Pearl Pirie
@pearlpoet.bsky.social
slow-living poet, insect- & mushroom-portraitist, Good Omens DT & MS fan, f/t incessant reader & writer.
If you need me to know something, email me. www.pearlpirie.com
🏳️🌈 she/her Alt image: long wavy greying hair, red framed glasses, black top.
If you need me to know something, email me. www.pearlpirie.com
🏳️🌈 she/her Alt image: long wavy greying hair, red framed glasses, black top.
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Adventures in Woad: Woad Dyeing in the Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Worlds
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December 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Adventures in Woad: Woad Dyeing in the Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Worlds
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“All our fabrics are vegan and wrinkle free.” Translation: polyester.
“These poems have been compared yo Yeats.”
Favourably?
Wait. Am I cranky?
“These poems have been compared yo Yeats.”
Favourably?
Wait. Am I cranky?
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“All our fabrics are vegan and wrinkle free.” Translation: polyester.
“These poems have been compared yo Yeats.”
Favourably?
Wait. Am I cranky?
“These poems have been compared yo Yeats.”
Favourably?
Wait. Am I cranky?
Is it still called a green space when snow covered?
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Is it still called a green space when snow covered?
the ugh in Scarborough is silent.
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
the ugh in Scarborough is silent.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Making a dessert for a xmas potluck. better move or else I’ll be bringing it still hot.
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Making a dessert for a xmas potluck. better move or else I’ll be bringing it still hot.
Okay, I did the anisota.net/harvest thing!
Totally different word frequency map from the other tool.
Totally different word frequency map from the other tool.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Okay, I did the anisota.net/harvest thing!
Totally different word frequency map from the other tool.
Totally different word frequency map from the other tool.
It’s growing new leaves but the old ones haven’t recovered from
my mixing up the bathroom cleaner mister and the water mister that one time.
my mixing up the bathroom cleaner mister and the water mister that one time.
December 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It’s growing new leaves but the old ones haven’t recovered from
my mixing up the bathroom cleaner mister and the water mister that one time.
my mixing up the bathroom cleaner mister and the water mister that one time.
I have my screen magnification at 200%. Probably should see about the new glasses prescription
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I have my screen magnification at 200%. Probably should see about the new glasses prescription
The tree is loaded for bear but I made more decorations anyway.
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The tree is loaded for bear but I made more decorations anyway.
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End of year getting myself sorted phase where most of to do list starts “find…”
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
End of year getting myself sorted phase where most of to do list starts “find…”
oh dear Phil
“I hate it when I’m giving a reading and someone in the audience makes that little moaning sound.
As if life were cute and thoughtful. That’s what failure sounds like. “
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“I hate it when I’m giving a reading and someone in the audience makes that little moaning sound.
As if life were cute and thoughtful. That’s what failure sounds like. “
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/phil...
Phil Hall : Talking of Duncan by the Hawkesbury River
Robert Adamson and Juno Gemes (2009) Credit: Juno Gemes I don’t believe Australia exists, though...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
oh dear Phil
“I hate it when I’m giving a reading and someone in the audience makes that little moaning sound.
As if life were cute and thoughtful. That’s what failure sounds like. “
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/phil...
“I hate it when I’m giving a reading and someone in the audience makes that little moaning sound.
As if life were cute and thoughtful. That’s what failure sounds like. “
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/phil...
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NIGHTINGALESSSSSS🤩😍
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
NIGHTINGALESSSSSS🤩😍
Suppose I can shove 2 manuscripts put of the house before new years? Of course much of the 2021 & 2024 versions are tosh. Editing again.
December 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Suppose I can shove 2 manuscripts put of the house before new years? Of course much of the 2021 & 2024 versions are tosh. Editing again.
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YOU THERE, SELF-HATING PERSON WITH LOW SELF ESTEEM!
SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT YOURSELF! COMPLIMENT YOURSELF RIGHT NOW! I DON'T CARE THAT IT'S TORTURE OR FEELS FAKE! KEEP TRYING UNTIL YOU CAN SAY IT OUT LOUD! KEEP REPEATING IT UNTIL IT IS NOT A WHISPER! KEEP GOING EVERY DAY UNTIL YOU BELIEVE IT!
SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT YOURSELF! COMPLIMENT YOURSELF RIGHT NOW! I DON'T CARE THAT IT'S TORTURE OR FEELS FAKE! KEEP TRYING UNTIL YOU CAN SAY IT OUT LOUD! KEEP REPEATING IT UNTIL IT IS NOT A WHISPER! KEEP GOING EVERY DAY UNTIL YOU BELIEVE IT!
