Griff Roberts
@rogriffi.bsky.social
Fringe player in main character's story. No aspirations. No bona fides.
those magenta clouds
interrupt our precious time
corrupting false dreams
#poetry #micropoetry #vss365 #senryu #prompt
interrupt our precious time
corrupting false dreams
#poetry #micropoetry #vss365 #senryu #prompt
December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
those magenta clouds
interrupt our precious time
corrupting false dreams
#poetry #micropoetry #vss365 #senryu #prompt
interrupt our precious time
corrupting false dreams
#poetry #micropoetry #vss365 #senryu #prompt
congruence
they drift in your dreams
some gone from so long ago
it makes you wonder ...
are they now dreaming of you
while slumbering worlds apart
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #congruence #night_visitors #prompt
they drift in your dreams
some gone from so long ago
it makes you wonder ...
are they now dreaming of you
while slumbering worlds apart
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #congruence #night_visitors #prompt
December 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
congruence
they drift in your dreams
some gone from so long ago
it makes you wonder ...
are they now dreaming of you
while slumbering worlds apart
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #congruence #night_visitors #prompt
they drift in your dreams
some gone from so long ago
it makes you wonder ...
are they now dreaming of you
while slumbering worlds apart
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #congruence #night_visitors #prompt
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
fingerless wind slaps
like an irate defrocked monk
seeking attention
#poetry #micropoetry #vssmagic #haiku #prompt
like an irate defrocked monk
seeking attention
#poetry #micropoetry #vssmagic #haiku #prompt
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
fingerless wind slaps
like an irate defrocked monk
seeking attention
#poetry #micropoetry #vssmagic #haiku #prompt
like an irate defrocked monk
seeking attention
#poetry #micropoetry #vssmagic #haiku #prompt
the gamble
she was a candle
and I, afraid of fire,
took a chance,
figuring it better
to have howled
once in moonlight
than avoid that hard
glow knowing
it might fade
ever so quickly
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #prompt
she was a candle
and I, afraid of fire,
took a chance,
figuring it better
to have howled
once in moonlight
than avoid that hard
glow knowing
it might fade
ever so quickly
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #prompt
November 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
the gamble
she was a candle
and I, afraid of fire,
took a chance,
figuring it better
to have howled
once in moonlight
than avoid that hard
glow knowing
it might fade
ever so quickly
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #prompt
she was a candle
and I, afraid of fire,
took a chance,
figuring it better
to have howled
once in moonlight
than avoid that hard
glow knowing
it might fade
ever so quickly
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #prompt
perchance
you encouraged growth
as the sun began to fade
fallow dreams stymied
#poetry #micropoetry #haikufeels #haiku
you encouraged growth
as the sun began to fade
fallow dreams stymied
#poetry #micropoetry #haikufeels #haiku
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
perchance
you encouraged growth
as the sun began to fade
fallow dreams stymied
#poetry #micropoetry #haikufeels #haiku
you encouraged growth
as the sun began to fade
fallow dreams stymied
#poetry #micropoetry #haikufeels #haiku
contrition
backchannel poets
displaying ferocity
may lose precision
in a gush of emotion
battling inefficacy
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka
backchannel poets
displaying ferocity
may lose precision
in a gush of emotion
battling inefficacy
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
contrition
backchannel poets
displaying ferocity
may lose precision
in a gush of emotion
battling inefficacy
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka
backchannel poets
displaying ferocity
may lose precision
in a gush of emotion
battling inefficacy
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka
number of days
red maple burning
yellow now in autumn’s sun
hoarding aged tender leaves
like coins in a purloined purse
opened only in secret
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #vss365 #tanka
red maple burning
yellow now in autumn’s sun
hoarding aged tender leaves
like coins in a purloined purse
opened only in secret
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #vss365 #tanka
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
number of days
red maple burning
yellow now in autumn’s sun
hoarding aged tender leaves
like coins in a purloined purse
opened only in secret
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #vss365 #tanka
red maple burning
yellow now in autumn’s sun
hoarding aged tender leaves
like coins in a purloined purse
opened only in secret
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #vss365 #tanka
daydream deceiver
too old to believe
in fairies yet you still need
the myth for support
and indecipherable
reasons you cannot fathom
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #vss365 #blueskyrelay
