6 january 2013

poetry

Ye Caterpillar
Ye Caterpillar

JACK KEROUAC'S TYPEWRITER RHYTHM UNROLLS

Jacaranda jaculus - jaculus Caractacus
Caraway imaculus.
Hacking haikus home from traveling the page.
Merimac memory-babe, clacking keys
on your portable machine
writing the epic paperback roadflick
lickin' up ink, highways, lush-nights
and scenes of your time, your '50's
w e s t e r n    d r e a m i n g
 
Lost, mocked, most honoured scribe
scribbling in endless notebooks
with your
c h e a p w i n e
sharing-it-with-anybody -
YOU didn't mind - 
you knew we all sprung from the same meatwheel, 
the same karmic revolving circus -
From Mary's drunken Buddha-Heart.
 
In felaheen earth
in tents
in Mexico
in automobiles
in neon city night-lights
in sagebrush coyote deserts
in doldrum drinking blues
in ships of the oily dark sea
loving the tragic world
 
loving the magic words - keys clack
ribbon spins and whirls
unravelling on your cheap solitary desk
tales of ten thousand miles
to bless the dream-soaked youth
an' flying souls to the sun 

Kahlia Mazacalletti
7 january 2013 at 12:03

I really like this poem a lot......Kahlia

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Ye Caterpillar
8 january 2013 at 01:50

Really glad you enjoyed it - thanks! I think Jack had something really special.

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Alicja Kuberska
9 january 2013 at 09:35

nice poem:)))

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Ye Caterpillar
9 january 2013 at 16:46

Thanks Alicja! Enjoy the day.

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Salvatore Ala
20 september 2013 at 17:09

Great poem. I just finished reading some Kerouac so the images hit home and felt very true. Thanks. I also admire the form of the poem and look forward to reading more of your work.

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Ye Caterpillar
30 september 2013 at 19:20

Cheers Salvatore! I love Jack's writing, to me he's one of the True voices of our age. A beautiful soul who wasn't afraid to show his real self to the World.

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