ฺIn many anthologies and lists, thi

ฺIn many anthologies and lists, this poem is near the top of the list as one of Kerouacs most popular or viewed poems. There are more such as Bowery Blues and others (featured here on our blog) and some which we haven't posted yet, but will.
Kerouac is recognized for popularizing a "spontaneous" method of writing, covering controversial topics at the time such as jazz, promiscuity, Buddhism, drugs, poverty, petty crime, and travel - all along indirectly promoting a youthful "freedom" counterculture and a disdain for authority. Along the way Kerouac became an underground celebrity and the "Beat Generation" became a progenitor of the 1960's hippie movement.