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Posted on April 16, 2023

Written Somewhere Sunny In The North-East

A melody by the a-peeling bells.

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Posted on March 21, 2022

Oh, To Be Back At The Canteen!

I’ve not been here in fucking ages!

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Posted on April 2, 2021

Shimmershine

“More to see! The child who eats the twisting treat; the gull who rides the unseen surf.”

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Posted on March 12, 2021

An Exercise In Quatrains

Above the reaching leaves that grow beyond the basket’s edges, dance petals of lilac; of white; of crimson.

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Posted on April 20, 2020

Tanka #?

In my left ear; in my right.

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Posted on March 1, 2020March 1, 2020

A Tanka For The Spring To Come

Image credit – Japan Objects

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Posted on May 1, 2019

So April Ends & May Begins

Even as (ephemeral) the winter’s apogee takes Easter on and, late, chase they the heels of Autumn.

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William Altoft

William Altoft

Writer in and from (and consistently on) Bristol.

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