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Robert
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Poetry doesn’t belong to the person who writes it; it belongs to the person who needs it. — Il Postino (1994 film)

A gentleman of a certain age.

Avatar art by R. Lichtenstein.
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I am the lilac
in the autumn of my life
still trying to bloom

#haiku

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Lilac bloom in the autumn with trees in the background.
October 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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We walked
one another
through the ruins
of our past loves…
We walked one another through the ruins of our past loves detritus of hearts now overgrown with moss and regret old infatuations reclaimed by the vines of time only the crumbling bricks and stones of sorrow remaining as if the remnants of an ancient civilization we admired them for what they once were how they got us to where we are now but left them to the past where they belong
September 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Misfit maple leaf
feels like he doesn’t belong
but his time will come

#haikufeels belong
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A small red leaf among green ones on a maple tree.
September 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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The cornfields of wrath
now supplanted by
grape vines
history repeats

#dailyhaikuprompt vines

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Grape vines and blue sky with a lamppost in the foreground.
September 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Impatient is the child
who can’t wait his turn
Impatient is the teenager
trying to act adult
Impatient is the lover
looking for that someone
…
#emoetry impatient
Poem by Robert, all text
August 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM