Joel Pedersen
@xxyxxy.com
No one you need to worry about.
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- Born at CO2 327ppm.
Visit my site at xxyxxy.com
- Born at CO2 327ppm.
I'm excited to announce the availability my most recent book of poetry, and this one is full of my graphite illustrations! I would be most excited if you were to pop by and check it out. It's available exclusively on xxyxxy.com
#poetry #graphiteOnPaper
#poetry #graphiteOnPaper
January 1, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I'm excited to announce the availability my most recent book of poetry, and this one is full of my graphite illustrations! I would be most excited if you were to pop by and check it out. It's available exclusively on xxyxxy.com
#poetry #graphiteOnPaper
#poetry #graphiteOnPaper
As our odd year comes to a close
I can't help but reflect on those
that contributed to a pile
of quite obscene headlines, all while
parading their precious egos.
#poetry #quintilla
I can't help but reflect on those
that contributed to a pile
of quite obscene headlines, all while
parading their precious egos.
#poetry #quintilla
December 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
As our odd year comes to a close
I can't help but reflect on those
that contributed to a pile
of quite obscene headlines, all while
parading their precious egos.
#poetry #quintilla
I can't help but reflect on those
that contributed to a pile
of quite obscene headlines, all while
parading their precious egos.
#poetry #quintilla
Reposted by Joel Pedersen
I have to say thank you to both @sciencesocks.bsky.social for gifting me this after our collab and to @xxyxxy.com for making the adorable little gingerbread astro buddy. It's too cute!!
December 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I have to say thank you to both @sciencesocks.bsky.social for gifting me this after our collab and to @xxyxxy.com for making the adorable little gingerbread astro buddy. It's too cute!!
Reposted by Joel Pedersen
Whoops! Reposting cuz I hit the wrong button. Joel experiments in several different mediums, always a delight! The paintings have an energy and vibrancy the photos don’t quite capture.
A
promise
of water
in the desert
is, at times, all that can be relied on.
Original painting available at: xxyxxy.com/items/uoWMd7F0
#painting #poetry #font #tetractys
promise
of water
in the desert
is, at times, all that can be relied on.
Original painting available at: xxyxxy.com/items/uoWMd7F0
#painting #poetry #font #tetractys
November 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Whoops! Reposting cuz I hit the wrong button. Joel experiments in several different mediums, always a delight! The paintings have an energy and vibrancy the photos don’t quite capture.
Reposted by Joel Pedersen
If you are not following Joel or frequently visiting his website, you should be. Art, poetry, stamps, postcards, cool ceramic stuff, and a damned good dude to boot. Look at these two amazing paintings...
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If you are not following Joel or frequently visiting his website, you should be. Art, poetry, stamps, postcards, cool ceramic stuff, and a damned good dude to boot. Look at these two amazing paintings...
I've been working on revamping my site blog and am in the process of adding many of my favorite pieces to it. Nice!
#painting #graphiteOnPaper #poetry
#painting #graphiteOnPaper #poetry
Initiation
An abstract painting.
xxyxxy.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I've been working on revamping my site blog and am in the process of adding many of my favorite pieces to it. Nice!
#painting #graphiteOnPaper #poetry
#painting #graphiteOnPaper #poetry
Reposted by Joel Pedersen
Hey! I'm gonna post this reminder every now and then: You can now check my books out from the San Diego County Library (via Inter-Library Loan if you're outside of this system). Hot damn, I love the library!
#poetry #library
#poetry #library
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October 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
When the child was a child, it walked with its arms swinging. It wanted the stream to be a river, the river a torrent, and this puddle to be the sea. When the child was a child, it didn't know it was a child, Charlie Brown.
"Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night, Charlie Brown."
"Hello, my name is Indigo Montoya. You killed my father, Charlie Brown. Prepare to die."
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
When the child was a child, it walked with its arms swinging. It wanted the stream to be a river, the river a torrent, and this puddle to be the sea. When the child was a child, it didn't know it was a child, Charlie Brown.
Age yourself with gaming.
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Age yourself with gaming.
psa: do not say “I animated” something if you did literally nothing but feed it through some ai service. Just say you fed it through ai, so I don’t have to dig around to find out that I want to block you.
November 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
psa: do not say “I animated” something if you did literally nothing but feed it through some ai service. Just say you fed it through ai, so I don’t have to dig around to find out that I want to block you.
rest.
the heat
takes it all
away from you;
a dry wind chuckles across the desert.
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #tetractys
the heat
takes it all
away from you;
a dry wind chuckles across the desert.
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #tetractys
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
rest.
the heat
takes it all
away from you;
a dry wind chuckles across the desert.
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #tetractys
the heat
takes it all
away from you;
a dry wind chuckles across the desert.
