Jack Kerouac
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From “Definition of a Poet” by Jack Kerouac
A poet is a blind optimist. The world is against him for many reasons. But the poet persists. He believes that he is on the right track, no matter what any of his fellow men say. In his eternal search for truth, the poet is alone. He tries to be timeless in a society built on time. Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was a pioneer of the Continue reading
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National Poetry Month 2025
I don’t remember my first poetry book. Not even the first poem I read, though I imagine both might have been something written by Shel Silverstein. I have come to believe that Silverstein’s poetry is the gateway drug for most of us. Though despite not remembering where it started, poetry has become a major part Continue reading
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“So Now” by Charles Bukowski
A lot of people will give me shit about this, but I like Bukowski. He’s often sited as a red flag along with Hemingway and Nabokov for reasons I’ll never truly understand. Aside from the obvious reason I picked this poem – the conversation about getting older – I chose this because of the way Continue reading
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Storyteller & the Storytellers
It’s a little pretentious of me to call myself a writer, which is why I usually note that I’m a reader who happens to write. Though, doesn’t that define a writer? Anyone who states they are a writer but don’t like reading is a poseur and should be stripped for their pen and paper immediately. Writers Continue reading
Chapin City Blues 