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Posted on Oct 5, 2019Oct 5, 2019

Unintentional Zappai

Not many.

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Posted on Oct 3, 2019Oct 3, 2019

From Pupil: a senryu in Japanese

Arigato!

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Posted on Oct 2, 2019Oct 2, 2019

Bluebird: a haiku in Japanese

Watashi wa neko!

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Posted on Oct 1, 2019Oct 1, 2019

Sky: a haiku in Japanese

Ohayo!

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Posted on Sep 30, 2019Sep 30, 2019

A Bristol Series

Poetry, prose…

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Posted on Sep 30, 2019Sep 30, 2019

Unblank Papyrus

Better sung, better danced, better played.

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Posted on Sep 29, 2019Sep 29, 2019

The Floating Harbour: Chapter 9

If I walk over the water and across the road, I’ll be merged with the final paragraphs.

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Posted on Sep 29, 2019Sep 29, 2019

Some Senryu & Zome Zappai

Effortless and effortful: belonging.

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Posted on Sep 28, 2019Sep 28, 2019

Waka By Will: H’okay, Here’re Haikai – and this time… it’s accurate

A chattering of consciousness: Spanish, left; English, right.

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Posted on Sep 28, 2019Sep 28, 2019

Semi-Colons: a zappai

Here; there; everywhere.

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Posted on Sep 27, 2019Sep 27, 2019

Waka By Will: Azzorted Zappai

No – this is zappai!

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Posted on Sep 26, 2019Sep 26, 2019

Carefree Commas

Ignoring Word.

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Posted on Sep 26, 2019Sep 26, 2019

Waka By Will: Don’t Mind These Dodoitsu

Rolling traction tyres tread th’morning shade ‘n sun.

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Posted on Sep 25, 2019Sep 25, 2019

I Wish I’d Written: not a haiku, but a zappai

First. Last. Any.

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Posted on Sep 25, 2019Sep 25, 2019

Waka By Will: Here’re Haiku (Sorry… Senryu)

Does it matter, though?

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