Gold Work

Series

Sand Panthers

I am doing something
or I am not doing something
all the time now.
Today the sky is spitting pink raisins,
red shorts, and ruby caps.
How long ago 6 years feels
or 4 or 5, even.
How many years with the BQE outside?
It is nice having something I'm not so sure about.
To dream that you grow fur is uncomfortable.
A stripe of Field Marker Lime
indicates the edge of the field.

Jauntiness

The Velvet Underground - Foggy Notion

Vaguely Avian

Ted Berrigan - from the film Poetry in Motion

This clip changed my life a long time ago. Ted Berrigan's influence continues to ripple through my life.

A Still from: Le Joli Mai by Chris Marker

Delight is Peculiar

There is so much blood in a human body

Seven Colorful Figures

Poem

I love the wayfarer summer house.
The way the clay roof tiles click
in the rain is really something.
Now the rain slaps
the windshield of the cab.
Why can't we all be the person
who goes to the airport
without nostalgia gnawing at us?
Simplicity is about movement.
We taste the lipsticks
in the duty free shop.
None have a unified glow,
but this one does.
The clerk carries a taster set.
He carries a yellow stick of it
in his lab coat. "Taste it," he says,
"It's not so bad."
Again, I have to ask:
Why can't I become a personage
on an airship without
thinking about it?
There's a new aspirin, he tells me,
and it has transcontinental strength.

Pink Eagle

Click Clack

We are too low to be blue,
too amazed by robocalls to be indifferent.
I don't want to be negative here,
but stop talking about your wings.
Leverage your drinkables, it's your future.
Protect your spine with electric paddles.
Ride the brutal bus of grotto.
There's a new aspirant in the streetcar.
They suggested putting a tower
under the doorbell to keep the smelt out.
I am walking over sticky rave-ups.
Brutal busbies of grouch.
No one is looking at us,
but everyone is wondering
about us. They suggested putting
a purple sash in our doorway
to signify someone idle lived here.
They suggested putting a townie
under the doorman to keep
his smile out.
If loyalty is a weakness
then I summon you all to the bivouac
to work out the smirks. I mean really,
all limericks are full of blab
and you are a blabber if you're feeling hyper.
Humidity tugs us from our siesta.
If you are one of the liquidators
then nothing is essential. Pinpoint the flue
with the survival of your chili. Why can't you become
a person who hoards the earth itself?
They suggested putting a tracksuit under the door
to keep the smooch out.

Rookie Strobes

You like the opening, be patient.
Walk with purpose.
Recognize the luxury of doing almost anything
for a lot of hours.
Post your journey, but make it hot.
Stop being mentholated.
Give in to the huge pressure to do something.
Practice the high technology technique.
Nod at people citywide.
Recognize the need for air to breathe.
Know what a robot sees when it sees another robot.
Do you know if there is an advantage
to being among kin? Me neither.
In the future there will only be 15 minutes.
Let loose a civil bellow.
Rain showers, whatever.
Don’t go haywire in your house.
Mute the glow of the street with your shades.
Practice being impossible at all times.

James Schuyler reading at Dia, 1988

TBT

One Dream

We love you.
Here's some money.
Make us some stuff.

Six

3

I want to get close to something that throbs

Low

It Really is this Beautiful

Anchors Away

One of a Kind

MoMA PS1

It was a lovely day.

Dream Closet: Meditations on Childhood Space

Dream Closet: Meditations on Childhood Space is an anthology of poetry, essays, and visual art edited by Matthew Burgess and published by Secretary Press. Available now at Small Press Distribution

Contributors: Ron Padgett, Brett Bell, Michael Cunningham, Melissa Febos, Cedar Sigo, Christine Hamm, Aram Jibilian, Emily Moore, Sheila Maldonado, Joanna Fuhrman, Christina Olivares, Jason Zuzga, Wayne Koestenbaum, Eileen Myles, Ian Hatcher, Ryan Skrabalak, Thomas Devaney, Mary Lum, Melanie Maria Goodreaux, Sarah Dohrmann, Amanda Tomme, Brian Blanchfield, Jennifer Firestone, Joaquin Trujillo, David Hopson, Robert Booras, Betsy Fagin, Lulu Sylbert, Kris Di Giacomo, Sal Randolph, Lara Mimosa Montes, David Trinidad, Matthew Sandager, Jeffery Conway, Margaret Douglas, Julian Talamantez-Brolaski, Ken Corbett, Todd Colby, Luis Jaramillo, Niki Lederer, Helen Phillips, David Molesky, Nancy K. Miller, Christopher Potter, Marie Howe, Michi Jigarjian, James Lecesne, Nicole Callihan, L.S. Asekoff, Peter G. Earle, Liz Fischer Greenhill, Megan Buchanan, Bill Kelly, and Libby Pratt.

