07 July 2026

Desolation Angel

Loose Leaves – Reflections

 

Carolyn Cassady - Jack Kerouac Reading


Some writers rise far above the rest when we are growing up. We read them with an insatiable fervour, feeling every word as if it speaks directly to our soul. But how many of them continue to echo through all the subsequent chapters of our lives, even if only ever so faintly? – This is a poem about Jack Kerouac:

 

 

A less simple

simple life –

Desolation Peak.

 


 

Desolation Peak Look-Out

 

This poem was originally written and posted on Bluesky in response to a #dailyhaikuprompt: 'desolation.'

Photograph Credits: Carolyn Cassady & Pete Hoffman