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Posted on April 4, 2022

A Morning’s Musing

Those in queue talk movies.

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Posted on March 23, 2022

On An Evening

A moment clear.

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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 March 11, 2022

Tobacco Fact’ry Tanka

Fingertip-fixed; floating.

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Posted on February 19, 2022February 19, 2022

Emergency Notebook Tanka

Storm Eunice.

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Posted on February 8, 2022

Weston-Super-Mare

Shattering the feedback-loop!

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Posted on January 23, 2022

A Second Scrap Of Notes-Gone-By

That’ll be distracting.

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Posted on January 21, 2022

A Scrap Of Notes-Gone-By

In one ear ‘n out the other.

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Posted on January 18, 2022

The Stag Upon The Brean Peninsula: II

I see myself still strolling.

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Posted on January 9, 2022

?後

I perform great feats.

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Posted on December 27, 2021

I Saw The Girl-Child, Standing

A blaze-blue spirit, wonder-rapt.

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Posted on December 26, 2021

A Welsh Christmas

Three wetsuit-wearers, dog, and I.

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Posted on December 14, 2021

The Song Of Seshat

Endless as the fires of night.

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Posted on November 30, 2021

Perhaps

Ends; begins. Writ; collected.

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Posted on November 3, 2021November 3, 2021

King William Tanka

Heat radiates from fires; heat bleeds from th’radiator.

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William Altoft

William Altoft

Writer in and from (and consistently on) Bristol.

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