY. " Perfect. Applause!

still the best video on youtube

Beautiful! Mixed with nice music.

Die unsagbar. Hier wäre C.B. Gast gewesen und du hast mir ohne Worte mein Bier gebracht. Da war alles noch einfach.... Nadine.

I love this.. its inspired me to follow my dreams

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This changed my life...All the way.

This is a piece of art. Thank you. You get to my soul with this video.

Awesome visuals, amazing music, and this poem is just.. Wow. This gave me goosebumps

This poem, to me, is tantamount to the old sentiment "its not the destination, its the journey." "Normal", "success", etc, are all relative - if you feel you have a calling, but put that on the shelf to attain what society deems normal/success, will you be happy? Of course not...conversely, if you give ALL of that up, you will more than likely be mis-understood, outcast, etc, because society will not understand why you dont value what you are "supposed" to value, but you, YOU, will be on your own journey, and can almost laugh at societies pursuit of all of the normal standards. "Success", to someone in this line of thinking, is staying authentic. The payoff, as it were, is like an afterthought, because you ALWAYS knew who YOU were, you didnt need society to define that, by platitudes or by "success"...

I cn't stop watching it. .

“If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.” thank u sidi

Thank you for making this powerful video. Has given me much unexpected inspiration. I do not have that happen alot. I really relate with this as a struggling musician following his dreams. Reminds me to ride to perfect laughter, and fight the good fight.

Clear and concise. The highs and the lows of the price you pay. Beautiful.

Do it. Props to the voice actor! Bukowski had such a great style of reading, I was afraid it wouldn't be on par, but it certainly was.

I wonder if we got all the people who went all the way who left comments on this who really know what he's talking about we got us all together could we make any difference

One of my songs is call All The Way...when I found this Bukowski gem a minute ago I had to click........it's exactly that ...I am the one I've been waiting for...Go ahead, do it get with you....gorgeous

A masterpiece. In every way.

I really needed this amazing work. You have no idea how much difference you've made for me. I can never thank you enough. Extreme creativity ... keep it up, Willem ... simply astonishing.

This poem is tremendously marvelous.

Basically in one sentence: If you're going to try, give it a hundred you got.

The footage reminds of walking el camino de santiago through Spain. In fact, I suspect it's from exactly that.

Absolutely wonderful. Thank you. A gift.

Gracias!!

Left Jehovah’s Witnesses after finding out about the corruption and child abuse coverups ......now shunned by friends and loved ones for past 2 years .........after pain came a wonderful freedom

Beautiful, beautiful... Thank you

The mixing of creative styles; collaboration of climactic expressions to form a piece worthy of apotheoses. Thank you for your inimitable addition to the world of art