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Robyn MacKinnon·July 8, 2018

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Mermaid Cave Tonight

found poetry

written by: Robyn MacKinnon

@art_rat

Mermaid cave tonight

Drinking coffee on the couch

girl guide cookies, y’all

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Robyn MacKinnon

I am mostly a visual artist, but I like to create "found poetry", specifically daily haiku made from the statuses of my Facebook friends. It was my Mom who started this, and officially passed the responsibility onto me when she became too busy.

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