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
YOU THERE, SELF-HATING PERSON WITH LOW SELF ESTEEM!
SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT YOURSELF! COMPLIMENT YOURSELF RIGHT NOW! I DON'T CARE THAT IT'S TORTURE OR FEELS FAKE! KEEP TRYING UNTIL YOU CAN SAY IT OUT LOUD! KEEP REPEATING IT UNTIL IT IS NOT A WHISPER! KEEP GOING EVERY DAY UNTIL YOU BELIEVE IT!
SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT YOURSELF! COMPLIMENT YOURSELF RIGHT NOW! I DON'T CARE THAT IT'S TORTURE OR FEELS FAKE! KEEP TRYING UNTIL YOU CAN SAY IT OUT LOUD! KEEP REPEATING IT UNTIL IT IS NOT A WHISPER! KEEP GOING EVERY DAY UNTIL YOU BELIEVE IT!
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated.
In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
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my dog: *being treated in such a way that shame has been placed on his bloodline for one thousand years*
me: ok bud now let me wipe your other paw
me: ok bud now let me wipe your other paw
December 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
my dog: *being treated in such a way that shame has been placed on his bloodline for one thousand years*
me: ok bud now let me wipe your other paw
me: ok bud now let me wipe your other paw
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The Carina Nebula is a vast, star-forming region where new stars form out of dense, dark clouds of gas and dust. Tall pillars like Mystic Mountain form when dense pockets of gas resist that erosion. This visualization separates the layers of the nebula to create depth from the Hubble image. 🔭 🧪
Mystic Mountain: Bright Pillar in the Carina Nebula
The Carina Nebula is a vast, star-forming region in our Milky Way Galaxy. Within the nebula, new stars form out of dense, dark clouds of gas and dust. The bright, high-energy radiation from massive young stars erodes away the dark gas. Tall pillars, suc...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Carina Nebula is a vast, star-forming region where new stars form out of dense, dark clouds of gas and dust. Tall pillars like Mystic Mountain form when dense pockets of gas resist that erosion. This visualization separates the layers of the nebula to create depth from the Hubble image. 🔭 🧪
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👑More performances on sale now for Owain & Henry.
Due to demand, Owain & Henry has been extended and will now run from 5 to 28 November 2026: loom.ly/6JB1nKY
Due to demand, Owain & Henry has been extended and will now run from 5 to 28 November 2026: loom.ly/6JB1nKY
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
👑More performances on sale now for Owain & Henry.
Due to demand, Owain & Henry has been extended and will now run from 5 to 28 November 2026: loom.ly/6JB1nKY
Due to demand, Owain & Henry has been extended and will now run from 5 to 28 November 2026: loom.ly/6JB1nKY
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Dear current & former Ottawa students, residents & workers, I warmly invite you to send poems to Bywords.ca for our January 2026 issue. The deadline is December 15, 2025 & all the details are on Bywords.ca under Guidelines, but you can ask me questions at any time: amanda@bywords.ca. Happy December!
December 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Dear current & former Ottawa students, residents & workers, I warmly invite you to send poems to Bywords.ca for our January 2026 issue. The deadline is December 15, 2025 & all the details are on Bywords.ca under Guidelines, but you can ask me questions at any time: amanda@bywords.ca. Happy December!
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Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
You have to have a certain amount of safety and security and love to risk being curious. Or fed up enough with walls, limits and controls to make a break for it towards any other way.
November 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
You have to have a certain amount of safety and security and love to risk being curious. Or fed up enough with walls, limits and controls to make a break for it towards any other way.
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Ongoing notes: the ottawa small press book fair (part one, : Tamsyn Farr, emily shafer + Yoko’s Dogs, / @pearlpoet.bsky.social @tamsynfarr.bsky.social @emilyshaferwrites.bsky.social ;
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Ongoing notes: the ottawa small press book fair (part one, : Tamsyn Farr, emily shafer + Yoko’s Dogs,
[ Michael e. Casteels , Puddles of Sky Press ] Another small press fair, come and gone; and have you been catching my posts from the recen...
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November 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Ongoing notes: the ottawa small press book fair (part one, : Tamsyn Farr, emily shafer + Yoko’s Dogs, / @pearlpoet.bsky.social @tamsynfarr.bsky.social @emilyshaferwrites.bsky.social ;
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Pleasure, Rob Lustig pointed out, is “This feels good. I want more.” Happiness, on the other hand, is “This feels good. I am contented. I am complete.” Myth of Normal, Gabor Maté
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Pleasure, Rob Lustig pointed out, is “This feels good. I want more.” Happiness, on the other hand, is “This feels good. I am contented. I am complete.” Myth of Normal, Gabor Maté