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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The 2nd of my low-lights series for 2026, a series of paintings designed with metallics for low-light viewing. Pretty neat! Compare colors from shaded room, to a 'night-light' hallway, to a golden hour mix of the two. "Tulip in Windowsill" 2026. Rob yates 2026 #acrylic #painting #Kansas #tulip

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

The incredible Squirrel Nut Zippers. Killer show. #jazz #squirrelnutzippers

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

New York, New York - October 2025. Poetry in motion. #NY #newyork #nyny #poetry #photography

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Gorgeous day to be headed in for lecture. "Campus Visitor" #photography #art #monarch #nature #butterfly

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

During the Satanic panic of the 80s, Ozzy was the sensible, safer alternative to bathshit crazy evangelical parenting. Anti-war, critical of capitalism, and a dad that showed up. #Ozzy was a #deconstruction icon. The "Prince of Darkness" was more christ-like than any mega church preacher.

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Trying to get up and running over on Instagram and would appreciate a follow if you have the time. "Haunted" from #sonofgod is posted in full over there now. #kansaspoet #poetry #poet

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

One of the coolest people I've gotten to briefly meet. #thedoctor #Davidtenant #doctorwho I got a #jessicajones themed signing though. All around nice dude. #sometimesmeetyourheroes

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

World on fire, but hey, man, daughters bought me scratchers, and I have won a dollar and a chance at a thousand tomorrow. Here's to tomorrow. #daughters #fathersday

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

"Poetry is chain smoking" from "Son of God," 2024 Spartan Press, Kansas City. "Menthol flavored madness cooling the tongue..." #kansascity #writing #poetry

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Some pre-work #photography on a new acrylic #art piece for the spring. My Cherry Blossom was looking gorgeous this evening.

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Good 'ol #KC at The Savoy last week. Missing spring break already #kansascity

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

This one was just for fun (and a birthday present) - "Mid-century Sunset" #painting #acrylic #art

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Mixing up some landscape with sharp abstract tones and shapes. "Storm's Comin'." Featuring contributions from the kiddo sitting on my lap yesterday afternoon. #painting #kansasart #artists #acrylic

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

An older #abstract from when I first started. A Reflections off a #Chicago skyline, named "untitled effort." Related #poem "untitled effort," beside. A day that signaled the death of a relationship, but was the birthplace of art. Poem from #sonofgod #poetry #writersky #trauma

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Those looking for topical fiction during these funky times should check out After the Revolution by @iwriteok.bsky.social. Also, play Cyberpunk 2077. It'll be good tears and good therapy. Dystopian fiction was supposed to be a warning, not a mirror. Here we are.

Scene from cyberpunk 2077, showing an empty, night time city street with a single truck driving down it.

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Kansas is more "frozen hell" than rolling summer prairie currently, but I like the way this piece of mine from last summer shows how types of light affects color. #Kansas #painting #art

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Son of God out at Spartan Press "These poems are new generation prayers and meditations that expose truths with humor and hard-fought wisdom in a collection that will resonate with many." -Kevin Ridgeway, author "Too Young to Know, "Invasion of the Shadow People." #poetry #deconstruction #writing

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Man, #duneprophecy sure landed an incredible season. Worth checking out even if you aren't a Dune fan/familiar. A good fit for the hole left by Agatha All Along. Much darker, but full of witchy sisterhood and regular doses of backstabbing. #dune

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Wishing everyone a pleasant #yule as the last of the week burns out. Stay safe and warm everyone! The highways are already spicy.

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Texture work in paint and print. Penciled from #sonofgod #poetry

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Rob Yates, Author @roblyates.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Recent painting to get shit all festive. The color work was fun. That many bricks were not.

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