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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · 16h

why?

the ones who don’t care
seem to have the most impact
on the ones who do

#poetry #micropoetry #senryu

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · 18h

let the screenless mind
drift across the universe
consequence be damned

#poetry #micropoetry #senryu

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · 4d

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

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · 7d

leaves

names are trivial
so many cling together
without conviction
battered on the lips of wind
falling asunder alone

#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka #leaves

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · 15d

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

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · 16d

is there a right way
to dodge your pyrrhic dancing
— just shuffle along

#poetry #micropoetry #wipsnips #senryu

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · 18d

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

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · 19d

equinoctial

slippery sun dips
behind the house darkening
a room that was bright
into an otherworldly
shade of raw duplicity

#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #vss365

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · 20d

justice

while some get away
others must pay for mistakes
real and imagined

#poetry #micropoetry #senryu

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · 22d

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

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · 25d

buck up for some change
trees shivering in the breeze
falling memories

#poetry #micropoetry #haiku #senryu #autumn

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · 26d

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

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · 27d

mourning a morning

takes six months to be
shed of the trauma of loss
and more to decide
even if it were worth it
glowering beaming living

#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #tanka #beaming

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · Sep 28

Rauschenberg and Cage

fomenting scandal
white noise blossoms into action
voice-splitting canvas

#poetry #micropoetry #music #art

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · Sep 28

yearning

legs mottled by time
deluded by memories
panic at the dance

#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry #senryu

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · Sep 26

sweet sorrow

we saw it coming
so was it not unwelcome
nasty toodle-oo
crumpled familiar blankets
turned cold in a harsh minute

#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #emoetry #nasty

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · Sep 24

en garde

too calm to be true
prudence cries out for prayer
shadow of malice

#poetry #haiku #micropoetry #emoetry

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · Sep 23

impudence

the tumbler bubbles
fresh from the tap
your damp dark eyes
say I guess that’s that
then you’re gone
out the door
and beyond
to the dirty ditch
where lethargic water
is more to your liking
and the only ripples
come from the snapping
of your languid tongue

#poetry #micropoetry #emoetry

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · Sep 19

So long Hulu, Disney, ESPN et al

#hulu #boycott

Email from HULU says they're sorry to see me go and provided a link to reactivate the account.

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · Sep 19

spoiler alert

you came
with a
hankering
for more
of course
you came
but more
would not
be provided
so you pouted
in that cute
little manner
your lifelong
habit to get
your way
but not this time
no not this time

#poetry #micropoetry #Emoetry #hankering

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · Sep 18

migration

sun tripping southward
across now sallow flatlands
hummingbirds dither

#poetry #micropoetry #haiku

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · Sep 13

prescience

bashful clouds collide
crackling soft from a distance
porcelain thunder

#poetry #micropoetry #haiku #emoetry #bashful

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · Sep 12

awakening

I listen as you
breathe the morning air deeply
forgetting the past
forgiving the dark future
relishing in potential

#poetry #micropoetry #tanka #vss365 #potential

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Griff Roberts @rogriffi.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thank you

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