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2 of Jack Kerouac's best
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Billy
2005-08-09 10:13:47 UTC
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These are two of Jack Kerouac's haiku IMO.

frozen
in the birdbath
A leaf

and

In my medicine cabinet
the winter fly
has died of old age

The second is the better of the two, again IMO.

Bill
Dillman Thomas
2005-08-09 10:35:57 UTC
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These are two of Jack Kerouac's haiku IMO.
frozen
in the birdbath
A leaf
and
In my medicine cabinet
the winter fly
has died of old age
The second is the better of the two, again IMO.
Thx. I liked the first a little more.
The second seems too wordy.
Did you copy his capitalization?
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Bill
Billy
2005-08-10 09:22:38 UTC
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Post by Billy
These are two of Jack Kerouac's haiku IMO.
frozen
in the birdbath
A leaf
and
In my medicine cabinet
the winter fly
has died of old age
The second is the better of the two, again IMO.
Thx. I liked the first a little more.
The second seems too wordy.
Did you copy his capitalization?
Yup, just the way he wrote them.

Bill
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Dillman Thomas
2005-08-10 09:34:14 UTC
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These are two of Jack Kerouac's haiku IMO.
frozen
in the birdbath
A leaf
and
In my medicine cabinet
the winter fly
has died of old age
The second is the better of the two, again IMO.
Thx. I liked the first a little more.
The second seems too wordy.
Did you copy his capitalization?
Yup, just the way he wrote them.
Thx...

Stupid small point, but I can't see the
capped-A in the first.

His poem. :)
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Will Dockery
2005-08-10 15:42:18 UTC
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These are two of Jack Kerouac's haiku IMO.
frozen
in the birdbath
A leaf
and
In my medicine cabinet
the winter fly
has died of old age
The second is the better of the two, again IMO.
Thx. I liked the first a little more.
The second seems too wordy.
Did you copy his capitalization?
Yup, just the way he wrote them.
Thx...
Stupid small point, but I can't see the
capped-A in the first.
His poem. :)
Fucken A.

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Will-Dockery
2024-07-30 14:50:43 UTC
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Post by Billy
These are two of Jack Kerouac's haiku IMO
froze
in the birdbat
A lea
an
In my medicine cabine
the winter fl
has died of old ag
The second is the better of the two, again IMO
Thx. I liked the first a little more
The second seems too wordy
Did you copy his capitalization
Bill73e
Important question on capitalization, Jack Kerouac usually insiste
that his words not be changed in editing


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