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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

from my balcony the noise of morning soft tires on the hard highway the sun trying to blind us to its own beauty as we face the 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

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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

single-syllable words float through the sky of my mind as I look at the strange sun through smoke and haze the trees grasp at it the round sun so round 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

Twelve hexagrams from sunrise yang, pp. 360-383, written and performed by Jonathan Potter 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 sun like a sponge has drawn the worry out of the sky of my mind it rises like a blister under the sky's skin as if in a dream 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

Five poems from Tulips for Elsie, pp. 93-97; written and performed by Jonathan Potter 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

'tis a beautiful thing the sun rising and most everyone missing it even the woken ones blinded by the weight of descending 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

Eleven hexagrams from sunrise yang, pp. 338-359, written and performed by Jonathan Potter 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