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three hexagrams This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

song This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

the sky presses down / on the horizon / and the river the river // colluding with the sunrise / to resist resist / the end of summer This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

chain of lunes This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

sunrise from the rose / garden this morning / a squirrel in a nearby tree // chattering at me it seems / summer dwindling / down all around me This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

waiting for the sun / to climb the bare sky / behind that wooded hill there // across the lake this morning / enjoying catching / no fish while i wait This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

the cry of the loons / from last night still sings / in the calm of the morning // silence encapsulating / reverberations / in the silent sun This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

would that you and i / were drifting under / that bridge through golden ripples // of the sunrise on a raft / that would take us down / stream to this moment This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

there is no was there / is no is there is / no will be because the sun // rises the sun rises the / sun rises and we / have nothing to say This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

song This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

limerick This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

ghazal This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

rubaiyat This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

sonnet (pushkin) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

song This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

sonnet This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

sonnet This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

doggerel This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

sestina This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

I'm driving a scenic byway somewhere in the North Cascades. Somewhere off the main freeway. I'm nearly out of gas and feeling a little worried about finding a gas station. There's a small town nearby and I hope it has one but for some reason I decide to pull over on the outskirts of town where there's a siding in a wooded area. I walk the half-mile or so to the town, keeping a lookout for a gas st...

pantoum This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

song This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

drove from calgary / all day yesterday / and fell into my old bed // woke up this morning and found / the same old sun ri- / sing in my backyard This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

i wait for my flight / and watch the blood-red / crown of the sun form above // the island of montreal / saint joseph’s crutches / cluttering my mind This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe

the oratory / with all its crutches / is there on the horizon // a wall of clouds behind it / and the sun climbing / up that wall for me This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jopomojo.substack.com/subscribe