24 miles
10 mph average speed
nice ride on Nantucket
mostly bike paths
fall colors on the moors
moor gnomes tunneling
there are no more gnomes
air show afterwards
the Blue Angels

Reasons to like the jarcha:

Discovered in 1948
Previously hidden due to lack of vowels
Of popular origin
Written by women
Vernacular ending of a longer form written in classic Arabic or Hebrew called the Muwashahat
Learned poets would make use of jarchas for inspiration in the creation of the Muwashahat

Muwashahat and Jarcha

The trick naturally is what Duncan learned years ago and tried to teach us – not to search for the perfect poem but to let your way of writing of the moment go along its own paths, explore and retreat but never be fully realized (confined) within the boundaries of one poem. This is where we were wrong and he was right, but he complicated things for us by saying that there is no such thing as good or bad poetry. There is – but not in relation to the single poem. There is really no single poem.

Jack Spicer, letter to Robin Blaser
“Admonitions,” 1958

Does anyone have any other versions of this?

I heard this song once in 1976 and I’ve been looking for it ever since.

Elsa Dorfman, Portrait Photographer

Elsa’s Housebook: A Woman’s Photojournal

lost in my dream
raining and blowing
missed the turn to the office
had to go back
the border guard asked me
which town I was in
I couldn’t remember
I tried to recall it
he said “say what you’re thinking”
I was thinking “Osoyoos”
but I knew that was wrong

Osoyoos, location of the only hot desert in Canada and site of border crossing from Oroville/Tonasket

Secret Journal: write a whole spiral bound notebook without rereading one entry. After you complete the last page, reread whole in one sitting. (Started this one.)

Tag Books: use the package of foldable tags I bought to make small books. (What to write in them.)

Backwoods Broadsides Reviews: journal composed of responses to each chaplet. (Started this one.)

Pamphlet Project: Develop a tract to give to people who want to give you a tract. I’ll read yours if you read mine. (What to write in it.)