Archive for September, 2012

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September 28, 2012

Another Last Lamentation

Please join us in lamenting the publication of

ANTIEPITHALAMIA & Other Poems of Regret and Resentment
A new collection of poetry by John Tottenham

At historic Besant Lodge in the heart of Beachwood Canyon.

Saturday October 13th, 7.30pm
2560 Beachwood Drive, LA, CA 90068

A recitation will be delivered by the author.

Melancholic strains will be supplied by violinist Laena Geronimo. 

Libations will be poured by Bitter Tears of Los Angeles. 

This is John Tottenham’s second book: a sequence of mean-spirited love poems, and a meditation on the subjects of regret and resentment.

Books will be available for sale.

Absentees will be noted.

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September 20, 2012

PLEASANTVILLE

Contaminates

The entire world will become one room
In one town. And nothing of interest lies beyond the city limits.
It’s all right, you didn’t want to go out anyway.
Other people and their breeding habits
No longer hold any fascination.
It was time to move beyond sensation, free
From the inconveniences of a world wide-open,
Into an idyllic dormancy,
Muddying temptation with connubiality.

– Antiepithalamia (Penny-Ante editions, 2012)

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September 12, 2012

HAPPINESS AND BEAUTY

Beauty depresses me,
Knowing that it’s temporary.
Positivity requires too much energy.
And even if I were happy,
I wouldn’t admit it,
For that would be insulting
To those who are not ,
And those who pretend to be.

(Artillery, Sept 2012)

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September 10, 2012

San Francisco. Sept 13th.

The Squat. 849 Haight street, San Francisco. Thursday, September 13, 2012, 7:30PM. Book Launch. In association with Penny-Ante editions.

Jarett Kobek and M Kitchell have written books: Come celebrate their release. Also, if you feel like it, bring money to buy their books. Also Elly Jonez, Lorian Long, and special guest, John Tottenham, who has also written a book.

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