Writings

“Above all, Pearson demonstrates a mastery of imagery.” — Publisher’s Weekly

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The Sandpiper’s Spell

The Sandpiper’s Spell ricochets through time and space, collecting psychic and geographic memories, images, and artifacts to assemble as the ingredients of metamorphosis.

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Still, the Sky

Still, the Sky is a speculative, coming-of-age mythology rendered through poetry and art that combines the tales of Icarus and the Minotaur.

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Eppure, il Cielo

Eppure, Il Cielo (Still, the Sky) by Tom Pearson, translated by Andrea Sirotti and published by Interno Poesia, is special edition featuring side-by-side English and Italian.

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Palimpsest

The Arlington Literary Journal, February 2025, Issue 206.

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Night Riders

The Arlington Literary Journal, February 2025, Issue 206.

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ASSAY

FROM UN-[TITLED]: Assay Scene, 2023

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Riposa

Previously unpublished draft, later part of Still, the Sky.

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Glow

The Sandpiper’s Spell, Ransom Poet Publishers, 2018.

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Patience

Poetry Quarterly, Prolific Press, Fall Issue 2017.

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