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Posted on Oct 22, 2023

Song Of Palestine – This Land Is Mine

D’you see God in th’pillars of fire that make this land their own?

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Posted on Oct 21, 2023Oct 21, 2023

Song Of Palestine – A Sonnet To The Child Of Flight; To The Child Of Ruin

She stands beside the water, watching all, her ethnicity in her hair ‘n hue.

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Posted on Oct 21, 2023Oct 21, 2023

Song Of Palestine – Finding Gaza

Paraseti… Peleshet… Palastu… Palestine.

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Posted on Oct 20, 2023

Song Of Palestine – Silence

I didn’t know; I didn’t try to know.

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Posted on Oct 16, 2023

Isis, Su-Tekh, & The Falcon-Child: VI

Jackal Ruler Of The Nine Bows, Anpu, his canine head ‘pon human form, stands tall beside the body of Osiris…

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Posted on Oct 10, 2023Oct 10, 2023

Isis, Su-Tekh, & The Falcon-Child: V

Su-Tekh now sees a covered woman running ‘long the earth!

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Posted on Oct 6, 2023

Isis, Su-Tekh, & The Falcon-Child: IV

Against Iteru’s course I’ve run, yet still the danger looms!

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Posted on Oct 4, 2023Oct 4, 2023

Isis, Su-Tekh, & The Falcon-Child: III

The hound – hell-bent; satanic’lly empassioned – surges t’ward the force that musters…

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Posted on Oct 1, 2023

Isis, Su-Tekh, & The Falcon-Child: II

I have stayed here, steadfastly guarding you!

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Posted on Sep 27, 2023

Isis, Su-Tekh, & The Falcon-Child: I

Isis, as a beggar posed, walks Wa-Set’s Avenue Of Rams…

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Posted on Sep 19, 2023

A Trailer For A Mythic Tale

A tale of Isis, Su-Tekh, & The Falcon-Child…

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Posted on Sep 3, 2023

A Cottage Courtyard In The Peak District

The peaks of the cottage-layers roof about in slopes of slatetile smooth.

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Posted on Aug 31, 2023

Higger Tor

Heather blooms.

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Posted on Aug 28, 2023

Murales

Into the wild, winding nowhereabouts, descending from the shade tree, we encounter th’counterpoint…

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Posted on Aug 25, 2023Aug 25, 2023

Old Cefalù

Copious cafeteria emanate with the aroma of coffee served in sips.

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William Altoft

Writer in and from (and consistently on) Bristol.

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