Dream Closet - Edited by Matthew Burgess from Matthew Sandager on Vimeo.

Poemfone, 1994

Tart Cherries on Mars

I'd like to understand more about
this century, like how they found
tart cherries on Mars. Or how they
removed a mule from the subway tracks
under the East River yesterday.
Alone, but not bereft, I wash clothes
and put them into tight and neat stacks.
It is always morning somewhere. Windows
flicker with television light.
On this planet we use chairs
to provide relief from gravity.
When water comes out of the spigot
it goes "down" or what we think
of as "down." Just because the sky
is ridiculously blue doesn't mean
there aren't stressful situations
behind the vivid scrim of atmosphere.
We're looking out not up.

The Missing Book of Spurs

8.6.98.

Joanna Newsom - Sapokanikan

I am never coming home

Nico

My First Desk in NYC, 1986

My first desk in NYC, 1986. 92 Grove Street, Manhattan.

Picture Room

A lovely night at Picture Room (on 10.22.15.) featuring a show of my art (half were sold the first night, several are still available). Emily Skillings and Danniel Schoonebeek added to the celebratory vibe of the night by doing a reading along with me. Here's a little documentation...

Bottom photo by Joe Pan.

Inquiries/viewing:
Picture Room
236 Mulberry Street, Manhattan
212 219 2789

On this planet we use chairs to provide relief from gravity

Feeling More Comfortable on Earth Would Be Nice

W.H. Auden Memorial Chair

Picture Room, October 22nd, 7-9PM!

This is the title of my new show of artwork at Picture Room, opening Thursday, October 22nd, 7-9 pm. 236 Mulberry Street, Manhattan. I'll be reading some new poems along with Emily Skillings & Danniel Schoonebeek on opening night. Stop by, say hello, have some wine, enjoy some poetry, & buy some art! Xxoo

Dia Art Foundation Reading September 15, 2015

Here's a link to my reading at Dia Art Foundation on September 15, 2015



XO
Todd

MoMA PS1's Greater New York Artists

Charlie Ahearn (b. 1951); John Ahearn (b. 1951); Chantal Akerman (b. 1950); Sam Anderson (b. 1982); Richard Artschwager (1923-2013); Robert Ashley (1930-2014); Charles Atlas (b. 1949); Lutz Bacher (born in the USA); Fia Backström (b. 1970); Alvin Baltrop (1948-2004); Rina Banerjee (b. 1963); Morgan Bassichis (b. 1983); Kevin Beasley (b. 1985); Gina Beavers (b. 1974); Gelsey Bell (b. 1982); Michael Bell-Smith (b. 1978); Sadie Benning (b. 1973); Huma Bhabha (b. 1962) and Dara Birnbaum (b. 1946).

Mel Bochner (b. 1940) and Robert Moskowitz (b. 1935); Lizzie Borden (b. 1958); Robert Bordo (b. 1949); Gregg Bordowitz (b. 1964); Liene Bosquê (b. 1980); Amy Brener (b. 1982); Ben Thorp Brown (b. 1983); Rudy Burckhardt (1914-1999); Harry Burke (b. 1990); Scott Burton (1939-1989); Abigail Child (b. 1948); Susan Cianciolo (b. 1969); Shirley Clarke (1919-1997); Todd Colby (b. 1962); Roy Colmer (1935-2014); Sara Cwynar (b. 1985); Mira Dancy (b. 1979); Jaime Davidovich (b. 1936); Jimmy DeSana (1950-1990) and Vivienne Dick (b. 1950).

Andrew Durbin (b. 1989); Diego Echeverría (b. 1946); Terry Fox (1958-1981); Su Friedrich (b. 1954), Eckhaus Latta (founded 2011), Mary Beth Edelson (b. 1933); Gregory Edwards (b. 1981); Joy Episalla (b. 1960); Loretta Fahrenholz (b. 1981); Ben Fama (b.1982); fierce pussy (founded 1991); John Finneran (b. 1979); Henry Flynt (b. 1940); Jeffrey Gibson (b. 1972); John Giorno (b. 1936); Ignacio González-Lang (b. 1975); William Greaves (1926-2014); Jonah Groeneboer (b. 1978); Red Grooms (b. 1937); David Grubbs (b. 1967) and David Hammons (b. 1943).

