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WTF Was I Thinking?

Robyn MacKinnon·December 24, 2016

Robyn MacKinnon Christmas English

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WTF Was I Thinking?

found poetry

written by: Robyn MacKinnon

@art_rat

My morning so far

wtf was I thinking?

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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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