Monthly Archives: December 2025

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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Providence, Numb and Number

Posted on December 15, 2025 by jillbpearlman

I am sheltered on the second floor,the house, when lit, is a fishbowl. Helicopters never quit whirling over Providence.They clip the air, giant locust wings, clipand clip and clip, over gardens, greens, sewers; when they quit, the silence of grief.  In and … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Dreamed My Poem

Posted on December 1, 2025 by jillbpearlman

The poem I’m wrestling with wrestled with me all week.My dreamlife gave me these ideas: That pungent vinaigrette in the little dish:pour the rest over the poem. It will taste delicious. Push that boulder which is also a wordover the poem’s … Continue reading →

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