Reflections On Town And The City Poem by Richard Wlodarski

Reflections On Town And The City

Rating: 5.0


Feeling sentimental
For that cool swimming pool
For that swell fishing pond
For the best of damn friends

Feeling incremental
About Ney York City
About the damn dope fiends
Stuff that ain't so pretty

Miss the country fresh air
Sunrise clearing my head
Hanging around my friends
True friends living simply

Miss suffocating smog
Spoiled brats holes in head
Theater of the absurd
And goddamn mistresses

Sunday, August 12, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: city,drugs,friends,nostalgia,sensitivity,town
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Kerouac's hero was Thomas Wolfe. And this debut novel is very much in that style. But as the novel progresses so does Kerouac's style. You can easily a great writer developing.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Carl Roussell 13 August 2018

The poem seems to suggest that although a small town has caring people, Kerouac also liked the vitality big city; Miss suffocating smog Spoiled brats holes in head Theater of the absurd And mistresses

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Richard Wlodarski 14 August 2018

Carl, an excellent observation on your part! Those lines were intended to be facetious, but also, pretty close to the real truth. Quite a task! You've made my day by inferring that I've pulled it off. Thank you!

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Valsa George 12 August 2018

One who is used to the quiet town and the simple life will definitely resent the jostling crowd of faceless people in a city and their meaningless hullabaloo! Great write!

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Richard Wlodarski 12 August 2018

So very true, Valsa. Kerouac's family had a lot of animosity towards New York City. Thank you so much for believing it to be a great write!

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Excellent writing Richard Thank you for sharing Mario Odekerken

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Richard Wlodarski 12 August 2018

Mario, thank you so much for believing it to be excellent writing.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 12 August 2018

A marvelous write, Richard....10+++++

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Richard Wlodarski 12 August 2018

Thank you, Bernard. In this one, I tried to express his mixed feelings towards his environment.

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