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Posted on November 4, 2019

Tanka Desune

Watashidake.

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Posted on October 15, 2019October 15, 2019

The Treasure Of The Pied Crow

Pied white ‘n dull-green ‘n shim’ring black, treasuring the trove you’ve gathered.

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Posted on October 14, 2019September 16, 2020

Joji To Kawa

Itsumo to eien ni.

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Posted on October 12, 2019

Samurai Tanka

Itsumo no keikai.

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Posted on October 5, 2019

A Senryu Become Tanka

Intensely inconvenient.

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Posted on August 24, 2019

To Keep From Writing

Take the ink from the (FlexGrip) pen; articulate the uncontrollable.

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Posted on August 20, 2019August 20, 2019

…

Am I ever writing this? You were always reading this. The stars knew they were burning…

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Posted on August 18, 2019

A Canteen Tanka & A Comment

Writing about sharing writing.

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Posted on August 8, 2019September 20, 2019

Tanka From A Slightly Diff’rent Universe

A diff’ring
(to the usual) time of day,
adorned with diff’rance.

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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 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 6, 2019

Oh… Well That Changes Things

Sounds, not syllables.

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Posted on July 1, 2019

Tanka, With A Rhyming Couplet

The city is mapped.

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Posted on June 23, 2019June 23, 2019

Poems At The Place Between Commitments

To a-waiting ideas, then, return.

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William Altoft

Writer in and from (and consistently on) Bristol.

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