Saturday, January 8, 2011

the summer chair


(Winter in Maine by John Haapanen, 1891-1968, American
painter)

As we listen in the snow, a haiku.

the summer chair
rocking by itself
in the blizzard

~ Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), American of French-Canadian descent, a poet and novelist who wrote in both French and English and was one of the original members of the Beat Generation

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