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Tag: Poetry

Posted on Oct 10, 2019Oct 10, 2019

Time For Two Things

Only, really, time for teaching (worth it) others.

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Posted on Oct 9, 2019Oct 9, 2019

Number 20

Red that chips/that fades to fray.

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Posted on Oct 8, 2019Oct 8, 2019

Zappai In ‘N On Stokes Croft

The road’s become community.

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Posted on Oct 7, 2019Oct 12, 2019

Choice

I doubted if… No traveler returns If I should e’er come back…

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Posted on Oct 6, 2019Oct 6, 2019

Expression Pure ‘N Hamstrung

Words like water…

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Posted on Oct 6, 2019Oct 6, 2019

The Floating Harbour: Chapter 10

Such sudden change; a moment of momentum.

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Posted on Oct 5, 2019

A Senryu Become Tanka

Intensely inconvenient.

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Posted on Oct 5, 2019Oct 5, 2019

Unintentional Zappai

Not many.

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Posted on Oct 3, 2019Oct 3, 2019

From Pupil: a senryu in Japanese

Arigato!

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Posted on Oct 2, 2019Oct 2, 2019

Bluebird: a haiku in Japanese

Watashi wa neko!

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Posted on Oct 1, 2019Oct 1, 2019

Sky: a haiku in Japanese

Ohayo!

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Posted on Sep 30, 2019Sep 30, 2019

A Bristol Series

Poetry, prose…

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Posted on Sep 30, 2019Sep 30, 2019

Unblank Papyrus

Better sung, better danced, better played.

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Posted on Sep 29, 2019Sep 29, 2019

The Floating Harbour: Chapter 9

If I walk over the water and across the road, I’ll be merged with the final paragraphs.

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Posted on Sep 29, 2019Sep 29, 2019

Some Senryu & Zome Zappai

Effortless and effortful: belonging.

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William Altoft

Writer in and from (and consistently on) Bristol.

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