Est. Los Angeles The Elephent King @theelephentking
Jorrel Patterson · Los Angeles
ELEPHENT
The thesis · no. 18 — “Made Real”

Real
is what
you can
lose.

Thirty-three poems that refuse eternity for the real. Confessional, visceral, aphoristic — love written as something violent and tender in the same breath.

fig. I — the elephent kingoil on canvas
Love is violent! And unsure. And sure!
It grabs you by the lips and pulls you into the unknown.
Power and humiliation — two sides of one coin
A king and jester
“Well now I’ve donned my bone crown. Pieces of you. Her. My teeth. Knuckles.”
№ 04
From the collection
“Golden Boy and
the Good Daughter”
Read time
00 : 18

Violence

Love is violent! And unsure. And sure!

It’s peace. It’s not a calculation or weights and measures.

It grabs you by the lips and pulls you into the unknown.

Happily! Avoid at all costs!

Golden Boy and the Good Daughter — cover
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The Collection
Golden Boy and the Good Daughter

36 poems · est. 2026
many w/ companion artwork
Read all thirty-six →
The Bird Who Preferred to Walk — cover
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The Bird Who Preferred to Walk

16 pages · out now
illustrated · rhyming
See the book →
A Guide for Dying — cover
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A Guide for Dying

in progress · 2026
notes toward leaving well
Follow as it’s written →
The Elephent King — oil on canvas
the workoil on canvas

The Gallery
Paintings & Drawings

42 works · 2019—2026
oil · ink · studies
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New poems, new paintings, and the slow assembly of the next book — for the few who ask.

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