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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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