Charles Bukowski poem and story database

A Poem For The Swingers

Poem written in 1974

I like women who haven't lived with too many men or
who haven't had too many one night stands.
I don't expect a virgin but I simply prefer a woman
who hasn't been rubbed dry by experience...

Magazines and periodicals

Los Angeles Free Press - No. 547 - January 10 - 1975

Alternate titles or versions, draft titles

A Poem For Swingers
A Poem For The Swingers, A Poem For The Playgirls Of The Universe