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Posted on April 2, 2021

Shimmershine

“More to see! The child who eats the twisting treat; the gull who rides the unseen surf.”

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Posted on October 12, 2020

Flicker, Silent Voice

In confinement – self ‘n solitary –
there sits a child.

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Posted on August 25, 2020August 25, 2020

A Song Of Thoth & Merit

“The cosmos, then, was chaos…”

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Posted on July 16, 2020

In Café Napolita

Is masked th’moon’s cratered plight beyond the wisp-white atmosphere.

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Posted on March 21, 2020

Quarantine Blues #1 & #2

Two streams of consciousness.

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Posted on March 2, 2020

Three Tanka; Many Words

A dragon’s hide.

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Posted on March 1, 2020March 1, 2020

A Tanka For The Spring To Come

Image credit – Japan Objects

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Posted on January 7, 2020January 9, 2020

The Rayd’yo Sings In Snippets

[Heartbeat.]

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Posted on November 25, 2019

Adagio… Hanging There, Unwav’ring

O’er th’aural landscape rest the guiding waves.

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Posted on November 10, 2019November 10, 2019

Akirakanisuru

Lying, list’ning.

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Posted on September 23, 2019

A Page Left Blank In Stokes Croft

How do you spell music?

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Posted on October 15, 2018October 15, 2018

The Sound-Waves Wander Onward

The same big band, the same man’s voice.

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Posted on August 16, 2015June 29, 2017

The Beatles are not overrated, and you’re not being interesting by saying that they are

Nobody has ever come to the conclusion that The Beatles are overrated through the process of actually listening to their albums, reading about their work, lives, and the context surrounding it all, and generating an understanding of the topic.

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William Altoft

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