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Posted on August 4, 2019August 9, 2019

The Cup For Tea

I used to sit in the wind of the morning, hearing them shout out numbers.

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Posted on August 3, 2019

A Tanka, Then A Word, And Then A Sentence

Finally.

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Posted on July 25, 2019

Two Tanka & A Single Word

Cities in parallel, blended; the nearer past and ancient times.

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Posted on July 23, 2019July 23, 2019

And Across From Me?

Stillness. So still, so quiet.

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Posted on July 21, 2019

A Song Of Poems

Told through tense interpretation, their tales light the night and meet the morning.

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Posted on July 17, 2019

Will I Not Want Yet Still Want Not?

A day about the harbour. A night around a fire.

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Posted on July 15, 2019

Written Somewhere Sunny In The South-West

Momentum felt as sep’rate moments: such is time.

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Posted on July 10, 2019July 10, 2019

Two Six Twelve Six Two

The sky encompasses the earth.

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Posted on July 10, 2019October 27, 2019

The Floating Harbour: a serialised novel

Written between January, 2016 and August, 2019.

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Posted on July 9, 2019

Hamlet In Haiku: Act 5

Knaves and jesters, all.

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Posted on July 9, 2019

Hamlet In Haiku: Act 4

With sweet flowers, go.

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Posted on July 8, 2019August 14, 2019

Between That Postbox & Those Steps Beside The River

A river, there, reflects the moment.

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Posted on July 8, 2019

Hamlet In Haiku: Act 3

Paralysis of action.

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Posted on July 7, 2019

Hamlet In Haiku: Act 2

Stricken fair-lovelorn.

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Posted on July 7, 2019July 7, 2019

Rambling To Close

P’rhaps I’ll throw this out on WordPress.

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William Altoft

William Altoft

Writer in and from (and consistently on) Bristol.

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