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Jun
07

I BELIEVE IN THE MUTINEERS

I have a photograph & two accompanying poems published in the Disembodied Faith issue of Disembodied Text. There is also Mike Doughty. Dig them, please. Help them to make me proud & stuff.

“This submission attempts to explore the duality of faith and everyday imagery–the way one person can see god in a field, while another simply sees a field. Both poems are ekphrastic takes on the photograph (mine), and both use seemingly opposing lines from a Mike Doughty song to help further set them apart while maintaining the thread.”

SEE: DISEMBODIED FAITH

Tags: disembodied, disembodied text, dt, faith, indie lit, lit, mike doughty, photography, poem, poetry, published, small press

Jun
06

HOW I SENT YOU FLOWERS ON YOUR BIRTHDAY & YOU TRIED TO EAT MY NAME

by [dt]

I need to share this for those who haven’t yet seen it. Okay, actually just because I want to. Thunderclap Magazine boss Amanda Deo gives life to a poem I wrote for Shawn Misener & Ke$ha, which can also be found in text form at Clutching at Straws. These people are those good ones, people.

SEE AMANDA READ HERE.

FOLLOW ALONG HERE.

Tags: amanda deo, clutching at straws, david tomaloff, dt, ke$ha, poem, poetry, reading, shawn misener, small press, thunderclap, video

Jun
05

GOT A MINUTE?

by [dt]

I have a poem included in the first edition of the Minuteman Project. One minute, stop, no corrections or revisions. Dig it.

Those short on time can access my piece directly HERE.

Tags: fast, indie lit, lit, minute, minuteman, poem, poetry, short, small press

May
30

OTHER KINDS OF LIGHT

by [dt]

issue-48-1

Safety Pin Review, Issue 48 is living & walking in photographs & accompanying commentary, courtesy of Operative Emily Ramser. This Light indeed. Thank you both, Simon & Emily.

“Just another instance of me having to explain the meaning of caliginous to someone.” —EM

Tags: dt, emily ramser, indie lit, lit, north carolina, photography, poem, poetry, prose poem, published, safety pin review, simon jacobs, small press, this, wake forest

May
20

HOW I LEARNED TO BE A BETTER MICHIGAN AMERICAN WHILE CLUTCHING AT STRAWS WITH SHAWN & KE$HA

by [dt]

I wrote a poemy thing for Shawn Misener & Ke$ha in hopes that the two will one day reconcile their differences & finally come together to record an album of Whitesnake & CCR songs in the key of Michigan major. It’s so cold in the D sometimes. It’s much warmer at Clutching at Straws.

SEE: DEAR SHAWN, REMEMBER IN AMERICA

Tags: ccr, clutching at straws, indie lit, ke$ha, lit, michigan, poem, poetry, published, shawn misener, surreal, the d, whitesnake

May
16

BANANGO STREET HAS WHAT YOU NEED

by [dt]

Friends: Banango Street #4. Me. You. Monsters. Alligators. People in suitcases. The works. Come & see how all of this relates to people like Robert Kloss, John Vanderslice, & the Constantines.

Also, see new work by: Melissa Broder, Lisa Marie Basile, Brian Oliu, Rebecca Bornstein, F Daniel Rzicznek, James Tadd Adcox, Caroline Crew, Theadora Siranian, Joshua Amses, Leora Fridman, J.D. Sommer, Sarah Jean Alexander, Juliet Childers, Matthew Drew Williams, Alexander J. Allison, and Kat Dixon, with art by Andrew James Weatherhead.

SEE: BANANGO LIT #4

Tags: alligators, banango lit, banango street, constantines, fuckingrockshit, indie, john vanderslice, lit, monsters, poetry, prose, prose poem, robert kloss, small press, suitcases

May
03

NOTHING BUT THE SHADE TO COMFORT US AND THEN

by [dt]

I have a storyish poemy thing up over at Aleathia Drehmer’s lovely Durable Goods/In Between Altered States [Episode 34] on the theme of manipulation, titled NOTHING BUT THE SHADE TO COMFORT US AND THEN. Media trouble much? Signs point to yes!

SEE: NOTHING BUT THE SHADE TO COMFORT US AND THEN

Tags: Aleathia Drehmer, dt, flash fiction, in between altered states, indie lit, journal, lit, media, prose poem, short, small press, surreal

May
02

THE NAME IS SUGAR

by [dt]

NAP feels like home to me. I want to invite you to my home, where we can download, print, & assemble my newest micro chapbook, THE NAME IS SUGAR. I might be talked printing a few & sending to interested parties for free. Maybe I could draw funny things on them. Who knows? Who is with me?

Tags: 100, assemble, chap, fold, indie, lit, micro, nap, poetry, print, project, read, small press, sugar

Apr
23

I KNOW WHAT DUCKS LIKE

by [dt]

I have a poem in Issue #1 of 1/25. If you haven’t checked this new lit journal out, you should. It’s a print affair—lean, meticulously crafted, & limited to 25 copies per issue. I’m in Issue #0 (the preview issue) as well.Get them both & take them to the park. Read them to the ducks. The ducks know what’s good. Believe that.

SEE: 1/25

Tags: 1/25, craig sernotti, indie lit, lit, poem, poetry, print, prose poem, small press

Apr
22

POEM IN THE PAPERY PRINTY THING

by [dt]

I have a piece titled IN MEDIAS RES No. 2 in issue #0 of Craig Sernotti’s new limited-run print zine, 1/25. (1 of 25, that is, because only 25 are printed.) You can purchase that if you would like, and don’t forget to drop a submission while you’re there.

SEE: 1/25 (issue #0)

Tags: 1/25, craig sernotti, in medias res, journal, limited, poem, poetry, print, published

[d]avid : [t]omaloff

I BELIEVE IN THE MUTINEERS

HOW I SENT YOU FLOWERS ON YOUR BIRTHDAY & YOU TRIED TO EAT MY NAME

GOT A MINUTE?

OTHER KINDS OF LIGHT

HOW I LEARNED TO BE A BETTER MICHIGAN AMERICAN WHILE CLUTCHING AT STRAWS WITH SHAWN & KE$HA

BANANGO STREET HAS WHAT YOU NEED

NOTHING BUT THE SHADE TO COMFORT US AND THEN

THE NAME IS SUGAR

I KNOW WHAT DUCKS LIKE

POEM IN THE PAPERY PRINTY THING

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