Based on Jack Kerouac's "American Haiku" (1959)

More Leaves Fell, 2009

Inspired by excerpts of Jack Kerouac's "American Haiku" (1959)

No telegram today
only more leaves
fell.

Holding up my
purring cat to the moon
I sighed.

Drunk as a hoot owl,
writing letters
by thunderstorm.

Crossing the football field
coming home from work -
the lonely businessman.

Snap your finger
stop the world -
rain falls harder.

 

With help from Bryan Schoneman and Sam Payne