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headlesslady t1_j9zl7r2 wrote

Jack Kerouac’s poetry was terrible. I love his prose, but a great poet he was not.

So anyone claiming Kerouac is his favorite poet probably knows very little about the author.

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Rich_Librarian_7758 t1_ja12dcd wrote

Not knowing what he was thinking, this was my first thought. Kerouac as a novelist, sure. As a party guest, even better. But as a poet?! Going toe to toe with Yeats? I think not.

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danzleif OP t1_ja2fyzu wrote

"as a party guest, even better" had me rolling but yeah, his poetry can only be inspired at most by Yeats, but nothing like him

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danzleif OP t1_ja2fmm5 wrote

i see, thanks! i'll look into this more into this

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