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Robyn MacKinnon·February 25, 2018

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This publication is part 95 of 469 in the series Robyn Finds Poetry

That’s a Bummer

found poetry

written by: Robyn MacKinnon

@art_rat

Today is the day

my skipping rope EXPLODED!

so that’s a bummer

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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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