Tristan Buttigieg

Musician/Author/Poet

Tristan Buttigieg

Tristan Buttigieg is a singer-songwriter, musician, and poet who treats art as an open question rather than a fixed answer. Originally from New York City, his work draws from both lived experience and inward reflection. Inspired by the raw honesty of early- to late-20th-century poetic and musical movements, his work moves between city concrete and subconscious current, between what is seen and what is felt.

With seven collaborative albums...

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Have Nine Lives (Poetry)

Tristan Buttigieg is a singer-songwriter, musician & poet. Just as he felt his predecessors of the poetic and musical revolutions of the early to mid-20th century accurately portrayed, he's someone who firmly believes that the objective of art should be equivocal and unrestrained, while always capturing inspiration from the genuine...

Pearlesque (Poetry)

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Va-Va Voom (Poetry)

Va-Va Voom — Collection III in Progress

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Series

Bubbles On The Ceiling (Collab Album 2018)

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Music Collabs

Bubbles On The Ceiling (Collab Album 2018) , Roar Of Time (Collab Album 2019), Einstein's Garage (Collab Album 2018), Cosmos Colossus (Collab Album 2020), and 1 more

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Praise

If you love poetry, you will love Have Nine Lives! What I appreciated the most about Buttigieg's writing is his thoughtful word choices. You feel the words, rather than just read them. They're warm, soft, chilling, violent, scary, beautiful, and a million other things. Poetry well done.

– Amazon Review

The author does an amazing job of conveying his thoughts and emotions!

– Amazon Review

"Ill Gotten Gains" from 'Have Nine Lives' is a vivid tapestry of imagery and emotion. The stately portraits in the sun and the photographic waves create a hauntigly beautiful atmosphere. Each line evokes a sense of nostalgia and reflection, painting a picture of life's fleeting moments and the inevitable passage of time

The poem's structure, with its stark contrasts and poignant phrases like " standing naked in the road" and "the mark of the dead" captures the raw essence of existence. The juxtampostion of "sweet treats" with "all the blood rushing to their heads" adds depth, hinting at the complexities and contradictions we face.

– @ ru_reads

Events

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Upcoming Event

New York Poetry Festival — July 12–13

I’ll be exhibiting at the New York Poetry Festival on Governors Island, presenting Pearlesque and Have Nine Lives. Bringing this work into a live setting—outside the page, within a shared space—is something I’ve been moving toward for some time.

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