Richard Brautigan, “Mating Saliva” from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster. Copyright © 1968 by Richard Brautigan. Used by permission
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Poet Richard Brautigan 1935–1984
POET’S REGION U.S., Western
SCHOOL / PERIOD Beat
Poetic Terms Free Verse