T.C. Truffin
@tctruffin.bsky.social
Poet, teacher, gustatory stimulator.
Very excited to have a poem that I started on Serifos, Greece in 2022 included in the latest issue of Tiny Wren Lit.
July 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Very excited to have a poem that I started on Serifos, Greece in 2022 included in the latest issue of Tiny Wren Lit.
Woke up this morning to a poem acceptance email. ✍️
June 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Woke up this morning to a poem acceptance email. ✍️
My Duke’s v. Hellmann’s take: I’ve done multiple blind triangle tastings and cannot reliably tell the difference. While raised with Hellmann’s, I now choose Duke’s because it has no sugar. (Yes, Hellmann’s has minimal sugar.) (Yes, this take is reliant on MY palate not yours.)
June 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
My Duke’s v. Hellmann’s take: I’ve done multiple blind triangle tastings and cannot reliably tell the difference. While raised with Hellmann’s, I now choose Duke’s because it has no sugar. (Yes, Hellmann’s has minimal sugar.) (Yes, this take is reliant on MY palate not yours.)
A knot in the pine wall of my hermitage looks like a wee budgie.
June 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A knot in the pine wall of my hermitage looks like a wee budgie.
Orange purrs roll
Over the crumbled duvet—
Pine pollen falls
Over the crumbled duvet—
Pine pollen falls
April 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Orange purrs roll
Over the crumbled duvet—
Pine pollen falls
Over the crumbled duvet—
Pine pollen falls
Reposted by T.C. Truffin
Starting to strongly suspect that if I don’t send these pieces out, nobody will publish them. My strategy of waiting for someone to break in and advocate for my brilliance has thus far proven ineffective.
March 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Starting to strongly suspect that if I don’t send these pieces out, nobody will publish them. My strategy of waiting for someone to break in and advocate for my brilliance has thus far proven ineffective.
Billy Collins wrote:
“Haiku makes you fail,
fail, fail, and fail some more
then for once not fail.”
Not just Haiku.
“Haiku makes you fail,
fail, fail, and fail some more
then for once not fail.”
Not just Haiku.
March 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Billy Collins wrote:
“Haiku makes you fail,
fail, fail, and fail some more
then for once not fail.”
Not just Haiku.
“Haiku makes you fail,
fail, fail, and fail some more
then for once not fail.”
Not just Haiku.
“I don't want to wrong anybody, so I won't go so far as to say that she actually wrote poetry, but her conversation, to my mind, was of a nature calculated to excite the liveliest suspicions.”
—P G Wodehouse, “Right Ho, Jeeves!”
—P G Wodehouse, “Right Ho, Jeeves!”
February 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
“I don't want to wrong anybody, so I won't go so far as to say that she actually wrote poetry, but her conversation, to my mind, was of a nature calculated to excite the liveliest suspicions.”
—P G Wodehouse, “Right Ho, Jeeves!”
—P G Wodehouse, “Right Ho, Jeeves!”
So, how many “confirmation REQUIRED to keep receiving updates” do I have to ignore before I stop getting updates? 👀 @ U WAPO
February 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
So, how many “confirmation REQUIRED to keep receiving updates” do I have to ignore before I stop getting updates? 👀 @ U WAPO
Squawking black kitten
Chasing invisible mice
At oh dark thirty
Chasing invisible mice
At oh dark thirty
February 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Squawking black kitten
Chasing invisible mice
At oh dark thirty
Chasing invisible mice
At oh dark thirty
Spent 💕 Day with @sherrytruffin.bsky.social at a Buster Keaton film scored with R.E.M music. Brilliant!
February 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Spent 💕 Day with @sherrytruffin.bsky.social at a Buster Keaton film scored with R.E.M music. Brilliant!
In the Mayan creation story POPOL VUH, two twins defeat some ancient folk because “These ancient people only wanted conflict…they are makers of enemies…they are inciters to wrongs and violence, they are masters of hidden intentions as well…masters of stupidity, masters of perplexity.”
February 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In the Mayan creation story POPOL VUH, two twins defeat some ancient folk because “These ancient people only wanted conflict…they are makers of enemies…they are inciters to wrongs and violence, they are masters of hidden intentions as well…masters of stupidity, masters of perplexity.”
A little over a year of doing the NYT Crossword puzzle has taught me this: I don't like Thursdays. I enjoy a great deal of variant sudoku, but I'm a straight-laced, missionary man when it comes to crossword puzzles.
February 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A little over a year of doing the NYT Crossword puzzle has taught me this: I don't like Thursdays. I enjoy a great deal of variant sudoku, but I'm a straight-laced, missionary man when it comes to crossword puzzles.
