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 an insult
to those who are not,
and those who pretend to be.
February 12, 2019
Beauty and Happiness
January 13, 2019
Moments of Rare Delight
Delivering a profound spiritual message for humanity at…
Echoplex, 1154 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Saturday Jan 19th 8pm
w/ Flesh Eaters & Mud Honey
Furstworld, 8528 Desert Shadows Rd, Joshua Tree, CA 92252
Friday Jan 25th 7.30pm
Space Cowboy Books, 61871 29 Palms Hwy, Joshua Tree, CA 92252
Saturday Jan 26th 3-4.30pm
w/ Gabriel Hart
Chevalier’s Books, 126 N.Larchmont, Los Angeles CA 90004
Sunday Feb 3rd 5pm
w/ Janet Fitch
December 30, 2018
Is there Life after Art?
One more week. Emptyscapes Extended until 1/5/19.
Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave. B5b, Santa Monica CA 90404
December 9, 2018
An Act of Great Treachery and Narcissism
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
http://whatsonlosangeles.com/murphytottenham.html?fbclid=IwAR1_-BimRe5IJDMmgLolcIuuA4qSHklc0MHSLBOEwWHq9e_KlDID5Fz1uSo
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.
