Love Poem by Richard Brautigan

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Minus 21Grams - I appreciate how this poem is open to different interpretations. On the surface, it screams “single!” as if someone is free of an oppressive relationship or just happy they don’t have to answer to someone they’ve made a commitment to. On the other hand, the last line , given the break in “any more” could be interpreted as you don’t love them any more than you did yesterday, and your relationship has grown so comfortable and secure that you both feel the same way and know it, eliminating the need for continual reassurances that would then seem petty and pointlessly redundant.

More evidence that sometimes less is more. Clever job

on Jul 03 2019 03:56 PM PST x edit

Mayje - Oh wow, that is unfathomably clever yet unrelentingly depressing. There's a rain cloud hiding behind that visible ray of sunshine.

on Jun 21 2019 12:07 PM PST x edit

Zai Luna Fortuna -

Gosh, couldn't live this way for even a day.

An excellent shortie. Swift, succinct, sharp.

Nice!

on Jun 05 2016 09:42 PM PST x edit

Literary Scholar - True nice poem

on Oct 06 2014 05:50 AM PST x edit

EdelynRayoOlson - omg so true hahaha loved it!

on Sep 26 2014 07:45 AM PST x edit

shegotlungs - True

on Sep 26 2014 12:48 AM PST x edit

Hristo - Like it ! Very much !

on Sep 26 2014 12:16 AM PST x edit

Onlyoneofme - I don't know what to make of this. Made me smile.

on Sep 25 2014 08:13 PM PST x edit

Nullity - Why lie to someone whose love you no longer hold

on Sep 25 2014 02:43 PM PST x edit

John Brown - What a strange sentiment.

on Sep 25 2014 09:07 AM PST x edit

Oladeji - Made ME Laugh OUT Loud ...

on Sep 25 2014 03:27 AM PST x edit

Magical27 - Its beautiful and simple. Not to forget, vety meanngful too.

on Sep 24 2014 08:37 PM PST x edit

freewit - "trout fishing in america shorty" showed up in Forest Gump, a character from Trout Fishing in America

on Sep 24 2014 08:29 PM PST x edit

SimplyOkay - Sometimes its better for a poem to be concise; this is one of those poems. Very very beautiful!

on Sep 24 2014 06:35 PM PST x edit

Kithuna - So true

on Sep 24 2014 06:16 PM PST x edit

fairykittenish - Simpli and courageously written.

on Sep 24 2014 12:30 PM PST x edit

Emmy14 - this broke my heart. It was short and concise but really packs a punch. Good job!!

on Sep 24 2014 09:49 AM PST x edit

- 100000000000% true... I totally agree... Nicely done

on Sep 24 2014 09:08 AM PST x edit

J.P. - Wow short yet so powerful!

on Sep 23 2014 09:47 PM PST x edit

Slashlea - Unexpected and yet, understandable. Nice!

on Sep 23 2014 07:55 PM PST x edit

- Wow that's painful. Good job though, I like it!

on Sep 23 2014 03:26 PM PST x edit

MaybeMayMinds - Holy DAMN!
that was unexpected and harsh.
I like it.

on Sep 23 2014 11:45 AM PST x edit

- you are all in my kitchen. to the point

on Sep 23 2014 11:43 AM PST x edit

Joel Allen - I can't believe that the person who wrote this published books, but I have only read this one....but our culture has been in decline many years now. This is not sarcasm. Just honest opinion.

on Sep 23 2014 11:37 AM PST x edit

- fuck him

on Sep 23 2014 11:31 AM PST x edit

ram----- - this is nice but ram----- poem on life is really amazing

on Sep 23 2014 04:18 AM PST x edit

Nex - I love the expectation the title gives, it's not what you would expect. The honesty and truth in this poem hit hard.

on Sep 23 2014 01:21 AM PST x edit

Oon Ren - Right on the button.

on Sep 22 2014 07:07 PM PST x edit

- This is one of my favourites by Brautigan

on Sep 22 2014 12:16 PM PST x edit

jfoy - Interesting. Wouldn't say that this is a masterpiece... but I enjoyed it.

