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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
robinjp.bsky.social
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
Reposted by RobinJP
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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
robinjp.bsky.social
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
robinjp.bsky.social
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
robinjp.bsky.social
My wife saw this leaf on a morning walk. She thought about picking it up but let it lie for the rest of the world to enjoy.

Later, I showed her this picture of the most beautiful leaf I'd seen on my walk. The same one!

Why didn't we walk together, you might ask. I guess, in some ways, we did.
Rust colored leaf, round with pointy top and strong dark veins. Lying on asphalt path.
November 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
robinjp.bsky.social
tapped for sap
hanging on a maple tree
old rusty bucket

#haiku rust sap
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
robinjp.bsky.social
curious clouds
peeking round 'ole winter moon
hope for a glimpse of Mars

#haiku winter moon cloud peaks
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
robinjp.bsky.social
NOVEMBER 10, 2025

first dust of the year
surprising winter canvas
old farmer's called it

#haiku first snow
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
First snow of 2025 leaves a dusting of white on my driveway. A silver Hyundai's hood and windshield is covered and red leaves on the driveway look cold and brittle. The colors are muted. The scene is at night, lighted by a porch lamp.
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
robinjp.bsky.social
a smile's not lost
behind the mask
my eyes share all

#haiku mask lost
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
robinjp.bsky.social
tree fort in tall oak
children fading with the leaves
high above it all

#haiku fading children
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
robinjp.bsky.social
sit by the fireplace
like a patio swim-up bar
drinks in hand
opinions free range

#haiku fireplace patio
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
robinjp.bsky.social
sometimes
I misspell poet
a beautiful word
that transports me 
and touches my soul
comes out as pilot
that's true too
takes me
to another land

#poem #poetry
#aviation #photography

Photo: 2016 Look, Dad. Sky Harbor airport. Father and son wait for their plane.
Father and son wait for their flight at Sky Harbor airport in Phoenix in 2016. They look at Southwest planes through floor to ceiling windows.
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
robinjp.bsky.social
sun-dried nostalgia
clear day so laundry on the line
clothes smell just like new

#haiku clear day new clothes
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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NO FOOD FOR YOU
Trump yelling at kid mowing the lawn
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Hunger is Real
White text on black background. "The President of the United States of America is appealing to the Supreme Court to allow him to starve Americans. Everybody needs to be “woke” right now. Wake up. Bernice A. King"
November 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Down but not out.

#photography
#FallColors
Red and yellow maple leaf with long stem lies on a pebbled tarred street next to smaller yellow leaves. This leaf is bright and colorful even though it has fallen off of its tree.
November 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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motherjones.com
Trump sure seems eager to starve the poor
Trump sure seems eager to starve the poor
The president can't quite suppress his sinister goal of withholding benefits from hungry Americans, even as the White House insists otherwise.
www.motherjones.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
robinjp.bsky.social
lost on country roads
who knows which way the wind blows
turning cold out here

#haiku north wind
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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the moon
broke into my house last night
walking
from room to room
while
I listened to your breathing
and the silver footsteps
of the moon
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
robinjp.bsky.social
breeze will calm my soul
but wind high in creaky trees
summons all the world's ghosts

#haiku breeze
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
robinjp.bsky.social
How the mighty fall.
c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 14d
Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.

He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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HOPE IS IN THE AIR!!

This tree is on the edge of a parking lot, standing in front of a shrub that hides trash bins.
Seems to be saying: And still I rise.
Bright orange tree, shaped like a ball on a stick, stands in front of a bank of green shrubs. The leaves have changed to Fall colors, yellow, orange and red.
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
robinjp.bsky.social
As I wake
What's that I smell.
Last night's meatloaf and ... HOPE.

Hope is in the air!!

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democrats have racked up election wins across America – but they would do well not to misread the results
Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York and gubernatorial wins in Virginia and New Jersey have given Democrats a night better than they dared hope for
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
robinjp.bsky.social
Christmas in the country
family fun and memories
pine sap on the porch

#haiku pine sap porch
#poem #poetry 
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.

At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM