POMES ALL SIZES (1954-1965) - JACK KEROUAC

SELECCIÓN DE POEMAS

*KEROUAC EXISTE EN UN MOMENTO CULTURAL DONDE LOS SEGMENTOS QUE LO ROMANTIZAN PROBABLEMENTE SON INGENUOS, Y A LA MAYORÍA DE LA AUDIENCIA SUFICIENTEMENTE “CULTURIZADA” LE CAUSA REPULSIÓN. ADMITO QUE ME ENCUENTRO EN EL SEGUNDO CONTINGENTE. AÚN ASÍ HAY COSAS QUE TE CAEN ENCIMA Y VALE LA PENA CONVERSAR. MÁS ALLÁ DEL BIEN Y EL MAL.

34 Gatha
The world is old
and wise
And I am tired
of my eyes

35 Gatha
All kinds of young love
for sale
I can’t get my black hands
on it

[ENLIGHTENMENTS]

When you become enlightenment
you will know that you’ve
been enlightened all along
*

Alright, I’m sick of this
enlightenment– now I’m
dumb again– the
delicate blue morning
sky thru the tree.
*

Don’t worry about food,
Little John, there’s some
e v e r y w h e r e
*

Allen says “When people get
religious they start feeding
e v e r y b o d y”
*

–The morning of
the end of my enlightenment
*

Enlightenment is: do what
you want
eat what there is
*

The soul burns out the eyes

World, it’s about time you
realized there’s too much food
for everybody to eat
*

TANGIER POEM

Your father spurted you out in perfect ghost-form

All you gotta do is die
All you gotta do is fly.
If your father’s name is Dedalus
how can you be Icarus?

1957