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Good Friday according to Delacroix

Posted on April 3, 2026 by jillbpearlman

Delacroix liked to paint on SundaysA dabbling Sunday painter he was not He never shied from dramaHe was overwrought His Mary is the crossHis Christ an afterthought

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March: A Sooty Skin

Posted on March 22, 2026 by jillbpearlman

The pristine snow,abandoned, sinks— a sooty skin. Broken objectsrise up.  An arm,stairs, cardboardboxes shockedby fetid air My head pushes from the mud, the primordial churn, seething,thick with saltyactivity.  Shit or fish sauce? Call it March. 

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Uber Drivers at AWP

Posted on March 9, 2026 by jillbpearlman

Updating Descartes: I travel so I can talk to strangers.  Updating Descartes again: I travel so I can reality-check the words of writers against the wisdom of Uber drivers.  Using that as a measure, AWP was stupendous! No wonder we pay drivers … Continue reading →

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Mr. Universe

Posted on February 23, 2026 by jillbpearlman

It’s an all-white affair, the blizzard sweeps in with style, its blinding white tux,bow tie and stiff starched shirt, its grandeur, its threats and proclamations,its show of power. In a flick of itshandsome wrist, it shows us who’s who. How … Continue reading →

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The Olympic Curse: Something Rotten in the State of …

Posted on February 15, 2026 by jillbpearlman

There is something rotten in the state of Denmark.  Which is the self-evident reason why American Olympians keep blowing their races.  The magnificent gods of snow and ice, Americans about to be anointed in their draped flag, have gotten tangled in their … Continue reading →

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UltraViolet Night

Posted on February 2, 2026 by jillbpearlman

I awaken to pee, pass the windowin its wide-eyed state: too bright.Could be a spotlight that beams new films, except this skytracker doesn’t rove. The light is steady, ultraviolet.  The dead tree, tumbling shrubs, picket fence – all caught in the trembleof their … Continue reading →

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U-topias

Posted on January 18, 2026 by jillbpearlman

This past summer I wrote “U-topias” about an ill-fated, meandering voyage, a long poem for me but very short compared to wandering voyages like the Odyssey or the Hebrew Bible.  My search began with an irony – our town’s name said … Continue reading →

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Bowl of Mysteries

Posted on January 12, 2026 by jillbpearlman

The house was warm, but down the road,everything steel-gray – the vast curve of the bay, clouds thin and skinned, each streak a pale sister of the other.   The shades have no names, so delicate, merged, chilled.  Darkly brooding,  wading into my poor mind. I’d … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Spin/Reboot

Posted on January 4, 2026 by jillbpearlman

New Years Poem The boy  stomps   in his bootsin his serious play     as he destroyssnowballs     as he lands two feet on one ballspraying his lone lot  with his snow-dusted gustohis own top spins      so futile  so funas the adults insidehuddle     rubbing their so-so heads what if    futile    were duly … Continue reading →

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City Shiva

Posted on December 22, 2025 by jillbpearlman

I know I have to rise from the small low chairwhose seat bears my grief print Seven days of sitting with all that quickened lovesickness Still so opened; still the quivering shellof darkness That I ever shrugged, jaded at a … Continue reading →

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