Jill Pearlman
jillpearlman.bsky.social
Jill Pearlman
@jillpearlman.bsky.social
Poet, fellow traveler. Chaos & Beauty. C.D. Wright, Alice Oswald. Chaps: Diaspora of Things (FLP, upcoming) Capital G (Ravenna Press). "Studying the beautiful is a duel where the artist cries out in fright before suffering defeat." Baudelaire
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A round of applause for the French is in order! 👏👏👏
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Poets...canaries in the mind. It's always a bellwether whether it's change of season or radical reorientation. Another great digest, Dave!
October 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A young artist, Julia Lion, sat at the back of my reading at Lange Studio for “Diaspora of Things,” jotting down her favorite phrases. She sketched me on her IPad. I love the image she created! It is so much fun!
October 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Trump’s Marie Antoinette Moment: asked for Trump’s response to #NoKingsDay massive protest for fairly priced bread, a spokeswomen conveyed his concern: “Who Cares?” WHO CARES? #Trump, Ask your fellow celeb monarch how that turned out!
October 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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I braved the war-torn streets of Portland to pick up dinner at Panera. Tragically, I accidentally ordered two tomato soups instead of one tomato and one squash as I planned. I appreciate your thoughts and prayers during these difficult times.
October 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Note left on our typewriter.
October 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The totality of David Byrne’s art piece- ie his massively conceived conceptual concert — is inspiring in its daring and overstuffedness. No minimalism here. One of the reasons I loved it. Like he’s back at #RISD, having rolled up a lifetime of curiosity & sensory experience. #DavidByrne #concert
October 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yehuda Amichai from Open Closed Open. So felicitously said! The point is as universal as it gets— we have to fiercely guard hope. And particular for Yom Kippur — be strong and strengthen your heart. Life isn’t for the weak hearted.
October 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A taste of my chapbook, “Diaspora of Things.” Every poem could be accompanied by a sad monkey, though this one is particularly apt. Launch: 9/27, 6pm, Riffraff, 60 Valley St, Providence, RI.
September 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Thinking about our commandant-in-chief, who loves to mock but can’t bear being mocked
September 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Mickey crying
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September 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
My sister tactfully decided not to discuss my will so close to my birthday. We moved on to the demise of our country. #JimmyKimmel
September 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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When control rests in the hands of the few, then the few control the rest of us.
September 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Your silence will not save you! #AcademicSky
September 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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[everyone posting cool Redford photos]

[posts one with former Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms, on the set of Three Days of the Condor, October 1975]

[record scratch]
September 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Clear and still, with dew dripping off the roof and a pair of phoebes yelling "Phoebe!" at each other. Twenty-four years ago, the sky was just this clear.
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Clear and still, with dew dripping off the roof and a pair of phoebes yelling "Phoebe!" at each other. Twenty-four years ago, the sky was just this clear.
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September 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Clifford Brown
& Strings

"Memories Of You"

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#Jazz #JazzSky #JazzMusic #Music #MusicSky 🎧
September 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
September 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Poet Gillian Allnutt has flown under my radar. The poems highlighted by Victoria Moul are startling and gorgeous. The beginning of a new poetic fascination? Gillian Allnutt, "lode" open.substack.com/pub/vamoul/p...
Gillian Allnutt, "lode"
And a welcome to many new subscribers
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September 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Another bang-up edition of the Poetry Blog! Poetry ripens in the September harvest. Many thanks, Dave!
September 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM