(12 March 1922 - 21 October 1969 / Lowell, Massachusetts)

poet Jack Kerouac
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Haiku (The low yellow...)

The low yellow
moon above the
Quiet lamplit house.

Submitted: Thursday, January 01, 2004


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  • Dimitris(Jimmy) Psachos (6/17/2007 1:56:00 AM)

    Brilliant! Such a stupendous and sacred moment, only in the Japanese masters can you find. Well, I'm really looking forward on starting one of his beat novels...!

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  • Max Reif (10/30/2005 7:38:00 AM)

    I wondered what kind of haiku Kerouac would write. A pretty good one, I find, as an image, at least!

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