Scattered Poems

Released: October 28, 2025
Length: 51 mins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

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Jack Kerouac’s Scattered Poems brings together selections from literary journals and his private notebooks, showcasing the Beat Generation icon's groundbreaking approach to poetry. With vivid imagery and rhythmic spontaneity influenced by jazz and traditional haiku, Kerouac's poems feature a diverse cast of characters, from hitchhikers to cultural figures, exploring themes of the primal and the sublime. Notable pieces include “How to Meditate,” “San Francisco Blues,” and an ode to fellow Beat Allen Ginsberg, all reflecting his rebellion against conventional poetic norms through accessible, uncensored language.

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