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RobinJP
@robinjp.bsky.social
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Poet & former print journo.
💜 words, photos, SG, my sweet pup. She / Her
🏳️‍🌈 walking the hills of WNC.
Can we now leave trans kids alone.
Poetry: https://robinjphillips.com/
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RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · Aug 13
Wrote this early in Covid lockdown. Eerily true still.

MAKING YOUR OWN HEAVEN

is it possible to stop being scared about what might happen
and just know your own heaven is something
here on earth that you have made with your own
hands
your own
heart

~ RJP 3/13/2020

#poetry #poem
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Big boy stretch.
Cyber Monday?
Nah. He headed back to sleep.

#dogs #photography
#poodle #fluffball
Blond miniature poodle stretches. He's lying in bed. His front legs are stretched out. His ears look like he's running. His mouth's wide open and his tongue is out straight. He's lying in bed. Looks like he might be screaming but he's stretching before falling back to sleep.
December 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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I cradle the warmth
taste of tea sits on my tongue
bedtime ritual of comfort

#haiku  tea 
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
robinjp.bsky.social
we laughed before the toast was done
our champagne spit take
never meant to
embarrass the
newlyweds
noooooo
our giggles aimed
at the too solemn
occasion
start please as you
mean to go on
begin this marriage
with joy

#blueskyrelay #welaughedbeforethetoast
#poetry #joy
November 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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two frosty horses turn 
forcing me to admire
their matching jackets 

#haiku  winter coat  
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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birthday cake candle
flickers twice shines bright again
another year my love

#blueskyrelay #thecandleblinkedtwice #poetry #haiku
November 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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poetry-with-hart.bsky.social
Candlelit window
flickers twice, a safe haven
for the bone weary.

#blueskyrelay #thecandleblinkedtwice #haiku #senryu #micropoem #micropoetry #3lines #poem #poetry
November 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
robinjp.bsky.social
deep in the wetlands
tall reeds in faded fall colors
an egret wades into the mist

#haiku withered reeds green reeds
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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oh just how hungry
was that first wanderer
who took a big bite out of a turnip

#haiku turnip
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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strange use of color
illness, aging, cowardly
so unlike a sunflower

#haiku yellowing
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Cooking that thing I planned to make 3 days in advance.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

(Yay cranberry sauce not from a can!!)
Two photos side by side. One has all the makings of a fresh cranberry sauce before it's cooked. The second picture was taken just 10 minutes later. Cranberry sauce! Not from a can!
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is.  And we know what causes it, too."
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
robinjp.bsky.social
In Ukrainian culture, the nightingale is a creator of sweet sounds, a builder of homes.

SOLOVEIKO

'night sweet nightingale
one last song before the frost
sing with overflowing heart

#haiku frost nightingale
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
A drawing of a nightingale, a songbird and national bird of Ukraine, sits on top of a yellow swoop. The background is blue. The image represents support for Ukraine.
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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punkrockscience.bsky.social
Today’s xkcd made me cry.

In a good way.

xkcd.com/3172/
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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rainbow of emotions
joy sports green, yellow, orange, red
fright cloaked in purple

#haiku fright rainbow
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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HOME

climb the stairs turn the key
fireplace shares its light and warmth
wellspring of comfort

#haiku fireplace wellspring
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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morning sun sparkles
along the rippling river
feeling kinda woozy

#haiku imbibe river
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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no offence
the goal is grand
but
the forest AND the trees
surely that's too much
when all I want
is
her
touch

#poetry #love
#allweneed 💜

h/t to @jriegs.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
robinjp.bsky.social
whisper your melody
hot tea steeping in the pot
deep sighs as you settle

#haiku hot tea melody
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Your quiet laugh,
the melody of your breath—
love the bones of you.

#Emoetry - Quiet
#Haiku #Senryu #Poetry
#Poem #SkyPoet #MicroPoem
October 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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One of my favorite authors was the gentle & wise E.B. White. I think about something he wrote a lot these days, "Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet". May we all choose love over hatred, love over fear, love over self-interest.
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
robinjp.bsky.social
day is done beer in hand
my skin is burnt hair still wet
bonfire time sweet chick

#haiku bonfire chick
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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my tea has gone cold
our flowers are withering
I'm lost in my book

#haiku withering tea
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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whistberry.bsky.social
Someone was asking if they could print out this image for a sign to carry at a protest against anti-trans legislation and the answer to anyone with a similar question is a thousand times yes. Wave Furious Trans Raccoon at as many genital-obsessed clowns as you like, no charge 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Drawing in white ink against a black background of an angry looking raccoon standing on its hind legs and snarling at the viewer with the words "fix your heart" spread between its upraised little raccoon hands. The words are in the blue, white, and pink colors of the trans flag.
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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stepped on a rake
trying to avoid ankle bites
busy fire ants

#haiku rake ants
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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tall pine peeking inside
I see you admiring
this year's Christmas tree

#haiku pine admiration
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM