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Hammock stretched between / two palm trees near the ocean. / That's the haiku form. 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

radio towers / across the river / have been there as long as i // can remember but they seem / newly fashioned in / the strange light of dawn 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

a dream recounted in haiku stanzas 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

A continuation of the Spokane Stanzas, which begin in the book Tulips for Elsie. 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 geese flew across / just as i pointed / my camera at the sunrise // no time to think about it / only the instant / seized in the instant 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

the modeh ani / on my mind i rise / from an anxious sleep to greet // the flowers the grass the leaves / the sanctuary / of love surrounding 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

black-eyed susan sunrise / on a chain-link fence / the sun overwhelming // a tree of heaven along / the highway looking / north towards heaven 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

Pushkin 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

Spokane Stanzas 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

we are in the depths / of some summer now / so deep we don’t even know // what year it is we just drive / into the furnace / of the dawning day 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

haiku villanelle 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

fir limb drapery / sets the sunrise scene / the maestro of the morning // arises from bed to see / behold friends the sun / i give it to you 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

cormorants flying / at calm speed over / the surface of the river // the mirror of time holding / them in the squinting / light of the sunrise 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

a 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

the bones of my mind / and the boneyard of / my aspirations spread out // across the plains of my heart / are one and the same / under the sunrise 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

It’s nighttime and Nat and I are taking the dog for a nighttime walk. 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 weight of the sky / resists the sunrise / but the trees and the mountains // welcome it with a breathing / song of acceptance / in the orange light 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 woke this morning / after a good sleep / and drove down to the river // to see what kind of sunrise / the river and sky / might offer my eyes 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 water above / and the sky below / tell me the upside down world // lays itself out before me / a bird flies through me / i bring the sky home 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 chased the sunrise / across the ocean / and fell asleep before it // turned into someone's sunset / but woke in a strange / new day and caught it 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

For some reason I have a new flying skateboard— call it a skyboard ... 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

rainy vacation / comes to a rainy / end say goodbye to scotland // now a short hop through the clouds/ to london and then / race the sunrise home 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 air of Ayr is fresh and spare … 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