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RobinJP

RobinJP

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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

Reposted by RobinJP

Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 21h

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 6h

this foggy morning
as I head to help the hungry
our goals are crystal clear

#FeedingWNC

#haiku foggy
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt

mannafoodbank.org/where-to-get...

MANNA FoodBank Where to Get Help

mannafoodbank.org

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you for your service. And, so true.

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 20h

As a regular Manna Foodbank volunteer, I thank you. You put new meaning into Oh, SNAP.

Beautiful Black woman snapping her fingers.

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 22h

ahhh fresh green new leaves
shedding off a maudlin funk
bare trees can but dream

#haiku maudlin new leaves
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 1d

Nice. Often darkness seems just over there ...

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 1d

Purple shoes and whipped-cream dreams. Sounds like the best witch ever!

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmm. Maybe you need weekly targets.

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 1d

there comes a time
when you're no longer needed
embrace it and yourself

#haiku passing spring
#poem #poetry #retirement
#DailyHaikuPrompt

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 1d

Why you should be a sustaining rather than a once-a-year donor. Goes for Wikipedia, American Public Media, your local food pantry or regional food bank. Non-profits need to be able to plan ahead.

G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 12d

I used to make yearly donations to Wikimedia Foundation, but after talking to several friends in the nonprofit space, I've switched to recurring monthly donations instead. The predictable income stream helps them plan for the future. Throwing it out there for ppl looking for the best way to support

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 1d

Very swoonworthy. 🍁

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 2d

It's arrived!!
Thanks for the recommendation, Tom Cox. Looking forward to it. @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social

The Villager is on track to be the 31st book I read this year. Wish I had started keeping track this closely years ago ... a list and mini reviews as a reminder.

Book cover. The Villager by Tom Cox. An artistic look at trees and houses along the windy road on a hillside. Ooops, and I think there's a drone in the sky.

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, and Happy Birthday!

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sure everyone in your neighborhood now gets the Waterman Allure fountain pen ads. That's how the web works. And what a sweet daughter. ✒️

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 2d

You should check out Teen Vogue. The Kids Are All Right.

@teenvogue.com

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RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 2d

If you see each petal as a flute
you can hear the orchestra

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 2d

the slight old man groaned
nothing really hurt no pain
just forgot his first colt's name

#haiku groan colt
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 3d

Poster with the word
F R E A D O M
The letters for the word READ are in color.

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 3d

Kai turned mid-hike to ask if I would please stop taking photos.

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 3d

chasing his tail
until you walk in the door

My pup knows the sound of both of our cars before any of us can see them coming down the road.

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 3d

Pals.
Two pots in a pot.

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 3d

Not newsy enough?

www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/jour...

Journalism education leads the change we seek

"Training the next generation of journalists means preparing them to be global citizens."

www.niemanlab.org

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 3d

Lovely.

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 3d

Too woke?

RobinJP @robinjp.bsky.social · 3d

soft breeze smell of salt
tonight goes on forever
we be cool like that

#haiku coolness soft breeze
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt