RobinJP
@robinjp.bsky.social
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/
💜 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
how slow can time go
as I walked into the glade
I could hear
grass grow
#haiku time glade
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
as I walked into the glade
I could hear
grass grow
#haiku time glade
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 AM
how slow can time go
as I walked into the glade
I could hear
grass grow
#haiku time glade
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
as I walked into the glade
I could hear
grass grow
#haiku time glade
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
Reposted by RobinJP
Great day to have functioning eyes and a working brain
January 7, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Great day to have functioning eyes and a working brain
Reposted by RobinJP
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
Lovely. 💜
January 7, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Lovely. 💜
January 7, 2026 at 12:01 PM
The Web has a long memory.
Despite the Trump administration’s efforts to memory-hole Jan. 6, thousands of videos from the riot live on ProPublica’s website and other places.
Additionally, much of the deleted DOJ database can be found on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
(Published Jan. 2025)
Additionally, much of the deleted DOJ database can be found on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
(Published Jan. 2025)
Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?
The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own governme...
www.propublica.org
January 7, 2026 at 12:04 AM
The Web has a long memory.
Reposted by RobinJP
Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th
January 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th
Saw it on TV with our own eyes. I remember.
#NeverForget
#NeverForget
Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured.
Trump then pardoned the attackers.
He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.
Trump then pardoned the attackers.
He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.
January 6, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Saw it on TV with our own eyes. I remember.
#NeverForget
#NeverForget
January 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Reposted by RobinJP
What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
wait there in the field
looks like someone's old cookout
hope that's all it is
(I may watch too many cop shows.)
#haiku field cook out
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
looks like someone's old cookout
hope that's all it is
(I may watch too many cop shows.)
#haiku field cook out
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
January 6, 2026 at 10:54 AM
wait there in the field
looks like someone's old cookout
hope that's all it is
(I may watch too many cop shows.)
#haiku field cook out
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
looks like someone's old cookout
hope that's all it is
(I may watch too many cop shows.)
#haiku field cook out
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
head high and struttin'
royalty in the bird world
pheasant very pleasant
#haiku pheasant
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
royalty in the bird world
pheasant very pleasant
#haiku pheasant
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
January 5, 2026 at 11:40 AM
head high and struttin'
royalty in the bird world
pheasant very pleasant
#haiku pheasant
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
royalty in the bird world
pheasant very pleasant
#haiku pheasant
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
no longer a threat
he turned with languid movements
bear's mouth full of mushroom
#haiku bear languid
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
he turned with languid movements
bear's mouth full of mushroom
#haiku bear languid
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
January 4, 2026 at 9:42 PM
no longer a threat
he turned with languid movements
bear's mouth full of mushroom
#haiku bear languid
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
he turned with languid movements
bear's mouth full of mushroom
#haiku bear languid
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
Reposted by RobinJP
2026:
I hate when new toys get broken so soon.
I hate when new toys get broken so soon.
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
2026:
I hate when new toys get broken so soon.
I hate when new toys get broken so soon.
Reposted by RobinJP
I’ve long maintained that it was a mistake for Congress to have abolished itself.
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I’ve long maintained that it was a mistake for Congress to have abolished itself.
pipes froze record cold
New Year's with friends
at the beach
warm ourselves with laughter
#haiku new year beach
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
New Year's with friends
at the beach
warm ourselves with laughter
#haiku new year beach
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
January 3, 2026 at 11:37 AM
pipes froze record cold
New Year's with friends
at the beach
warm ourselves with laughter
#haiku new year beach
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
New Year's with friends
at the beach
warm ourselves with laughter
#haiku new year beach
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
on spindly legs
plover rushes in and out
edge of a cornflower sea
#haiku plover cornflower
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
plover rushes in and out
edge of a cornflower sea
#haiku plover cornflower
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
January 2, 2026 at 2:21 AM
on spindly legs
plover rushes in and out
edge of a cornflower sea
#haiku plover cornflower
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
plover rushes in and out
edge of a cornflower sea
#haiku plover cornflower
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
sisters in a circle
obvious threads that bind them
using grapes for marbles
#haiku thread grapes
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
obvious threads that bind them
using grapes for marbles
#haiku thread grapes
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
January 1, 2026 at 1:12 PM
sisters in a circle
obvious threads that bind them
using grapes for marbles
#haiku thread grapes
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
obvious threads that bind them
using grapes for marbles
#haiku thread grapes
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
against clear blue sky
aren't all flowers sun flowers
rising from the dirt
#haiku clear sky sun flower
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
aren't all flowers sun flowers
rising from the dirt
#haiku clear sky sun flower
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
December 31, 2025 at 6:54 AM
against clear blue sky
aren't all flowers sun flowers
rising from the dirt
#haiku clear sky sun flower
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
aren't all flowers sun flowers
rising from the dirt
#haiku clear sky sun flower
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
balmy winter porch
sun melts rooftop icicles
dog stretches at my feet
#haiku icicles balmy
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
sun melts rooftop icicles
dog stretches at my feet
#haiku icicles balmy
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
December 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
balmy winter porch
sun melts rooftop icicles
dog stretches at my feet
#haiku icicles balmy
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
sun melts rooftop icicles
dog stretches at my feet
#haiku icicles balmy
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
cold call cold snap
cold stare from the face
of the night's full moon
#haiku cold full moon
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
cold stare from the face
of the night's full moon
#haiku cold full moon
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
December 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
cold call cold snap
cold stare from the face
of the night's full moon
#haiku cold full moon
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
cold stare from the face
of the night's full moon
#haiku cold full moon
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
Among many lessons learned....
The federal government is more powerful than states or cities so instead it's "up to citizens to protect their communities."
This is very long, but a very powerful story. A must read.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
The federal government is more powerful than states or cities so instead it's "up to citizens to protect their communities."
This is very long, but a very powerful story. A must read.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz
President Donald Trump’s federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Among many lessons learned....
The federal government is more powerful than states or cities so instead it's "up to citizens to protect their communities."
This is very long, but a very powerful story. A must read.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
The federal government is more powerful than states or cities so instead it's "up to citizens to protect their communities."
This is very long, but a very powerful story. A must read.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
Where does the water touch the sky?
Super foggy in Western North Carolina today. This was shot at 11 a.m.
#photography
Super foggy in Western North Carolina today. This was shot at 11 a.m.
#photography
December 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Where does the water touch the sky?
Super foggy in Western North Carolina today. This was shot at 11 a.m.
#photography
Super foggy in Western North Carolina today. This was shot at 11 a.m.
#photography
small bag of chestnuts
conjures Dickensian carols
singing in Whole Foods
#haiku chestnut pastoral
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
conjures Dickensian carols
singing in Whole Foods
#haiku chestnut pastoral
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
December 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
small bag of chestnuts
conjures Dickensian carols
singing in Whole Foods
#haiku chestnut pastoral
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt
conjures Dickensian carols
singing in Whole Foods
#haiku chestnut pastoral
#poem #poetry
#DailyHaikuPrompt