Tag Archives: existential questions

Play It Again, Sam

Posted on January 6, 2025 by jillbpearlman

Once thought it a white man’s thing –righteous poems lamenting time –when fingertips that steady the fruit knifescrape garlic, soothe kids know truth. Now end of day, end of year silver threads of dusk hover on short hours. Family that made the … Continue reading →

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Broadcast Moon

Posted on December 16, 2024 by jillbpearlman

The misted moon as variety of black and white TV—backdrop, desk and headshotof nightly news in the 60s –  stern, nervy, full of filament unfed, unfulfilled  it speaks, never clearly, across light years inkling of a vaster meaningthan petty characters preening … Continue reading →

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Silence of the Monks

Posted on August 4, 2024 by jillbpearlman

Monasteries and hermitages, a faint silhouette in a shimmering light. As we arrive by car, then foot, or by tortuous road, the outline thickens against the ochre stone and cliffs. They loom as minor fortresses, angled like a prism, slim … Continue reading →

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