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Alfred - William Eaton, 2022

September 19, 2022June 27, 2023 William Eaton

i promise . . . c’est promis . . . te lo prometo . . .

Never quarantine a painter, watercolor by William Eaton, March 2020

April 13, 2020July 22, 2020 William Eaton

The doctor said, Shake hands no more

Nude swimmer, legs spread, watercolor by William Eaton

May 1, 2019May 28, 2019 William Eaton

Poetry is nudes that stay nude

Ash Barty with Australian Open trophy, 29 Jan 2022, photo by Simon Baker, AP

March 27, 2019September 26, 2023 William Eaton

A poem about Ashleigh Barty written the day after she finally defeated Petra Kvitová

Nude with Cellphone, drawing-watercolor by William Eaton, Jan 2018 - 2

January 30, 2018January 3, 2019 William Eaton

Of liking, commenting, conversation, writing, reading, drawing, painting

Long-limbed - hand on foot, pastel Feb 2017, by William Eaton

February 1, 2017November 12, 2017 William Eaton

Our lives are Swiss (Nos vies sont suisses)

December 14, 2016June 12, 2017 William Eaton

L’inspecteur et sa femme à New York

February 26, 2014February 26, 2014 William Eaton

The Power of Positive Thinking

December 12, 2013June 27, 2025 William Eaton

Does reading interrupt life, or life reading?

September 24, 2013October 5, 2013 William Eaton

Sick

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Now with more than 12,000 followers, anglophones, hispanohablantes y francophones, and more every day. (And this for posts which may at times be poetry, or not poetry at all.)

The verdict of Google Bard: “Eaton is a thoughtful and insightful writer who explores a wide range of topics in his work. His blog is a must-read for anyone who is interested in contemporary literature and culture.”

The author is pleased, too, to have made a Best Essays list of Notable Essayists.

One long-time follower comments: “Beautiful writing . . . there is an electricity.” Another. “The most difficult (although rewarding) blog I know of.” A kind comment from November 2025: “I wish I could write as beautifully as you do!”

Meanwhile, this collection of poems, aphorisms, short and longer essays, stories, quotations . . . has been expanding and exploring since January 2012.

Almost all the writing, photography, drawing and painting is by William Eaton and © William Eaton. Work regularly registered with the United States Copyright Office (and with thanks to the Office’s expert staff!).

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