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Entries Tagged as 'Kerouac and The Beats'

Setting a Record Sailing the Choppy Seas of Cement

September 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Kerouac and The Beats, Real-life Adventure Tales

“Keep One Neal on The Wheel”
with a twinkling & loving nod to Neal Cassady . . .
Coming into Manhattan thru the Holland Tunnel, 6PM on the Friday of the Labor Day Long Weekend . . .
My first moments in Manhattan since Obama’s Election Night.
And on the exact anniversary of the very first day I first [...]

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Be The Invincible Spirit You Are

February 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Kerouac and The Beats, Real-life Adventure Tales

Lights dimmed, room hushed, MC in silhouette at center stage blessing the packed room of book-reading edge-cutting hipsters from all over the world thanks to email and web sites and a collective unconscious that keeps them striving for the new, for where the heart pounds, the eyes twinkle, the women aren’t treated like girls, and [...]

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Carolyn Cassady birthday poem

February 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Kerouac and The Beats, Poetry

 Happy B Day to The Big C! 
A girl so nice you had to C her twice!
It’s the Big Sea at Big Sur! 
And finding the sacred rocks to reflect, 
and seeing the glistening gems shine thru
the crashing waves of life
with you. 
I saw the best minds of my generation get buzzed on wine coolers before breakfast! 
The only ones [...]

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