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Tag: Poetry

Posted on June 29, 2022

Where The Whisting Waves Die Heavy On The Stilling Sand

Climatic clarity! Emergency emergent ‘cross – awash tsunamic – th’sea of consciousness…

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Posted on June 25, 2022

Settled

Beings who know themselves.

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Posted on June 13, 2022

A Prologue To Hansel & Gretel

Here – once ‘n ever on a time – amongst the wanderings of wolves…

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Posted on June 11, 2022

Verse (Brief ‘N Free) From Hay-On-Wye

HHhOHff! grrererrrrururr?!

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Posted on June 3, 2022June 12, 2022

雨; 雪

空が話きす.

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Posted on June 2, 2022June 2, 2022

At The Old Electric Shop

The crow in the cage cawcackles.

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Posted on June 1, 2022

Eleven

The time hits twelve; the time turns past.

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Posted on May 30, 2022

From Sleep

From entropying tea, I gather sleep.

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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 May 3, 2022

Poem ‘Pon A Photo Page

Rings, tears, ‘n speeches…

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Posted on May 2, 2022

A Tunnel Leading Westward

Urban doves, flocking.

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Posted on April 19, 2022

Two Poems For Kawakami-San

ぼくはちちとらんに惚れます.

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Posted on April 6, 2022

A Tanka From A Scrap Of Sonnet

Here I sit.

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Posted on April 4, 2022

A Morning’s Musing

Those in queue talk movies.

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William Altoft

Writer in and from (and consistently on) Bristol.

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