Author: Richard Brautigan

Less time than it takes to say it, less tears than it takes to die; I’ve taken account Of everything, […]

At 1:30 in the morning a fart Smells like a marriage between An avocado and a fish head. I have […]

I walked across the park to the fever monument. It was in the center of a glass square surrounded By […]

I like to think (and The sooner the better!) Of a cybernetic meadow Where mammels and computers Live together in […]

a novel by Richard Brautigan THE COVER FOR TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA The cover for Trout Fishing in America is […]

If you will die for me, I will die for you And our graves will be like two lovers washing […]

Sometimes life is merely a matter of coffee and whatever intimacy a cup of coffee Affords. I once read something […]

It’s night And a numbered beauty Lapses at the wind, Chortles with the Branches of a tree, giggles, Plays shadow […]

Oh, Marcia, I want your long blonde beauty To be taught in high school, So kids will learn that God […]

A girl in a green mini- Skirt, not very pretty, walks Down the street. A businessman stops, turns To stare […]

There are no postage stamps that send letters Back to England three centuries ago, No postage stamps that make letters […]

THE HUNCHBACK TROUT The creek was made narrow by little green trees that grew Too close together. The creek was […]

Thinking hard about you I got on the bus And paid 30 cents car fare And asked the driver for […]

I sit here, an arch-villain of romance, Thinking about you. Gee, I’m sorry I made you unhappy, but there was […]

La voyageuse qui traverse les Halles à la tombée de l’été Marchait sur la pointe des pieds Le désespoir roulait […]

A trout-colored wind blows Through my eyes, through my fingers, And I remember how the trout Used to hide from […]

This poem was found written on a paper bag by Richard Brautigan in a laundromat in San Francisco. The author […]

I go to bed in Los Angeles thinking About you. Pissing a few moments ago I looked down at my […]

1. Get enough food to eat, and eat it. 2. Find a place to sleep where it is quiet, and […]