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Category: Prose & poetry

Posted on Apr 9, 2020

Both The River & The Sky

As for me…

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Posted on Apr 8, 2020

A Zappai For Your Consideration

Yes indeed.

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Posted on Apr 6, 2020

Without Life

Does it not realise?

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Posted on Apr 6, 2020

A Song From Mem’ry Deep

? ( … )

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Posted on Apr 1, 2020Jun 1, 2025

A Song Of Ipet-Isu

Let sekhem and sesheshet sing in beat-procession, ringing through these ‘glyphed papyrus-reeds!

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Posted on Mar 30, 2020

A Tanka On The Superiority Of Tanka

That’s right.

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Posted on Mar 27, 2020

Within

Two tidal swells of light ‘n sound awash e’er o’er my senses…

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Posted on Mar 24, 2020Mar 24, 2020

A Tanka On The Corner Of The Harbourside

A ring around old cobble.

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Posted on Mar 24, 2020

Dawn

…

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Posted on Mar 23, 2020

Kwohrunteend

House. Café. Poet.

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Posted on Mar 21, 2020

Quarantine Blues #1 & #2

Two streams of consciousness.

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Posted on Mar 9, 2020Sep 16, 2020

A Tanka In Japanese

Asoko…

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Posted on Mar 3, 2020

From A Rippled Plank Of Wood

Yours. Mine.

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Posted on Mar 2, 2020Feb 26, 2026

Three Tanka; Many Words

A dragon’s hide.

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Posted on Mar 1, 2020Mar 1, 2020

A Tanka For The Spring To Come

Image credit – Japan Objects

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William Altoft

William Altoft

Writer in and from (and consistently on) Bristol.

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