niina pollari
@niina.bsky.social
beautiful, powerful, dangerous, cold
author of PATH OF TOTALITY (2022) and DEAD HORSE (2015). RISK TOLERANCE forthcoming from autofocus books. reviews ed. at zona motel. poet, translator, parent in nc.
niinapollari.com
https://substack.com/@niinapollari
author of PATH OF TOTALITY (2022) and DEAD HORSE (2015). RISK TOLERANCE forthcoming from autofocus books. reviews ed. at zona motel. poet, translator, parent in nc.
niinapollari.com
https://substack.com/@niinapollari
Shoutout to tofurky. Fine year after year with no murder involved
November 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Shoutout to tofurky. Fine year after year with no murder involved
Pretty sure I saw Satan's car today
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Pretty sure I saw Satan's car today
Found a mountain dulcimer in my mother-in-law's garage so I'm going to fuck around and restring it. Stay tuned
See what I did there
See what I did there
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Found a mountain dulcimer in my mother-in-law's garage so I'm going to fuck around and restring it. Stay tuned
See what I did there
See what I did there
Speaking of this, should I take them to the Emily Dickinson museum this week
This just in: apparently I'm the parent and I can make them go to poetry readings
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Speaking of this, should I take them to the Emily Dickinson museum this week
Why do I always have to go to Billy Beez and my kids never have to go to poetry readings? Unfair
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Why do I always have to go to Billy Beez and my kids never have to go to poetry readings? Unfair
I had a great reading in Harlem, NYC this afternoon. I am now in Connecticut. One week ago, I was about to board a plane heading to São Paulo. In between, I was home for about twenty-one hours. Truly what a week.
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I had a great reading in Harlem, NYC this afternoon. I am now in Connecticut. One week ago, I was about to board a plane heading to São Paulo. In between, I was home for about twenty-one hours. Truly what a week.
Drop out of life with bong in hand
Follow the smoke toward the riff-filled land
Drop out of life with bong in hand
Follow the smoke toward the riff-filled land
Proceeds the weedian. Nazareth
Follow the smoke toward the riff-filled land
Drop out of life with bong in hand
Follow the smoke toward the riff-filled land
Proceeds the weedian. Nazareth
We are two mariners
Our ship's sole survivors
In this
Belly of a whale
Its ribs our ceiling beams
Its guts our carpeting
I guess we have some time to kill
You may not remember me
I was a child of 3
And you a lad of 18
But I remember you
And I will relate to you
How our histories interweave
Our ship's sole survivors
In this
Belly of a whale
Its ribs our ceiling beams
Its guts our carpeting
I guess we have some time to kill
You may not remember me
I was a child of 3
And you a lad of 18
But I remember you
And I will relate to you
How our histories interweave
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Drop out of life with bong in hand
Follow the smoke toward the riff-filled land
Drop out of life with bong in hand
Follow the smoke toward the riff-filled land
Proceeds the weedian. Nazareth
Follow the smoke toward the riff-filled land
Drop out of life with bong in hand
Follow the smoke toward the riff-filled land
Proceeds the weedian. Nazareth
My son the articulate candy lover
the 2.5yo picked a bag of peanut m&ms as his good boy road trip treat today. back on the road, he’s munching behind us when we hear, “this snack is amazing.”
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
My son the articulate candy lover
Money for my bills 😌
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Money for my bills 😌
This is a painting of a beautiful sandwich, and you cannot convince me otherwise
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This is a painting of a beautiful sandwich, and you cannot convince me otherwise
I'm really proud of how my Portuguese skills are coming along. I've been in São Paulo for a couple of days, and have navigated a variety of conversations including asking for alternative milks in my coffee and admitting to my cab driver that I was wrong about the airport terminal I needed.
November 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I'm really proud of how my Portuguese skills are coming along. I've been in São Paulo for a couple of days, and have navigated a variety of conversations including asking for alternative milks in my coffee and admitting to my cab driver that I was wrong about the airport terminal I needed.
"The artistry was celebrated as pushing boundaries when, in actuality, stormwater doesn’t know any."
Now that it's raining more than ever, we can still analyze this together
Now that it's raining more than ever, we can still analyze this together
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
"The artistry was celebrated as pushing boundaries when, in actuality, stormwater doesn’t know any."
