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Robyn MacKinnon·January 6, 2019

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This publication is part 137 of 473 in the series Robyn Finds Poetry

First of Many

found poetry

written by: Robyn MacKinnon

@art_rat

dashing through the snow

2 drinks on a full stomach

the first of many

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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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