In the Spring of 1968, Richard Brautigan published Please Plant This Book. The book was actually a folder that contained eight packets of seeds for planting. On each packet was a poem.
 

 

I wonder how many seeds took root in 1968
I wonder how many became gardens
And I wonder how many people sat in those gardens
Reading books by Brautigan

Richard, you’re a poet
How do I know it?
It’s easy
Every time you open your mouth
Flowers fall out

 

 

 
Photo of Richard Brautigan by Bob Seidemann for San Francisco Express Times via Babylon Falling.