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Posted on February 26, 2021

Beside The Trees, Deciduous

Clouds cling – fast.

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Posted on February 21, 2021

Without My Notebook

Wait for words…

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Posted on February 12, 2021February 12, 2021

River-Light Deepens; Lingers

Dusk deepens.

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Posted on February 9, 2021

Composed Whilst Pupil Writes

A leaf; a fountain; a cat; fruit.

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Posted on February 7, 2021

Just One More Alphabet

Eddied pools of meaning.

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Posted on February 2, 2021

00.36am

The wind weaves.

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Posted on January 16, 2021

At Night

I sketch the grass.

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Posted on January 10, 2021

Unlimited

Paddling swan in feathers.

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Posted on January 8, 2021

A Tanka On The US Capitol

In white/In black…

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Posted on January 5, 2021

Thuh Storree Ov Uh Storrum

The countenance above: with fury laden.

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Posted on January 2, 2021

A Tanka After Midnight

Of ink; of thought.

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Posted on December 30, 2020

A Haibun For My Childhood Cat

Lazy were his steps; listless was his mind.

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Posted on December 20, 2020

10.34pm

I write these words to end a tanka.

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Posted on December 11, 2020

Tanka, With A Bonus Quatrain

Day-drinker ponders; rises; leaves the poem.

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Posted on December 2, 2020

Four Poems For Me; For You

The cranes cry to the cov’ring cloud.

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William Altoft

William Altoft

Writer in and from (and consistently on) Bristol.

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