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Book of Haikus
Book of Haikus | Jack Kerouac
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Highlighting a lesser-known aspect of one of America's most influential authors, this new collection displays Jack Kerouac's interest in and mastery of haiku. Experimenting with this compact poetic genre throughout his career, Kerouac often included haiku in novels, correspondence, notebooks, journals, sketchbooks, and recordings. In this collection, Kerouac scholar Regina Weinreich supplements an incomplete draft of a haiku manuscript found in Kerouac's archives with a generous selection of Kerouac's other haiku, from both published and unpublished sources. With more than 500 poems, this is a must-have volume for Kerouac enthusiasts everywhere.
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CaliforniaCay
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The tagged book was between a pick and a so-so for me, because I initially felt like a lot of these poems lacked depth. But after reading the other 2 books I learned that haiku, by style, aren't usually complete statements, but are curated with the hope in mind that the readers adds to it with their own meanings. This made me appreciate Kerouac's haiku even more, so it's a pick. These were my most recent reads so I'm finally caught up on my posts!

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teebe
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Thank you @AmyG ! Sorry it took me so long to open but it made for a wonderful January pick-me-up!

Crazeedi My daughters fave author 4y
AmyG My pleasure! I loved reading some of these. 4y
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GatheringBooks
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EadieB Beautiful picture! 4y
rachaich Such a talented man. 4y
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jdiehr
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Ruthiella Nice! 5y
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WanderingBookaneer
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I‘m usually not a fan of Kerouac, but I‘m enjoying his haikus, of which he says, “I propose that the ‘Western Haiku‘ simply say a lot in 3 short lines in any Western Language.”

Gina ...on how to make Shenanigans for its owner... did I say that out loud... 6y
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LeahBergen
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Moray_Reads But you love it anyway! 6y
saresmoore Haha! Too true! 6y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk The scariest one of all! 6y
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LeahBergen @Moray_Reads Yeah. You‘re totally right. 😄 6y
batsy 😂🖤 6y
rubyslippersreads 😂📚📚📚 6y
readordierachel 😂😂😂 6y
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Lcsmcat
Book of Haikus | Jack Kerouac
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Bach organ music
Prelude and Fugue, d minor;
Halloween, my way.

#halloweenhaiku18 @TobeyTheScavengerMonk

LeahBergen 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
saresmoore ♥️ 6y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk This was excellent! 6y
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GingerAntics
Book of Haikus | Jack Kerouac
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@TobeyTheScavengerMonk #HalloweenHaiku18
My cat, Deana, about whom this haiku is written, thinks this is the greatest haiku ever written because it‘s about her. She also thinks that if you don‘t like it she should use her claws on you. 🤣😂🤣 #deanamarie

Jobe I love that your cats name is Deana (edited) 6y
GingerAntics @Jobe thanks. We named her after a cat named Dean (like Dean of Hobbs). 6y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk I agree with her astute literary assessment! 6y
GingerAntics @TobeyTheScavengerMonk Deana didn‘t know what astute meant, but now that she knows she thinks that sounds like her, thank you. lol 6y
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GingerAntics
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
Book of Haikus | Jack Kerouac
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Hey Littens! It‘s Autumn/Halloween haiku day in my classes and I loved seeing your work last year. Let‘s do it again!

A 3 line poem:
1st line: 5 syllables
2nd line: 7 syllables
3rd line: 5 syllables

Tag me @TobeyTheScavengerMonk and #HalloweenHaiku18 if you join in the festivities.

The haiku above were written with student input.

GingerAntics Oh I‘m in!!! The school I went to until 4th grade did haiku as a unit and then wrote them and displayed them for the school in 4th grade. I was so excited about it and I missed it because I moved to a different school. REDEMPTION!!! (That‘s not the right word for getting a second chance to write a haiku...hm.) 6y
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OwenBanner
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Happy Sunday #Littens ! Sundays, for me, are all about family time. Family is a theme I have a hard time tearing myself away from in my writing, as you may have noticed by now. This one‘s called “Returning to the Den” #poetry #haiku #family #children #kids

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TK421
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Here is my #winterhaiku thanks for the tag @Andrea4 ! Anyone who wants to play along consider yourself tagged.😀

Andrea4 😂😂this is great! 7y
kspenmoll 👏🏻❤️😀 7y
JazzFeathers 😂😂😂l can't write poetry 7y
TK421 @JazzFeathers neither can I. 😀 7y
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Leftcoastzen
Book of Haikus | Jack Kerouac
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#halloweenhaiku
Have rug rats at door,
trick or treat,please do,take more ,
no candy for me

TobeyTheScavengerMonk Great! I live outside of town so literally no kids come by our house, so I always go to my parents' house which is a high traffic area. Much more fun that way. 7y
batsy 😁 👏👏 7y
Leftcoastzen @TobeyTheScavengerMonk My house so-so.My friends husband puts on a super show , a destination house that gets hundreds of kids. Miss going over there back when I lived at a no show condo! 7y
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Josh_G
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A good collection of Kerouac's haiku; & the introduction is a useful, short explanation of the history of haiku and Kerouac's role in anglicising haiku.

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