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Posted on March 17, 2023

Poetry Collection: Fleeting Songs, Eternal

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

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Posted on August 24, 2021

Milk Stout

Mapped o’er.

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Posted on November 24, 2020

Shriek; Undulation

Do you hear?

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Posted on September 10, 2020

Signing Off

Coffee stains.

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Posted on June 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 April 8, 2020

A Zappai For Your Consideration

Yes indeed.

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Posted on February 9, 2020

Zappai For A Person Passing

Light a-righted.

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Posted on February 8, 2020

To See The World Through Quartz ‘N Ash

Caravan; road; canopy.

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Posted on January 10, 2020

Writing Is A Visual Art

Song-spilt ink.

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Posted on January 6, 2020January 6, 2020

Travels With A Flex-Grip Pen

Ferry me upriver.

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Posted on December 6, 2019

Rittun Langwidj

Gotta. Gonna. Wanna.

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Posted on November 25, 2019

Wirdz: uh zapaye

Play, pleigh, puhley.

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Posted on November 10, 2019

Tanka Tanka Zappai

Write it; move on.

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Posted on October 13, 2019October 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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