Monthly Archives: January 2024

Secret Face – Upon Observing Barbara Kruger’s Installation

Posted on January 28, 2024 by jillbpearlman

A parking lot with rain:How jagged the concreteHow silken its puddles Its poured-out watery silhouettesMagic concentric circlesFast like a dazzling tap dancerWhose moves outpace the eyeOr a spinning vinyl in black light How the mind anticipates what it seesHow a camera … Continue reading →

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Wind Chill Symphonic

Posted on January 15, 2024 by jillbpearlman

Frost from people’s mouths, and vaporslike chilled aerosol rolling across a blurred surface,and wind, a muffled character from offstage unwinding its repression; now sandals won’t do. An artist made me hear silence with hisviolin; at first, the irritation of a bow … Continue reading →

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Winter’s Other

Posted on January 7, 2024 by jillbpearlman

Lushly, thicklya polar bear hibernatesunder our infinite skies,  in our midst:bristling white visiting behemoth. From my tiny pane,I see its heavylugubrious breathing see its lungs, and firrise and fall in branch and mindand rise again.

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