Fanny Howe (b. 1940); Katherine Hubbard (b. 1981); Peter Hutton (b. 1944); Elizabeth Jaeger (b. 1988), Ken Jacobs (b. 1933); Paolo Javier (b. 1974); Joan Jonas (b. 1936); Jamian Juliano-Villani (b. 1987); Angie Keefer (b. 1977); Devin Kenny (b. 1987); Eli Keszler (b. 1983); Christine Sun Kim (b. 1980); KIOSK (founded 2005); Manfred Kirchheimer (b. 1931); Ajay Kurian (b. 1984); Robert Kushner (b. 1949); M. Lamar (b. 1984); Louise Lawler (b. 1947); Deana Lawson (b. 1979); Sophia Le Fraga (b. 1990) and Barry Le Va (b. 1941).

Okkyung Lee (b. 1975); Simone Leigh (b. 1968); Zoe Leonard (b. 1961) and Nancy Brooks Brody (b. 1962); Glenn Ligon (b. 1960); Tan Lin (b. 1957); Eric Mack (b. 1987); Tony Matelli (b. 1971); Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978); Lionel Maunz (b. 1976); Park McArthur (b. 1984); Adam McEwen (b. 1965); Marie Menken (1909-1970); Wardell Milan (b. 1978); Ieva Misevičiūtė (b. 1982); Rashaun Mitchell (b. 1978) and Silas Riener (b. 1983).

Yoshiaki Mochizuki (b. 1961); Donald Moffett (b. 1955); James Nares (b. 1953); Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts - New York (founded 2011), Raul de Nieves (b. 1983); Véréna Paravel (b. 1971) and J.P. Sniadecki (b. 1979); Morgan Parker (b. 1987); Rebecca Patek (b. 1980); Sondra Perry (b. 1986); Pharmakon (b. 1990); Howardena Pindell (b. 1943); Seth Price (b. 1973); Yvonne Rainer (b. 1934); Will Rawls (b. 1978) and Nick Relph (b. 1979).

Joyce Robins (b. 1944); Bunny Rogers (b. 1990); Ugo Rondinone (b. 1964); Cameron Rowland (b. 1988); Jen Rosenblit (b. 1983); Peter Saul (b. 1934); Collier Schorr (b. 1963); Nancy Shaver (b. 1946); Judith Shea (b. 1948); Gedi Sibony (b. 1973); Hayley Silverman (b. 1986); Charles Simonds (b. 1970); Lorna Simpson (b. 1960); Rosalind Fox Solomon (b. 1930); Jack Smith (1932-1989); Kiki Smith (b. 1954) and Greg Parma Smith (b. 1983).

Slow and Steady Wins the Race (founded 2001); Nelson Sullivan (1948-1989); Sergei Tcherepnin (b. 1981); Third World Newsreel (founded 1967); Stewart Uoo (b. 1985); Stefanie Victor (b. 1982); William Villalongo (b. 1975); Keith Fullerton Whitman (b. 1973); Sue Williams (b. 1954); Lebbeus Woods (1940-2012); Nathan Donavon Wooley (b. 1974); Geo Wyeth (b. 1984); Carrie Yamaoka (b. 1957); C. Spencer Yeh (b. 1975)

"Greater New York" opens October 11, 2015 and remains on view through March 7, 2016 at MoMA's PS1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101. The museum is open Thursdays through Mondays from noon to 6 p.m.

Before I Forget

I really love the new light I'm seeing you in.
A one way street with beautiful yellow cabs.
I ran to the light for 25 minutes, used Scope
with green mint blast, did breathing exercises,
chopped an onion, whipped three eggs, and poured some ketchup.
I drank the last of the cool coffee in one big gulp
that hurt as it stretched my throat. Classic security
envelopes, Waterman black ink, Diptyque Pomander
spray, and a feeling for autumn. Things become a little
less obvious as we go through life. Consciousness is tied
to work, it does nothing but make us feel wobbly.

Hart Crane Memorial Wave

Fernando Pessoa Memorial Light Post

Djuna Barnes Memorial Streetlight

The Elevator That Had Rules About Jumping

Top wonderful garden.
Garden fresh fizzy air rag.
Once again mystics have liberty's number.
Cherry moon.
Port sporty.

Selected Poet Memorials on the Streets of Brooklyn