Scattered Poems
by:
Jack Kerouac (author)
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...
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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
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780872860643 (0872860647)
Publish date: January 1st 2001
Publisher: City Lights
Pages no: 76
Edition language: English
Notable for the inclusions of "Fie My Fum" (with Ginsberg) and both versions of "Pull My Daisy" (with Ginsberg and Cassady) which it spawned. "Rimbaud" checks in at eight pages and "A Curse At the Devil" at six pages. Though they're not long enough to dominate the collection. There are samplings f...
More of an understanding in this collection for me. Some were repeats from "poems of all sizes" -Pull My Daisy ( definitely some dirty minds at work)-Hymn (a laughing matter at the yuppies)-Sept. 16, 1961-Hitch Hiker