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the sunrise disguised as a veil across the face of god preferring to remain hidden before this minyan of trees their silent kaddish 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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the sky consuming itself at the obscene end of day at the obstinate windblown unquiet end of this day the glowing hobgoblin clouds eating the plum-stained apron that's all that's left of 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

southbound freight train crossing the river for several days the sun's not been seen i thought this morning would be the same but the bruises in the sky began to gather into a sunrise scene and the feeling of being battered began to feel like being alive till the sun blasted through these thick clouds like a southbound train with singing wheels . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss...

this river brings time from the mountain streams irrigating the farmlands with the minutes and the hours of the dawns and dusks of eternity 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 hexagrams start my days even when there is no sunrise to speak of but only the dregs of last year's roses and this gravel road 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 poem is based on a consultation of the I Ching which resulted in Hexagram #41 (Decrease) with lines 1 and 4 (from the bottom) changing to become Hexagram #64 (Nearing Completion). The syllable counts of the lines correspond to the numeric values (6, 7, 8, or 9) of the lines of the original hexagrams. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access t...

the dismal winter can be a secret delight when the fog settles and an inner warmth rises from the deepest roots to the highest limbs 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 our pearl / district hotel roof / rip city crows cut capers / in the caterwauling wind / the sun coming up / a hail mary shot 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

pink and blue on the willamette river the cool-mild air of portland fills the lungs of the morning with a rain-washed clean emptiness and calm . 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

by the magic of flight we chase the sun subtracting time from the gold leaf ledger of the morning going west away from the broken 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

2024 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

standing in front of / église saint-joachim / facing le fleuve saint-laurent // weirdly warm for montreal / this time of year i / hail the mottled sky . 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 is born each / moment of sunrise / perpetually rising // the cosmic christ is rising / and the word made flesh / is just what we are . 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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let the gray sky be / the nothing that you / and i are that gives rise to // the everything we enjoy / playing at being / in the golden 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

feverish sky / on the icy river / at the cusp of christmastide // and the beginning of the / return journey of / the warmhearted 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

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

the sun burning a / hole in god's pocket / at the far southern tip of // the cape of good hope of a / distant universe / not this tiny 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

lemon-zest sunrise / in the cocktail of / the day with its icy glaze // of winter served up gently / stirred to wake you up / to the dreaming world 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