Poetry #1

1. The poem used in the Levi's commercial is "The Laughing Heart" by Charles Bukowski.

2. By Levi's using this poem in their commercial they are trying to say you have the power to have a good life by making your own choices, but it's ironic in the sense that they're saying you get to make the decisions in your life as long as one of them is buying our jeans.

3. Well I've read other works of Bukowski and this one seems to stand out as it is very different from his other works. I feel that this is his view on life, and how one should live it to the fullest based on his own experience.

4. I googled the first line of the commercial to find the poem and then did a little research on his other works and his life's background on the internet and basically clicked on anything I could find about him with avoiding Wikipedia.