Jessica Ballen
@jessicaballen.bsky.social
Slightly funny, slightly poet; @_j___esus on Instagram
I like my solitude most of all, & this is why I’m a poet & not a journalist.
April 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I like my solitude most of all, & this is why I’m a poet & not a journalist.
See picture (of my husband) for an accurate representation of my moon and mars in Aries season
March 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
See picture (of my husband) for an accurate representation of my moon and mars in Aries season
Hi should I post here or no
March 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Hi should I post here or no
Just me and my GERD against the world
March 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Just me and my GERD against the world
Fuckkkkk how are poets so hot?
February 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Fuckkkkk how are poets so hot?
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February 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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February 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Shout out to the writers for accepting my brand of weird
February 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Shout out to the writers for accepting my brand of weird
Crying bc the writing muses blessed upon me an epiphany to restructure my entire poetry manuscript, and all I want is sweet surrender!
January 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Crying bc the writing muses blessed upon me an epiphany to restructure my entire poetry manuscript, and all I want is sweet surrender!
Ilya Kaminsky’s Deaf Republic: Poems
January 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Ilya Kaminsky’s Deaf Republic: Poems
Reposted by Jessica Ballen
Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI
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January 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI
Amazon
Boeing
Brown-Forman
Caterpillar
Ford
Harley-Davidson
John Deere
Lowe’s
Molson Coors
McDonald’s
Meta
Nissan
Stanley Black & Decker
Target
Tractor Supply
Toyota
Walmart
Support who supports you ✨✊
Amazon
Boeing
Brown-Forman
Caterpillar
Ford
Harley-Davidson
John Deere
Lowe’s
Molson Coors
McDonald’s
Meta
Nissan
Stanley Black & Decker
Target
Tractor Supply
Toyota
Walmart
Support who supports you ✨✊
One of these days I’ll butter my bread and think
“I’m good enough for this life”
“I’m good enough for this life”
January 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
One of these days I’ll butter my bread and think
“I’m good enough for this life”
“I’m good enough for this life”
Reposted by Jessica Ballen
Looking at my old community college transcripts and I got a B+ in The Holocaust.
January 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Looking at my old community college transcripts and I got a B+ in The Holocaust.
Reposted by Jessica Ballen
haven’t worn jeans in years but i bought a pair yesterday. i feel like i’m wearing some kind of medieval torture device. i’m like if the man in the iron mask was a 21st-century woman. i feel like i’m living the premise of every Abramović endurance piece. this is me sitting in my jeans
January 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
haven’t worn jeans in years but i bought a pair yesterday. i feel like i’m wearing some kind of medieval torture device. i’m like if the man in the iron mask was a 21st-century woman. i feel like i’m living the premise of every Abramović endurance piece. this is me sitting in my jeans
“I saw the refrigerator glow” — the Jessica Ballen story
January 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
“I saw the refrigerator glow” — the Jessica Ballen story
Dreamlight Valley’s a nightmare for someone with executive dysfunction 🙃
January 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Dreamlight Valley’s a nightmare for someone with executive dysfunction 🙃
Love in the time of ozempic
January 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Love in the time of ozempic
Ahhh yes, the two genders:
January 2, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Ahhh yes, the two genders:
From john compton’s “Melancholy Arcadia”
December 30, 2024 at 1:46 AM
From john compton’s “Melancholy Arcadia”
Reposted by Jessica Ballen
just learned of Michael's passing. he was my favorite teacher at Syracuse. i’m heartbroken.
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I do not want to belabor invisibility,
but if it isn’t there in the spaces
among the people as a spiritual thread
then I do not want to be there either.
—Michael Burkard, from "The Summer After Last"
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I do not want to belabor invisibility,
but if it isn’t there in the spaces
among the people as a spiritual thread
then I do not want to be there either.
—Michael Burkard, from "The Summer After Last"
December 24, 2024 at 11:12 PM
just learned of Michael's passing. he was my favorite teacher at Syracuse. i’m heartbroken.
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I do not want to belabor invisibility,
but if it isn’t there in the spaces
among the people as a spiritual thread
then I do not want to be there either.
—Michael Burkard, from "The Summer After Last"
*
I do not want to belabor invisibility,
but if it isn’t there in the spaces
among the people as a spiritual thread
then I do not want to be there either.
—Michael Burkard, from "The Summer After Last"
Fantastic!! Thank you for my book gifts @steventurrill.bsky.social
December 24, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Fantastic!! Thank you for my book gifts @steventurrill.bsky.social
From Lena Khalaf Tuffaha’s “Something about Living”
December 23, 2024 at 9:54 PM
From Lena Khalaf Tuffaha’s “Something about Living”
From Cathy Linh Che’s “Split”
December 23, 2024 at 6:52 AM
From Cathy Linh Che’s “Split”