"I feel so bad today..." —Richard Brautigan #poem #poems #poetry - ThreadSky

forgottenpoets.bsky.social • 83 days ago

"I feel so bad today..."
—Richard Brautigan

#poem #poems #poetry

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sunshinesomeone.bsky.social•82 days ago

That’s my birthday

tbonewilliams.bsky.social•82 days ago

Perfection

raymondgibson.bsky.social•82 days ago

Fun fact about that date:

blueflagstan.bsky.social•82 days ago

Lovely

peppermintrabbit.bsky.social•82 days ago

Nailed it!

knowmyfam.bsky.social•82 days ago

My ex got my collection in the divorce in '92

actualbob.bsky.social•83 days ago

“I always wanted to write a book that ended with the word Mayonnaise.”
― Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America

PS. In the late 70s I waited on Brautigan and friends in the Rocky Mountain Pasta Co in Bozeman, MT

hillsidehippie.bsky.social•82 days ago

Liked the “Cleveland Wrecking Yard” with its stacked creek sections

blackramazoo.bsky.social•79 days ago

Okay, now I want to reread Brautigan, and I’m pretty sure he’s here somewhere

actualbob.bsky.social•79 days ago

His life was more interesting than his writing. I recommend reading https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117338

p-parris.bsky.social•82 days ago

That’s a trout fisherman for you.

forgottenpoets.bsky.social•82 days ago

😂

mxburbank.bsky.social•83 days ago

Love, love, love, LOVE Richard Brautigan.

thewhiteribbit.bsky.social•83 days ago

waiting for "i death".

buranyi.bsky.social•83 days ago

Some days I wake and feel so bad I cannot even write a poem because I want to rip everything up.

wazzy1949.bsky.social•82 days ago

Try again

hillsidehippie.bsky.social•82 days ago

Someone turned me on to “In Watermelon Sugar” in the 70s

statisticallybiased.oflittleconsequence.io•82 days ago

“I read the note and it did not please me and I threw it away, so not even time could find it.”

nocureforchronic.bsky.social•82 days ago

Basically sums up all my poetry

forgottenpoets.bsky.social•82 days ago

It's one of the joys of poetry I think - it's always there for you, and it has healing powers. 🖤

ckulater.bsky.social•83 days ago

I always loved him

blythewoolston.bsky.social•82 days ago

He had no idea how to grow old. I was in a class he taught at MSU c. '82. He showed us an empty spiral notebook with 'Spirit of St. Louis' written on the cover; it was the syllabus. It may be impossible to teach poetry, but he gave it a shot.

serendipitus.bsky.social•83 days ago

Love Richard Brautigan

chrispmueller.bsky.social•83 days ago

I have felt this so many days.

hopefulhermit.bsky.social•82 days ago

I'll always love Brautigan. 💙

nervezero.bsky.social•83 days ago

"Roses are Red
Violets a Blue
Some poems rhyme
This one doesn't."

One of my faves from childhood.
There's a lot to be said for the word paintings of poetry.

maddmac.bsky.social•82 days ago

Love Brautigan. One of my early literary heroes, which is maybe part of the reason I turned out so badly.

adadadumbdumb.bsky.social•82 days ago

Im haunted a little this evening by feelings that have no vocabulary & events that should be explained in dimensions of lint rather than words.

Ive been examining half-scraps of my childhood. They are pieces of distant life that have no form or meaning. They are things that just happened like lint

adadadumbdumb.bsky.social•82 days ago

-Dicky B

queenjoan.bsky.social•79 days ago

I remember a poem by Brautigan (I'm quoting from memory)
A piece of lettuce
fell off a wooden salad bowl.
So what.

❤️

dav3j.bsky.social•82 days ago

I never find the right words

crowvoice.bsky.social•80 days ago

“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” -Jack Kerouac

forgottenpoets.bsky.social•82 days ago

Keep searching! Personally, I think there are no "right" words - just words that move you for a moment 🖤

dav3j.bsky.social•82 days ago

I’m starting to think it’s not the words, but how they’re misplaced

forgottenpoets.bsky.social•82 days ago

That's a great way of putting it.

santiagobenites.bsky.social•83 days ago

I love Richard Brautigan

phoenoxanapher.bsky.social•79 days ago

If you choose life, use life -
Butter is better when it’s spread
On bread.

C.L. Young , 1983

graylemur.bsky.social•83 days ago

College, freshman year: English prof (acclaimed minor poet Philip Booth) asks us to name our favorite author, “even if it’s Richard Brautigan.”

Me, annoyed: Richard Brautigan (despite never having heard of him until that moment).

Afterwards: Read and enjoyed all of Brautigan’s works.

hiszafer.bsky.social•83 days ago

See the happy moron,
He doesn’t give a damn!
I wish I were a moron -
My God, perhaps I am!

jsxena.bsky.social•82 days ago

From my bookshelf. Originally bought in 1972.

noirwest.bsky.social•81 days ago

I don't mind admitting that as a teenager who spent as much time as I could in the woods or on the water I was a little bummed that the didn't have anything to say to me about trout fishing. He was dressed for the part, but, no, no sly observations to improve my chances.

blackramazoo.bsky.social•79 days ago

You just needed to wait for Duncan’s The River Why

jsxena.bsky.social•81 days ago

I believe they mentioned that in a few of the reviews. 😀

les61410.bsky.social•83 days ago

𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑭𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂

I read that in my freshman year in college! 🤗

talltreesnshadows.bsky.social•82 days ago

I Read the News Today? Oh Boy !!!🤔🤔

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