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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

Armitage Shanks / Was a man of some means ... 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 double sestina in progress 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 sitting at the kitchen table, the one my father built ... 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 lamb was tangled in the soccer goal netting ... 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

my wife is standing / awake and bemused / at the living room window // as i consider the sun / glowing in her hair / and the day ahead 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

where the figgate burn / pours into the firth / the sunrise in the distance // burns a hole in the morning / casts a spell on me / as i wake to sleep 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 at a conference with my librarian wife ... 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 on the firth / at the end of earth / in the early sunlit north // solstice on the river forth / these words in my mouth / sunrise moving south 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 pals with a rap star (someone like Ice Cube but not Ice Cube) ... 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

houses made of stone / and sinew and bone / give over to the morning // let go of bitter scorning / give thanks in your bed / rest your heavy head Potter Poems is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...

I’m laid out on an exam table in a doctor’s office ... 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 dreams of the house sequestered in the house ... 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 horizon line / divides a stanza / above of red lusty light // from the stanza below of / calm slumbering dream / we are rising from 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 parked outside the doggy daycare place ... 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