on Sep 22 2014 09:38 AM PST x edit

Go-West - I see that some people say that this is a masterpiece. Can't see it myself - it says nothing beyond the bleedin' obvious and says it with a stunning banality. I think that Peanuts (on a bad day) offers more original and perceptive philosophy.

on Sep 22 2014 05:10 AM PST x edit

hoof hearted - Haha brilliant..

on Sep 21 2014 09:44 PM PST x edit

Mmmmmmoon Lion - In solitude we grow in part beyond where we ever might travel. To give not love once healed accepts a life unraveled

on Sep 21 2014 06:22 PM PST x edit

Not in Vain - There is nothing more painful than being locked in an intimate relationship with a person who doesn't love you - but daily lies to you telling you they are very much in love with you- and to find out they've lied to you for many years - they did not just "Not love you" - they hated your guts!

So cowardly is a person who continues in an intimate relationship with a person they hate and doesn't have the guts or common decency to say - Look, I don't love you anymore.

on Sep 21 2014 02:39 PM PST x edit

Heart and Soul - Well said! I am living this now and it certainly is so nice! :-)

on Sep 21 2014 02:07 AM PST x edit

Lwazi - Every guy's dream, to run away from the one he doesn't anymore. Nice poem

on Sep 21 2014 01:06 AM PST x edit

Autumn 12 - Great poem

on Sep 20 2014 11:09 PM PST x edit

- Awesome. Short, yet masterpiece.

on Sep 20 2014 07:55 PM PST x edit

ronnienu - Nice written. Straight and to the point. Great job.

on Sep 20 2014 04:32 PM PST x edit

Pixelatedbrain - I love Brautigan

on Sep 20 2014 10:32 AM PST x edit

New England Girl - I like to read poems like this one ..... Amazing job

on Sep 20 2014 06:02 AM PST x edit

Al.one - Such freedom has to be admired

on Sep 20 2014 05:54 AM PST x edit

Esenin admirer - Is it more sad or more liberating ? Still try to " feel " it out .

on Sep 17 2014 12:01 AM PST x edit

Comments from the archive

SurelyWritten - He has definitely become a new favorite, and a new inspiration.. Whoa, what an awesome Poet..

I love his bold honesty, it's crushing and yet so refreshing... mhmm, me loves it alot!

on Dec 14 2006 10:43 AM PST x edit

angelofcleansheets - One of the best, most honest things I've ever written.

I tried to ask some people to read it. They didn't act interested at all. They were self-acclaimed writers, poets, who didn't seem to "get it." They're the kind of people who read my poetry and say, "It's nice... I just don't get it."

Those kind of people drive me up the wall. Ehhh... I'm twitching.

Brautigan, however, is a genius.

I just love this poem.

Rock on with Brautigan.

on Mar 22 2005 10:16 AM PST x edit

Avie d - I suppose this could really be true, it's almost like carrying dead weight on your shoulders and waking up every morning to see it lying next to you.

Avril

on Aug 14 2004 04:35 AM PST x edit

Scott A - Ouch! This one is great. The freedom and contentment found in finally being free. I love Richard Brautigan. He is my number one influence. A genius in every sense of the word. More people should read his work. I guess I should be happy that he is so unknown, since it enables me to write my things without fear of someone suddenly thinking I am plagiarising (which I am not.) I am so glad to find his work here and I will visit it often for inspiration and for the sheer pleasure of it. Anybody else out there who loves Brautigan is invited to give me a shout. I will be very happy to hear from you and to read some of your work.

on May 18 2004 01:22 PM PST x edit

Richard Brautigan Follow

Born on January 30th, 1935 in Tacoma, Washington, little is known of his childhood but it is rumored it was a troubled one.

Somewhere around 1955-1958, Richard moved to San Francisco, California and became involved in the Beat Movement.

In 1959, Lay the Marble Tea was published (his first published book?). This was a collection of 24 poems.

In the late 1960's, Brautigan began to gain popularity and during this time, published several of his most popular works (Trout Fishing in America, All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace, etc.). During 1966-67, he served as the poet-in-residence at California Institute of Technology.

In 1972

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