Whatever the purpose of poetry is, that purpose does not change with the circumstances.
February 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Whatever the purpose of poetry is, that purpose does not change with the circumstances.
I solved my first Cracking the Cryptic Genuinely Approachable Sudoku on 08/19/2021. Today, I solved my 1096th. That's three years of puzzles. (365+365+366).
I solve 57% of puzzles in "one hat" or "two hat" time. Early on, many, many solves were "dinosaur" slow, but that ratio is getting better.
I solve 57% of puzzles in "one hat" or "two hat" time. Early on, many, many solves were "dinosaur" slow, but that ratio is getting better.
February 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I solved my first Cracking the Cryptic Genuinely Approachable Sudoku on 08/19/2021. Today, I solved my 1096th. That's three years of puzzles. (365+365+366).
I solve 57% of puzzles in "one hat" or "two hat" time. Early on, many, many solves were "dinosaur" slow, but that ratio is getting better.
I solve 57% of puzzles in "one hat" or "two hat" time. Early on, many, many solves were "dinosaur" slow, but that ratio is getting better.
Out in the rain
Neighborhood cat huddles
Near the shed refusing
To go under it or
Dash under the still warm car
Neighborhood cat huddles
Near the shed refusing
To go under it or
Dash under the still warm car
February 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Out in the rain
Neighborhood cat huddles
Near the shed refusing
To go under it or
Dash under the still warm car
Neighborhood cat huddles
Near the shed refusing
To go under it or
Dash under the still warm car
The moon quivers
Reflecting the burning
Flares of unquenchable rage
Reflecting the burning
Flares of unquenchable rage
January 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The moon quivers
Reflecting the burning
Flares of unquenchable rage
Reflecting the burning
Flares of unquenchable rage
Orange tabby asleep
In a circle on the bed—
Outside thunder howls
In a circle on the bed—
Outside thunder howls
January 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Orange tabby asleep
In a circle on the bed—
Outside thunder howls
In a circle on the bed—
Outside thunder howls
I worked for American Greetings HQ from 1992-1995. Just found this “to-do” pad they produced and provided to employees—even entry level paper pushers. Very useful.
January 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I worked for American Greetings HQ from 1992-1995. Just found this “to-do” pad they produced and provided to employees—even entry level paper pushers. Very useful.
Pixie keeping me comfy during the sportsball.
November 17, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Pixie keeping me comfy during the sportsball.
Result of a recent class exercise
November 13, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Result of a recent class exercise
E: We’ve no rights any more?
V: You’d make me laugh if it wasn’t prohibited.
E: We’ve lost our rights?
V: We got rid of them.
—“Waiting for Godot” Samuel Beckett
V: You’d make me laugh if it wasn’t prohibited.
E: We’ve lost our rights?
V: We got rid of them.
—“Waiting for Godot” Samuel Beckett
February 28, 2024 at 12:42 PM
E: We’ve no rights any more?
V: You’d make me laugh if it wasn’t prohibited.
E: We’ve lost our rights?
V: We got rid of them.
—“Waiting for Godot” Samuel Beckett
V: You’d make me laugh if it wasn’t prohibited.
E: We’ve lost our rights?
V: We got rid of them.
—“Waiting for Godot” Samuel Beckett
5 topics I could talk about for 30 minutes without preparation. Here are 5 from me:
1. Brewing beer
2. The sonnet form
3. College athletics: "extra" curricular?
4. Cooking without recipes
5. What I've learned from going on long road trips
1. Brewing beer
2. The sonnet form
3. College athletics: "extra" curricular?
4. Cooking without recipes
5. What I've learned from going on long road trips
February 2, 2024 at 1:03 AM
5 topics I could talk about for 30 minutes without preparation. Here are 5 from me:
1. Brewing beer
2. The sonnet form
3. College athletics: "extra" curricular?
4. Cooking without recipes
5. What I've learned from going on long road trips
1. Brewing beer
2. The sonnet form
3. College athletics: "extra" curricular?
4. Cooking without recipes
5. What I've learned from going on long road trips
My favorite YEG buddy has written a song set in a city just around the corner from me.
open.spotify.com/album/5KXlVJ...
open.spotify.com/album/5KXlVJ...
January 26, 2024 at 8:56 PM
My favorite YEG buddy has written a song set in a city just around the corner from me.
open.spotify.com/album/5KXlVJ...
open.spotify.com/album/5KXlVJ...
The sportsball gods are cruel and have long memories. I want to know what special sin Buffalo committed to be cursed in their particular way.
January 22, 2024 at 3:18 AM
The sportsball gods are cruel and have long memories. I want to know what special sin Buffalo committed to be cursed in their particular way.