I Love Jack Kerouac

This is from his unfinished book, "The Golden Eternity." :

The earth is one,
not two
I said
in the moonlit
cornfield at
the woods edge
but a huge bug
landed on my arm
to mock me
and the tree
waved at me
with its million eyes
va - v - a...

I first discovered Jack Kerouac's work in high school when I did a project on the Beat Generation junior year. I was sixteen. Over the last 12 years the appreciation and adoration has just grown and grown. My username is of course...

Kerouac is the man! Here's a quote from dharma bums that I've always loved
"…see the whole thing is a world full of rucksack wanderers, Dharma Bums refusing to subscribe to the general demand that they consume production...

I first read "On the Road" in high school, but didn't truly appreciate its genius until within this past year. I've since graduated college, and am currently traveling across the country in a journey inspired by Kerouac...

We gotta!
We got to hope while we're crying.
Live dying.
Breath sighing.
Forgive lying.
Gotta love everyone.
Even when they forget to love everything.
When they hit yah
on the way down
you just blow 'em a kiss.
when you're sad and cold...

" One afternoon as I just gazed at the topmost branches of those immensely tall trees I began to notice that the uppermost twigs and leaves were lyrical happy dancers glad that they had been apportioned the top, with all that rumbling...

On the Road, Dharma Bums,, Dr. Sax Mexico City Blues, and my personal favorite, The Subterrinians just some of the brilliant work of Jack Kerouac. Jack sat the bounderies of the beat generation. He inspired untold generations and maybe...

I've been reading Doctor Sax to my lover , my queen , when she shares my home for the night and submits to being the captive audience , trapped in the bathtub all smiles and attentive ears . After reading some of Jack's books , I find...

This is from his unfinished book, "The Golden Eternity." :

The earth is one,
not two
I said
in the moonlit
cornfield at
the woods edge
but a huge bug
landed on my arm
to mock me
and the tree
waved at me
with its million eyes
va - v - a...

some other writers and i put on a kerouac reading every year on the anniversary of his death..usually in a bar and put on a free show. i grew up on jack.