Our poem of the day for today is: Hitchhiker by Jack Kerouac.
‘Tryna get to sunny Californy’ –
Boom. It’s the awful raincoat
making me look like a selfdefeated self-murdering imaginary gangster, an idiot in a rueful coat, how can they understand my damp packs – my mud packs –
‘Look John, a hitchhiker’…
American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac is recognized for his spontaneous method of writing. He has inspired many other writers such as Ken Kesey, Bob Dylan, and Haruki Murakami.
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