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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This deep into holidaze I will not be linking anyone tonight but here at least is a not-at-all-rushed edition of the poetry blog digest for your reading pleasure. I think it's a particularly good round-up. But then I think that every week. www.vianegativa.us/2025/12/poet...
Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 51
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This deep into holidaze I will not be linking anyone tonight but here at least is a not-at-all-rushed edition of the poetry blog digest for your reading pleasure. I think it's a particularly good round-up. But then I think that every week. www.vianegativa.us/2025/12/poet...
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In this week’s newsletter, I explain how Trump’s $1,776 payments is actually one of the most dangerous things he’s ever done. Armies loyal to a paycheck and not the government is how you get authoritarian overthrows of republics.
Trump’s ‘Warrior Dividend’ Might Be His Scariest Idea Yet
In this week’s Elie v. US, The Nation’s justice correspondent explores the authoritarian threat beneath Trump’s bonuses for military families. Plus, a case for getting rid of the Second Amendment.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In this week’s newsletter, I explain how Trump’s $1,776 payments is actually one of the most dangerous things he’s ever done. Armies loyal to a paycheck and not the government is how you get authoritarian overthrows of republics.
To quote Churchill, “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
Sam Zurier, State senator in RI, representing #Providence has it right...we've been through a lot already. Still we're in for a rough ride. Be gentle.
Sam Zurier, State senator in RI, representing #Providence has it right...we've been through a lot already. Still we're in for a rough ride. Be gentle.
December 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
To quote Churchill, “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
Sam Zurier, State senator in RI, representing #Providence has it right...we've been through a lot already. Still we're in for a rough ride. Be gentle.
Sam Zurier, State senator in RI, representing #Providence has it right...we've been through a lot already. Still we're in for a rough ride. Be gentle.
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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Helicopters are circling again over the Brown campus and College Hill. After whirring for hours and hours on Saturday night, they stopped -- let's now call it a pause - the killer hadn't been caught, the goal hadn't been met. Anxiety runs high; the choppers whirr. #BrownUniversity #massshooting
December 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Helicopters are circling again over the Brown campus and College Hill. After whirring for hours and hours on Saturday night, they stopped -- let's now call it a pause - the killer hadn't been caught, the goal hadn't been met. Anxiety runs high; the choppers whirr. #BrownUniversity #massshooting
Helicopters have been circling overhead #BrownUniversity, shining searchlights down onto the Green, gardens and contorted streets looking for today's horrid perpetrator. Circling circling, light shining off my windows in my darkened house (all neighbors darkening our houses). Peace to the students!
December 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Helicopters have been circling overhead #BrownUniversity, shining searchlights down onto the Green, gardens and contorted streets looking for today's horrid perpetrator. Circling circling, light shining off my windows in my darkened house (all neighbors darkening our houses). Peace to the students!
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This is what @thepoetslizard.bsky.social and I are facing at Via Negativa, a literary blog with nearly 15,000 posts. We might have to password-protect our archives just to keep the site from being taken offline www.glamelab.org/products/are...
Are AI Bots Knocking Cultural Heritage Offline?
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December 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This is what @thepoetslizard.bsky.social and I are facing at Via Negativa, a literary blog with nearly 15,000 posts. We might have to password-protect our archives just to keep the site from being taken offline www.glamelab.org/products/are...
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A round of applause for the French is in order! 👏👏👏
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A round of applause for the French is in order! 👏👏👏
Beautiful thought and writing. I feel so good after reading the Digest. Giving thanks to Dave!
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 47
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Beautiful thought and writing. I feel so good after reading the Digest. Giving thanks to Dave!
Poets...canaries in the mind. It's always a bellwether whether it's change of season or radical reorientation. Another great digest, Dave!
This week in the poetry blogs with @kathrynanna.bsky.social @matthewepaul.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social @wendypratt.bsky.social @billymills.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social @salenagodden.bsky.social @shotscarecrow.bsky.social 1/3
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 43
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Poets...canaries in the mind. It's always a bellwether whether it's change of season or radical reorientation. Another great digest, Dave!
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
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!
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
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!
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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
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
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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
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.
On Homer's Winged Words and the Life of Poetry blog.jillpearlman.com?p=3586
Poetry’s “Winged Words”
I’m becoming a real fan of poetry read aloud. I love to hear words animated. Silence falls, and the voice, with its hypnotic or musical or walking tones, steps in. Now that I’ve had the chance to…
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October 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Note left on our typewriter.
October 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Note left on our typewriter.
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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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
Thinking about our commandant-in-chief, who loves to mock but can’t bear being mocked
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
My sister tactfully decided not to discuss my will so close to my birthday. We moved on to the demise of our country. #JimmyKimmel
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They don’t know what they’re doing.
- Tomaz Salamun
- Tomaz Salamun
September 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
They don’t know what they’re doing.
- Tomaz Salamun
- Tomaz Salamun
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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
When control rests in the hands of the few, then the few control the rest of us.
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Your silence will not save you! #AcademicSky
September 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Your silence will not save you! #AcademicSky