Now that it's raining more than ever, we can still analyze this together
Now that it's raining more than ever, we can still analyze this together
Gotta be Bachelor No.2 by Aimee Mann, Kid A by Radiohead, and Lift Yr Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven by Godspeed! You Black Emperor. I don't have an obvious fourth one! Bloodflowers by Cure maybe
would love to know yours @delightmonster.bsky.social, @niina.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Gotta be Bachelor No.2 by Aimee Mann, Kid A by Radiohead, and Lift Yr Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven by Godspeed! You Black Emperor. I don't have an obvious fourth one! Bloodflowers by Cure maybe
Christine Shan Shan Hou, from A PROMISE
November 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Christine Shan Shan Hou, from A PROMISE
I started Lonesome Dove in January, then had to return it to the library bc I couldn't finish it in time, and am now finally wrapping it up. It really is that good. Cc @elinor.bsky.social who should know about this development
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I started Lonesome Dove in January, then had to return it to the library bc I couldn't finish it in time, and am now finally wrapping it up. It really is that good. Cc @elinor.bsky.social who should know about this development
Update: he pointed to a nondescript, windowless office park in Weaverville, NC as we drove by it and said "there it is, there's the dark McDonald's." I'm never going into that building ever
My son is repeatedly asking to go to "the dark McDonald's" and I have no idea what he's talking about
November 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Update: he pointed to a nondescript, windowless office park in Weaverville, NC as we drove by it and said "there it is, there's the dark McDonald's." I'm never going into that building ever
When we say something is unbearably beautiful what we mean is that we do not have the capacious heart of the bear to appreciate it
Bears are often seen pausing to take in breathtaking views, hinting at a possible sense of beauty. In the wild, they've been spotted sitting silently for long stretches, gazing at sunsets, lakes & mountains. Not hunting, not moving, just watching.
#Photography from ‘Grizzly Seasons,’ 2003.
#Photography from ‘Grizzly Seasons,’ 2003.
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
When we say something is unbearably beautiful what we mean is that we do not have the capacious heart of the bear to appreciate it
Also I went to see some freak music this week -- Ak'chamel, the dissonant psych/metal/folk outfit, came thru Asheville. So hard to describe but highly recommend if you like receiving auditory hallucinations transmitted on broken lutes from beyond the desert akchamel.bandcamp.com
Ak’chamel, The Fireblack Breechclouts Hides and Wagonsheets
Contact: [email protected]
akchamel.bandcamp.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Also I went to see some freak music this week -- Ak'chamel, the dissonant psych/metal/folk outfit, came thru Asheville. So hard to describe but highly recommend if you like receiving auditory hallucinations transmitted on broken lutes from beyond the desert akchamel.bandcamp.com
I wrote a lil post about a poetry book I first read in 2010, and then reread again just this week. Like everything, it ended up being about arts in late capitalism! Here, if you're interested -- open.substack.com/pub/sadrevie...
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I wrote a lil post about a poetry book I first read in 2010, and then reread again just this week. Like everything, it ended up being about arts in late capitalism! Here, if you're interested -- open.substack.com/pub/sadrevie...
As i changed into my best lounge pants from my already lazy daytime athleisure pants I realize that the softest clothes I have are soft due to their being fuckin old and no manufacturing technique could replicate that
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
As i changed into my best lounge pants from my already lazy daytime athleisure pants I realize that the softest clothes I have are soft due to their being fuckin old and no manufacturing technique could replicate that
Pickles the possum is going cuckoo bananas on my porch, crashing into things, popping up in the flower box etc. I think this goofball is actually playing lol
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Pickles the possum is going cuckoo bananas on my porch, crashing into things, popping up in the flower box etc. I think this goofball is actually playing lol
Who says we can't have it all????
amazing how everyone I know is having the absolute worst time on top of all combination world historical tragedies and impending ecological collapse 🙌 incredible what happens everything comes together
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Who says we can't have it all????
Stuart Pecans would be a top tier writer name if anyone's in the market
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Stuart Pecans would be a top tier writer name if anyone's in the market
Terminally online thought I had: it would work shockingly well if Marcus the Worm said some Curtis Sliwa quotes
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Terminally online thought I had: it would work shockingly well if Marcus the Worm said some Curtis Sliwa quotes
My son is repeatedly asking to go to "the dark McDonald's" and I have no idea what he's talking about
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My son is repeatedly asking to go to "the dark McDonald's" and I have no idea what he's talking about