Scattered Poems

by Jack Kerouac

Book Overview

Spontaneous poetry by the author of On the Road, gathered from underground and ephemeral publications; including "San Francisco Blues," the variant texts of "Pull My Daisy" and "American haiku."

HERE DOWN ON DARK EARTH

before we all go to Heaven

VISIONS OF AMERICA

All that hitchhikin

All that railroadin

All that comin back

to America --Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was a principal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872860647
• ISBN13: 9780872860643
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: City Lights Books
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.9" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Jack Kerouac "Scattered Poems"

I was happy to finally find a collection of Kerouac's poetry! I know his poems are out there, but they are hard to come by, at times. I have always had some admiration for artists of the beatnik movement. I decided to teach a mini-unit on the beat poets for a high school course; having a nice collection of poems as examples was key to the unit. This particular collection of Kerouac poems included some of his "Western haikus," which illustrated Kerouac's non-conformity in writing. Excellent little book to have!

Kerouac at the brink of the world

There are few times in the history of mankind that we can sit back and allow ourselves to be manipulated by a pure mad man (brilliant writer). Kerouac's poems allow the mind to travel to the brink of truth and reality and come back unharmed and ... enlightened ... Thank God for kerouac ... he makes the world a better place and his poems are subconcious unfiltered visions of real life. "Pull My Daisy" with Ginsberg is a masterpiece as is "Old Angel Midnight". here is one poem : TO EDWARD DAHLBERG Don't use the telephone. People are never ready to answer it. Use Poetry.And Jack Kerouac does use poetry ... he uses it to give insight into a world he knew so well.