"A poet is a blind optimist..." Jack Kerouac

 

“A poet is a blind optimist.

The world is against him for many reasons

but the poet persists.

He believes that he is on the right track,

no matter what any of his fellow men say.

In his eternal search for truth,

the poet is alone.

He tries to be timeless in a society

built on time."

Happy Birthday Jack Kerouac (12 March 1922) American Novelist, poet, and leader of the Beat movement. Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings