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Posted on Aug 20, 2023Aug 20, 2023

Palermo Canto

‘Midst the sun-burnt blocks blaze orange-walls, the pink of their compan’yuns calling…

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Posted on Sep 24, 2022

Brunel’s Butt’ry Sanwidge Shoppe

Relatively cold, this breezesome morning – bracing.

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Posted on Jun 11, 2022

Verse (Brief ‘N Free) From Hay-On-Wye

HHhOHff! grrererrrrururr?!

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Posted on May 16, 2022May 24, 2022

Versing (Freely)

That’s now (then) & here (there), though.

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Posted on May 6, 2022

A Café Revival Comment In Free-Verse, With Sprinkuhlings Of Kanji & Hiragana

At least, it didn’t cover any words!

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Posted on Jul 27, 2021

On King Street

The Trow’s resuscitated – see the blackwhite gable draped along in hanging baskets.

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Posted on Mar 23, 2021

A Metal Flower

No ellipses; ellipses…

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Posted on Mar 21, 2020

Quarantine Blues #1 & #2

Two streams of consciousness.

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William Altoft

William Altoft

Writer in and from (and consistently on) Bristol.

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