Matt Johnson’s Inertia Variations film/ installation
will be presented in Gothenburg, Sweden this month.
http://konstepidemin.se/kalender/radio-cineola-the-inertia-variations
http://www.rodasten.com/rs_events/view/radio_cineola_sv/?lang=se
December 9, 2014
Straight out of Goteborg
November 18, 2014
Stone the Lonely
I can go from biting loneliness
to social claustrophobia – and back –
in ten seconds flat.
Terrorized by polite conversation,
I don’t have much energy,
and I don’t have much appetite for other people’s energy.
Groaning inwardly, aching for silence, I can feel
my precious hours receding into slowly measured death;
devoured by people who ignore me. I could bite
the hand that feeds, till it bleeds,
but it isn’t very nourishing,
and it would be spat back.
November 11, 2014
Drain the Remains
Darling, don’t let our love ever die.
Because if it does, I’ll be shattered
by all the time I’ve wasted
keeping it alive.
November 6, 2014
Memory, Narrative, Liminality and Bloviation
October 24, 2014
Further Humilation
FESTIVAL SUPREME: Circus of Death
This is supposed to be a big deal. I’m first up on the smallest stage.
http://festivalsupreme.com/news/festival-supreme-announces-circus-of-death
October 20, 2014
A Richer Victory
Broke, bitter and alone.
What more could I possibly ask for?
I have failed, at last,
beyond my wildest expectations.
I don’t understand
why I’m still not satisfied.
October 13, 2014
Four by Two
I am honored to be included in the autumn edition
of Klipschutz’s exquisitely wrought Four-by-Two series.
It can be found (and ordered) here: http://www.fourbytwo.org/
October 11, 2014
Long Beach Poetry Festival
I will be among the twenty more (or less) ‘outstanding poets’
reading at the Long Beach Poetry Festival. Sat Oct 18th, 5pm
Bungalow Building 727 N Pine Avenue, Long Beach, CA
September 20, 2014
A Time Less Quality
I waited a long time
to be haunted
by what wasn’t wanted.
One experiences a different kind of nostalgia
when one doesn’t ‘change’.
Yet the question is still the same:
how best to squander
the rapidly diminishing time that remains.
September 11, 2014
Gen F
I reluctantly agreed to participate in this event,
and I’m sure I’ll have cause to regret it.
John Tottenham 