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Joan Jett I love rock ’n’ roll, I love playing with fire. You’re too possessive, little drummer boy. Crimson and clover, bits and pieces, tossin’ and turnin’ just like in the movies. I hate myself for loving you eye to eye. I still dream about you — the only good thing (you ever said was goodbye). Love is pain. (I’m gonna) run away. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with othe...

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Watch for forboding signs As you move in stillness. Embrace humility And stand with calm firmness. Align with creative power; Clarify boundaries. The red glow announcing The coming of the sun This morning like a red Carpet from the morning To the day waiting to unfurl. When I saw it, something Shifted within me, like A clutch pedal being Pressed on a downhill slope, And my heart began to Glide wit...

Foo Fighters This is a call for all the cows. Ain’t it the life, walking after you. Times like these all my life lonely as you — come back. Bridge burning, no way back, I should have known The deepest blues are black. But here we are in the clear. 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

Elvis Costello I’m not angry, Alison, accidents will happen. Watching the detectives living in paradise, I don’t want to go to Chelsea. I want you so like candy, you little fool. All this useless beauty, less than zero, I’ll wear it proudly. I can’t stand up for falling down either side of the same town. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access t...

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Bob Dylan’s Dream It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry when the night comes falling from the sky. When the deal goes down, when I paint my masterpiece, when he returns, when the ship comes in lay down your weary tune. Standing in the doorway, watching the river flow, visions of Johanna blowin' in the wind on a night like this, tangled up in blue, I’ve made up my mind to give myself to...

* second set for paid subscribers everyone (unpaywalled) The sun rises by keeping still — A model of meditation. Think again. The whole solar System is speeding through space at Five hundred thousand miles per hour — This morning's meditation. 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

Candy-O, / let's go — / it's all I can do. / You're all I've got tonight, / moving in stereo / since I held you. / Good times roll, / lust for kicks, / don't cha stop — / I'm in touch with your world. / You can't hold on too long, / misfit kid. / Touch and go. / Don't tell me no. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit j...

The "things" Mary Oliver spoke of Are more like living talismans Of heightened reality, The gratuitous family We can either fight or celebrate In the wonder of the sun. 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...

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Of the morning coming hard and bright 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 slit of serious sunrise Above ironic cargo Nonetheless signifies Deliverance from, if not Evil, at least the ossified Circumstances of the long night. The continuity of sky Above the absurdities Of the highway and constant Pep rallies of artifice Is there for us if we merely Lift up our eyes to the heavens. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acc...

My dreams have been resisting me, Slipping with the sunrise into The murky waters of Forgetful wakefulness Just when I thought I should have arrived At a state of supreme consciousness. The sunrise has been resisting My inquiries of the morning Just when I had imagined Each puzzle piece perfectly Clicking into place when in fact They are scattered across the day. This is a public episode. If you'd...

See these last few sunrises With vision made clear by letting go. Hug yourself in the light To stay warm in the morning wind. Soon you’ll be traveling into That light with the one you love. The sunrise is not a mere Ornament of a smartphone pic— Although it is that—but it Is also the eternal now Showing its face for a moment To give grace to your travels. Potter Poems is a reader-supported publica...

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1. Shall I compare the sunrise To your love for me, the way You found me late and I found you, The way the calm beauty of The morning sky opened For us despite the day's conflicts. 2. We are like these two geese, swimming Together on our own. But then there is the flock To deal with, and maybe it's Not all bad, after the dawn, To gather with them and enjoy. 3. Our joy is so deep and wide, It has c...

Like beachcombing at low tide, I survey the path ahead for Creatures left over from the Dreams that troubled my sleep last night, While I wait for the tide to Turn and the wind to fill my sails. 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 task is to venture deeper Into the dark mystery of The blooming light of dawn, To find my soul hidden Within the folds of the moment And let it find its own way home. The message of the sunrise is That there is no need to seek fame Or fortune but only Let the day come to you On the steadiness of the flow Of the river towards the sea. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with...

Let go and be like these Fir limbs in joyful disarray Celebrating the rising sun. They're not showing off, they're just joining The dance that was set in motion When the universe exploded. Nine in the fourth place means Gather some friends together and Rekindle the flames of the sun In each other's hearts as you venture Forward in gladness towards a Shared vision of something beyond Yourselves and...

1. Wavering in the sun, Its own nimble reflection Gently carries on a dance Across the ripples of the day, Telling me perhaps to stop Dredging the bed of my memory. 2. Primal power of the shadows Kissing light's reflection Among the waves brings calm, No blame, no praise, nothing But the reality of you Filling up the sky of my mind. 3. It furthers the sunrise to have This fine rollercoaster of rip...

The sunrise, the clouds, the flowering Tree at the edge of the canal Exhale an innocence The noise of the day may try to choke With clever complications. If so, then nature will calmly 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