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Posted on Sep 30, 2019Sep 30, 2019

Unblank Papyrus

Better sung, better danced, better played.

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Posted on Sep 26, 2019Sep 26, 2019

Carefree Commas

Ignoring Word.

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Posted on Sep 25, 2019Sep 25, 2019

I Wish I’d Written: not a haiku, but a zappai

First. Last. Any.

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Posted on Sep 23, 2019

A Page Left Blank In Stokes Croft

How do you spell music?

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Posted on Aug 26, 2019Aug 26, 2019

Hiatus

Here/However/H’anyway…

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Posted on Aug 24, 2019

To Keep From Writing

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

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Posted on Aug 23, 2019Aug 23, 2019

What Even Are Haiku?

I know it’s not 5-7-5… but does it even need to be short-long-short?

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Posted on Aug 22, 2019

Transcription

Absorbent mimicry, aping all at once together.

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Posted on Aug 18, 2019

Steightmuntz

Churnin’ out.

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Posted on Aug 18, 2019

A Canteen Tanka & A Comment

Writing about sharing writing.

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Posted on Aug 15, 2019

Pink, Lit, ‘N Green

A place so full and hillside-located; pink, lit, ‘n green.

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Posted on Aug 4, 2019Aug 9, 2019

The Cup For Tea

I used to sit in the wind of the morning, hearing them shout out numbers.

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Posted on Jul 25, 2019

Two Tanka & A Single Word

Cities in parallel, blended; the nearer past and ancient times.

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Posted on Jul 23, 2019Jul 23, 2019

And Across From Me?

Stillness. So still, so quiet.

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Posted on Jul 21, 2019

A Song Of Poems

Told through tense interpretation, their tales light the night and meet the morning.

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William Altoft

William Altoft

Writer in and from (and consistently on) Bristol.

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