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Category: The Real World

Single rock, face-like, Woodstock, drawing by William Eaton, Sep 2018 - 2

October 8, 2018October 6, 2018 William Eaton

Ballad of a nullfidian

Empty bottle, watercolor by William Eaton, 20 Oct 2017

August 6, 2018December 10, 2025 William Eaton

You call this a poem?

Chrissy on break (après Tarsila do Amaral), drawing by William Eaton, 2 June 2018 - 2

June 18, 2018January 12, 2026 William Eaton

Someone puts “Saxapahaw” in an e-mail and you have to write a poem

June 1, 2018November 9, 2019 William Eaton

L’amour intercontinental, universel

Blowfish, with help from Sakai Hōitsu, watercolor & gouache by William Eaton, Feb 2018 - 4

February 6, 2018February 23, 2026 William Eaton

Sombreros Vaqueros, Torn Jeans, Museums, Blowfish (Short Poems)

Monica with big hand, quick pen, by William Eaton, Dec 2017 - 1

January 9, 2018January 8, 2018 William Eaton

Just like that

After Morandi, Natura morta, 1961, watercolor by William Eaton, Dec 2017 - 2

January 3, 2018January 3, 2018 William Eaton

The Love Song of an American President

Collage of window at Tarallucci e Vino, First Ave & 10th Street, by William Eaton, November 2017

December 11, 2017July 15, 2020 William Eaton

Postal workers, I too well know (holiday-season poem?)

still life, leaf and petals, second derivative, created by William Eaton, May 2017

October 12, 2017February 23, 2026 William Eaton

Afterwards

By the Pacific (Sunset Point, San Diego), 23 Sep 2017, pen and watercolor by William Eaton

September 28, 2017October 4, 2017 William Eaton

Ode to Southern Californians (Their race is run?)

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What is This?

Now with more than 12,000 followers, anglophones, hispanohablantes y francophones. 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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