too old to believe
in fairies yet you still need
the myth for support
and indecipherable
reasons you cannot fathom
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #vss365 #blueskyrelay
November 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
daydream deceiver
too old to believe
in fairies yet you still need
the myth for support
and indecipherable
reasons you cannot fathom
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #vss365 #blueskyrelay
too old to believe
in fairies yet you still need
the myth for support
and indecipherable
reasons you cannot fathom
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #vss365 #blueskyrelay
trenchant thought
funny how time slips
so quickly past everything
except a closed mind
that measures nothing besides
what it’s so sure it believes
#poetry #micropoetry #vss365 #prompt
funny how time slips
so quickly past everything
except a closed mind
that measures nothing besides
what it’s so sure it believes
#poetry #micropoetry #vss365 #prompt
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
trenchant thought
funny how time slips
so quickly past everything
except a closed mind
that measures nothing besides
what it’s so sure it believes
#poetry #micropoetry #vss365 #prompt
funny how time slips
so quickly past everything
except a closed mind
that measures nothing besides
what it’s so sure it believes
#poetry #micropoetry #vss365 #prompt
acquiesce
what are we doing?
no one can say
no one knows
we shuffle along
not in a haze of habit
but in a daze of days
as we long to evade
our onerous history
but have no idea
how to go about doing it
#poetry #micropoetry #whistpr #vss365
what are we doing?
no one can say
no one knows
we shuffle along
not in a haze of habit
but in a daze of days
as we long to evade
our onerous history
but have no idea
how to go about doing it
#poetry #micropoetry #whistpr #vss365
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
acquiesce
what are we doing?
no one can say
no one knows
we shuffle along
not in a haze of habit
but in a daze of days
as we long to evade
our onerous history
but have no idea
how to go about doing it
#poetry #micropoetry #whistpr #vss365
what are we doing?
no one can say
no one knows
we shuffle along
not in a haze of habit
but in a daze of days
as we long to evade
our onerous history
but have no idea
how to go about doing it
#poetry #micropoetry #whistpr #vss365
why?
the ones who don’t care
seem to have the most impact
on the ones who do
#poetry #micropoetry #senryu
the ones who don’t care
seem to have the most impact
on the ones who do
#poetry #micropoetry #senryu
November 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
why?
the ones who don’t care
seem to have the most impact
on the ones who do
#poetry #micropoetry #senryu
the ones who don’t care
seem to have the most impact
on the ones who do
#poetry #micropoetry #senryu
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Halloween
they are all gone now
but tonight one night only
they return to watch
from beyond the edgy haze
purple parades of frippery
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #emoetry #whistpr
they are all gone now
but tonight one night only
they return to watch
from beyond the edgy haze
purple parades of frippery
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #emoetry #whistpr
October 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Halloween
they are all gone now
but tonight one night only
they return to watch
from beyond the edgy haze
purple parades of frippery
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #emoetry #whistpr
they are all gone now
but tonight one night only
they return to watch
from beyond the edgy haze
purple parades of frippery
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #emoetry #whistpr
leaves
names are trivial
so many cling together
without conviction
battered on the lips of wind
falling asunder alone
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka #leaves
names are trivial
so many cling together
without conviction
battered on the lips of wind
falling asunder alone
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka #leaves
October 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
leaves
names are trivial
so many cling together
without conviction
battered on the lips of wind
falling asunder alone
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka #leaves
names are trivial
so many cling together
without conviction
battered on the lips of wind
falling asunder alone
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka #leaves
indulgence
where have you been you
poem-scribbling imposter
working the long form
hand around your pen stroking
absorbed by your delusion
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka
where have you been you
poem-scribbling imposter
working the long form
hand around your pen stroking
absorbed by your delusion
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
indulgence
where have you been you
poem-scribbling imposter
working the long form
hand around your pen stroking
absorbed by your delusion
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka
where have you been you
poem-scribbling imposter
working the long form
hand around your pen stroking
absorbed by your delusion
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka
impossible
much too big to fit
your box of expectations
too radiant too
to fulfill your quiet dreams
destroying all hope of mine
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #emoetry #quiet
much too big to fit
your box of expectations
too radiant too
to fulfill your quiet dreams
destroying all hope of mine
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #emoetry #quiet
October 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
impossible
much too big to fit
your box of expectations
too radiant too
to fulfill your quiet dreams
destroying all hope of mine
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #emoetry #quiet
much too big to fit
your box of expectations
too radiant too
to fulfill your quiet dreams
destroying all hope of mine
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #emoetry #quiet
is there a right way
to dodge your pyrrhic dancing
— just shuffle along
#poetry #micropoetry #wipsnips #senryu
to dodge your pyrrhic dancing
— just shuffle along
#poetry #micropoetry #wipsnips #senryu
October 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
is there a right way
to dodge your pyrrhic dancing
— just shuffle along
#poetry #micropoetry #wipsnips #senryu
to dodge your pyrrhic dancing
— just shuffle along
#poetry #micropoetry #wipsnips #senryu
crossroads
impatient child grows
too quickly yearning to be
like everyone else
not knowing until too late
the true path is laced with curves
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #whistpr
impatient child grows
too quickly yearning to be
like everyone else
not knowing until too late
the true path is laced with curves
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #whistpr
October 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
crossroads
impatient child grows
too quickly yearning to be
like everyone else
not knowing until too late
the true path is laced with curves
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #whistpr
impatient child grows
too quickly yearning to be
like everyone else
not knowing until too late
the true path is laced with curves
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #whistpr
equinoctial
slippery sun dips
behind the house darkening
a room that was bright
into an otherworldly
shade of raw duplicity
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #vss365
slippery sun dips
behind the house darkening
a room that was bright
into an otherworldly
shade of raw duplicity
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #vss365
October 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
equinoctial
slippery sun dips
behind the house darkening
a room that was bright
into an otherworldly
shade of raw duplicity
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #vss365
slippery sun dips
behind the house darkening
a room that was bright
into an otherworldly
shade of raw duplicity
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #vss365
October 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
rue de lundi
morning thoughts run wild
lazy sun inadequate
to banish those clouds
teasing rain that never will
be enough to flush us clean
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka #inadequate
morning thoughts run wild
lazy sun inadequate
to banish those clouds
teasing rain that never will
be enough to flush us clean
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka #inadequate
October 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
rue de lundi
morning thoughts run wild
lazy sun inadequate
to banish those clouds
teasing rain that never will
be enough to flush us clean
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka #inadequate
morning thoughts run wild
lazy sun inadequate
to banish those clouds
teasing rain that never will
be enough to flush us clean
#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka #inadequate
buck up for some change
trees shivering in the breeze
falling memories
#poetry #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #autumn
trees shivering in the breeze
falling memories
#poetry #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #autumn
October 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
buck up for some change
trees shivering in the breeze
falling memories
#poetry #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #autumn
trees shivering in the breeze
falling memories
#poetry #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #autumn
implication
brilliant defiance
I didn’t know who I was
when you tried to say
somethings never can be changed
and hated that you were right
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #emoetry #defiance
brilliant defiance
I didn’t know who I was
when you tried to say
somethings never can be changed
and hated that you were right
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #emoetry #defiance
October 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
implication
brilliant defiance
I didn’t know who I was
when you tried to say
somethings never can be changed
and hated that you were right
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #emoetry #defiance
brilliant defiance
I didn’t know who I was
when you tried to say
somethings never can be changed
and hated that you were right
#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #emoetry #defiance