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #tetractys
Every so often, I ponder the uncomfortable truth that we are daily confronted with an avalanche of images (which devalues all images), and an inexcusable poverty of stroopwafels (which over-inflates the value of all stroopwafels).
November 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Every so often, I ponder the uncomfortable truth that we are daily confronted with an avalanche of images (which devalues all images), and an inexcusable poverty of stroopwafels (which over-inflates the value of all stroopwafels).
do I
despise them so?
The men who have hoarded
our collective national wealth?
I do
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #cinquain
despise them so?
The men who have hoarded
our collective national wealth?
I do
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #cinquain
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
do I
despise them so?
The men who have hoarded
our collective national wealth?
I do
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #cinquain
despise them so?
The men who have hoarded
our collective national wealth?
I do
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #cinquain
look
out there
somewhere else
anywhere else
everywhere else is better than right here
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #tetractys
out there
somewhere else
anywhere else
everywhere else is better than right here
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #tetractys
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
look
out there
somewhere else
anywhere else
everywhere else is better than right here
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #tetractys
out there
somewhere else
anywhere else
everywhere else is better than right here
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #tetractys
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Recently moved mastodon instances to sfba.social/@xxyxxy for future reference!
Joel Pedersen (@[email protected])
47 Posts, 430 Following, 574 Followers · Human. Artist. Writer. Doing artist, writer, human things in the Californian desert.
sfba.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Recently moved mastodon instances to sfba.social/@xxyxxy for future reference!
we had but one job between us,
but no one can remember it;
and loathe to cause another fuss
we hold our tongue as they discuss
the next great swindle they'll commit.
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #quintilla
but no one can remember it;
and loathe to cause another fuss
we hold our tongue as they discuss
the next great swindle they'll commit.
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #quintilla
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
we had but one job between us,
but no one can remember it;
and loathe to cause another fuss
we hold our tongue as they discuss
the next great swindle they'll commit.
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #quintilla
but no one can remember it;
and loathe to cause another fuss
we hold our tongue as they discuss
the next great swindle they'll commit.
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #quintilla
I think I enjoy failing in graphite WAY more than I enjoy failing in paint, and given that very little of my work finds material support among those that like it, I might stick with graphite for the time being. Perhaps look at other mediums again for the coming year.
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I think I enjoy failing in graphite WAY more than I enjoy failing in paint, and given that very little of my work finds material support among those that like it, I might stick with graphite for the time being. Perhaps look at other mediums again for the coming year.
Well, I guess I have to post this one again...
the sole
opposition
is a rusted machine
seized up and refusing any
repair
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #cinquain
the sole
opposition
is a rusted machine
seized up and refusing any
repair
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #cinquain
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Well, I guess I have to post this one again...
the sole
opposition
is a rusted machine
seized up and refusing any
repair
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #cinquain
the sole
opposition
is a rusted machine
seized up and refusing any
repair
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #cinquain
Some people might ask, who reads poetry really? Well, judges do!
Ellis begins by quoting from Carl Sandburg's "Chicago": www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Chicago
Laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation.
www.poetryfoundation.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Some people might ask, who reads poetry really? Well, judges do!
I want to take a moment to reject the rumor that RFK Jr. had anything to do with the Chicago Tylenol murders in 1982. Trucking in untruths, no matter how much you dislike him, or how much it seems they guy has it out for Tylenol, is unhelpful.
November 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I want to take a moment to reject the rumor that RFK Jr. had anything to do with the Chicago Tylenol murders in 1982. Trucking in untruths, no matter how much you dislike him, or how much it seems they guy has it out for Tylenol, is unhelpful.
Reposted by Joel Pedersen
A
promise
of water
in the desert
is, at times, all that can be relied on.
Original painting available at: xxyxxy.com/items/uoWMd7F0
#painting #poetry #font #tetractys
promise
of water
in the desert
is, at times, all that can be relied on.
Original painting available at: xxyxxy.com/items/uoWMd7F0
#painting #poetry #font #tetractys
February 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A
promise
of water
in the desert
is, at times, all that can be relied on.
Original painting available at: xxyxxy.com/items/uoWMd7F0
#painting #poetry #font #tetractys
promise
of water
in the desert
is, at times, all that can be relied on.
Original painting available at: xxyxxy.com/items/uoWMd7F0
#painting #poetry #font #tetractys
writing
your legacy
in suffering and tears
in the language of your party
platform
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #cinquain
your legacy
in suffering and tears
in the language of your party
platform
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #cinquain
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
writing
your legacy
in suffering and tears
in the language of your party
platform
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #cinquain
your legacy
in suffering and tears
in the language of your party
platform
xxyxxy.com
#graphiteOnPaper #poetry #cinquain