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Posted on Jul 13, 2021

Permanence Obscene

Where once I was I am no more – no longer does that me exist.

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Posted on Nov 19, 2020

Next’s The Beginning

Notebook completed; page un-blanked; th’caress of wind-soothed heat.

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Posted on Aug 13, 2020

I, in this inkyphem’ral
moment.

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Posted on May 4, 2020

Tanka #(? + One)

Did it?

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Posted on Apr 24, 2020

Will Be

I do wonder…

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Posted on Feb 13, 2020Feb 13, 2020

Am ‘N Will Be

Already.

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Posted on May 14, 2019

After The Rainbow

Iswillwas/Waswillis?

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Posted on Apr 11, 2019

Life’s A

Life’s a wander ’round the harbourside.

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Posted on Mar 10, 2019

It Was Life

It’s a long, long way away,
no matter how you hold it.

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William Altoft

William Altoft

Writer in and from (and consistently on) Bristol.

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