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Posted on January 22, 2023

An Old York Sunset’s Scene-Song

New wetland frozen fast.

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Posted on January 17, 2023

Sketch (Once More)

Grow, gradual scribbles.

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Posted on January 12, 2023

Undiscovered

I write for longer projects.

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Posted on December 27, 2022

A Tanka For A Wedding Card

High Green wed.

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Posted on December 18, 2022November 10, 2024

Nafereti-Iti: Book Two

The girl-child, become woman, leaves her childhood for the palace life.

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Posted on November 22, 2022November 22, 2022

[Without End]

End-less.

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Posted on November 18, 2022November 18, 2022

Hymn To The River

From beyond the Island Of The Elephant – realm of Khnum, Satet, Anqet – you flow from your
secret cavern-source to those bouldered, bord’ring shores!

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Posted on November 16, 2022

Twinkle-Burn, Far Ago Star

Delphic, dark, ‘n hid you are…

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Posted on November 11, 2022

She; Her

Women. Life. Freedom.

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Posted on November 6, 2022November 6, 2022

Glendalough Haibun

All about the tanglebranch of brokentwig it rushroars, raring for the smoothstone leap – the turning, tumbling stream.

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Posted on November 5, 2022November 5, 2022

Our Aft’noon/Eve In Haiku

Here where the lake’s submerged this bench.

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Posted on November 4, 2022November 4, 2022

On Th’Way To Glendalough

Glenmacnass leaps to the valley b’low, her sights upon the Irish Sea…

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Posted on November 2, 2022

Canalway Walking

To Portobello.

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Posted on November 1, 2022

A Tanka ‘Pon Visiting The Joyce Centre

Choice Joyce-isms.

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Posted on October 30, 2022

Moon Dance

Backache from moving tables ‘n cèilidhing about for hours amongst the mini-gourds ‘n flow’rs.

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William Altoft

William Altoft

Writer in and from (and consistently on) Bristol.

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