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Author: William Altoft

Writer in and from (and consistently on) Bristol.
Posted on Nov 19, 2020

Next’s The Beginning

Notebook completed; page un-blanked; th’caress of wind-soothed heat.

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Posted on Nov 18, 2020

Poems From Café Living Room

These pages three, in their loose ‘n blank-lined state, are, together, a haiku.

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Posted on Nov 16, 2020

A Thought, Through Pen, On Paper

Poles of gold; bridled porcelain.

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Posted on Nov 15, 2020

Today: Ten Tanka

People-watching; people, watching me.

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Posted on Nov 12, 2020

Cascade Steps

Over the water, w’thin the waves of crashing flame, I sit ‘n write.

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Posted on Nov 10, 2020

たんかのいま

私はいくます; いくました.

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Posted on Nov 5, 2020Nov 19, 2020

A Song Of Molly Owen

T’was where I was standing, with Molly wavin’.

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Posted on Oct 28, 2020

A Poem That I Texted

With pub fire calling, its warmth tempting all in, Molly, through the rain she yet led.

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Posted on Oct 23, 2020

Paint

We must face each fireless night.

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Posted on Oct 21, 2020

A Mem’ry ‘Pon A Corner Of My Mind

Neurotaclismic chasmmind find pain in memorandemonia

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Posted on Oct 19, 2020

W’thin Outdoor Café Cold

The cold wind lifts these leaves.

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Posted on Oct 12, 2020

Flicker, Silent Voice

In confinement – self ‘n solitary –
there sits a child.

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Posted on Oct 11, 2020

An Alliterative Thought

Solitary; stone-surrounded.

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Posted on Oct 10, 2020

From The Table Backed By Octaves In Their Slumber

The city spreads its sprawl.

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Posted on Oct 5, 2020Oct 5, 2020

Wanna Buy Some Poetry?

Poetry books for sale!

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