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Posted on Mar 17, 2023Feb 26, 2026

Poetry Collection: Fleeting Songs, Eternal

My journey along the winding, wistful, wond’rous way that is Japanese poetry.

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Posted on Aug 24, 2021

Milk Stout

Mapped o’er.

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Posted on Nov 24, 2020

Shriek; Undulation

Do you hear?

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Posted on Sep 10, 2020

Signing Off

Coffee stains.

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Posted on Jun 4, 2020

The Pit At St. James

Now?

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Posted on May 31, 2020

Three Lines At Cabot Corner

Sun sweeps; pandemic breeze.

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Posted on Apr 8, 2020

A Zappai For Your Consideration

Yes indeed.

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Posted on Feb 9, 2020

Zappai For A Person Passing

Light a-righted.

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Posted on Feb 8, 2020

To See The World Through Quartz ‘N Ash

Caravan; road; canopy.

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Posted on Jan 10, 2020

Writing Is A Visual Art

Song-spilt ink.

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Posted on Jan 6, 2020Jan 6, 2020

Travels With A Flex-Grip Pen

Ferry me upriver.

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Posted on Dec 6, 2019

Rittun Langwidj

Gotta. Gonna. Wanna.

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Posted on Nov 25, 2019

Wirdz: uh zapaye

Play, pleigh, puhley.

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Posted on Nov 10, 2019

Tanka Tanka Zappai

Write it; move on.

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Posted on Oct 13, 2019Oct 13, 2019

From A Manufactured Perch, Road-Riverside

The fire of the dragon’s protest-flame marks only its self ‘n message.

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William Altoft

Writer in and from (and consistently on) Bristol.

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