Where egotism and self-loathing meet, where urgency merges with futility. Let me grace you with my absence…
December 2, 2018
Deep Sentiments about the State of the World
What’s On Los Angeles Pick of the Week
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November 15, 2018
Share the Selfishness
Available elsewhere, and from Amazon:
“In elegantly-wrought laments of self-loathing and mean-spirited love poems, the author finds that he has more to say on already exhausted subjects, and gives voice to the kind of thoughts most people prefer not to express but will nevertheless automatically relate to and be entertained by. Tottenham has staked out a singular terrain where egotism and self-loathing meet, where futility merges with urgency, and beauty is created out of bitterness. If nothing else, he furnishes proof that a poet maudit can still, if not thrive, at least survive, alive and unwell, in this benighted age.”
– from the introduction, by Louis Pipe
November 6, 2018
Roasting Sparks
I will be throwing barbs at the Mael boys at this fun-filled event.
October 24, 2018
Emptyscapes: Art Show
Lora Schlesinger Gallery
Bergamot Station, B5b: 2525 S.Michigan Ave, Santa Monica CA 90404
November 3 – December 15 2018
Opening reception: Nov 3rd 4-6pm
September 1, 2018
Say You Love Me
“I love you,” she says,
and my heart sinks.
Knowing what is required of me,
I attempt to reciprocate.
But it’s a struggle,
the words won’t take shape.
No other phrase is so hard to articulate;
no other sentiment is voiced so apprehensively.
I could be honest and say: I love you
but almost everything about you annoys me…
But somehow
those three precious, perilous syllables
are squeezed out, squeamishly:
“Isle… of you.”
It never sounds right when I say it,
but I say it
to put her at ease,
because what you get out of it,
temporarily,
is peace.
April 9, 2018
Soar Into a Rosy Zone of Contemplation
Now unavailable on Instaflam:
https://www.instagram.com/johntottenham/
… Put it out there and watch nothing happen.
February 11, 2018
Emptyscapes in Beverly Hills
Please do not feel under any obligation to attend this event…
John Tottenham 