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Category: Prose & poetry

Posted on Mar 25, 2026

Grief-Rage; Hope-Love

And so, to remain informed is to remain in terror?

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Posted on Feb 22, 2026

A Sonnet Of Despair & Agony

“How else to stop those that cannot be stopped in mass manslaughter-murder…”

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Posted on Feb 20, 2026

The Passion Of The Earth-Sprung

Wild women, wolfsoul drumming, gather all around her at her passion!

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Posted on Jan 18, 2026Jan 18, 2026

A Poetry Podcast – Ink-Blue Thoughts

Announcing Ink-Blue Thoughts, a new poetry podcast!

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Posted on Dec 28, 2025

He

He plays on, unaware.

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Posted on Dec 21, 2025Dec 21, 2025

Stand (Always) With The Indigenous

Allegiance.

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Posted on Nov 8, 2025

Novembertime At No. 10

Watch ’em celebrate an armistice
whilst they wage destruction.

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Posted on Oct 3, 2025

Rainsoul Windweave Timefall

Watching on.

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Posted on Aug 19, 2025

A Tanka At Criccieth

A butterfly a-flutterflying.

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Posted on Jul 31, 2025Jul 31, 2025

Mist Moon-Dawn

Dew-draped green.

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Posted on Jul 3, 2025

Never Again – An Open Letter To Labour

Under the leadership of Kier Starmer, the Labour Party has been and still is an active participant in and ardent defender of the genocide of the Palestinian people.

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Posted on Jun 17, 2025

Maryam – Child Of Mothers

She looked out across the universe.

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Posted on May 27, 2025

At Tides, Above The Tide

The estuary meets the blueful sea.

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Posted on May 11, 2025Aug 14, 2025

Maryam – Daughter Of Magdala

She walks on water’s shores.

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Posted on Mar 6, 2025

The Fury Of The Earth-Sprung

“Oh eye, oh night…” The Sha’ir speaks, hakawati-heartbeat pulsing.

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William Altoft

William Altoft

Writer in and from (and consistently on) Bristol.

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  • Grief-Rage; Hope-Love Mar 25, 2026
  • A Sonnet Of Despair & Agony Feb 22, 2026
  • The Passion Of The Earth-Sprung Feb 20, 2026

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