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Photo by William Eaton, 2024, of leaves on Paris sidewalk, bird-like form

December 23, 2024June 28, 2025 William Eaton

The great poem – Le poème des 10 biens – El poema de los nueve bienes

Photos by William Eaton, taken in Normandy of an apparently female potato, patiently posing - August 2024

September 2, 2024July 17, 2025 William Eaton

Qu’est-ce qu’on attend pour être heureux ? What’s keeping us ¿para ser felices?

Human-y animal looking up, as at fragments of the Earth scattered in the sky - art by William Eaton, 2024

July 30, 2024August 17, 2025 William Eaton

Life is too hard – pour nous ? – ¿La vida es demasiado dura – for us?

June 20, 2024June 17, 2024 William Eaton

“It was fun!” Je me suis bien amusée ! ¡Me lo he pasado muy bien!

bottomless elevator, 3D illusion, London

July 13, 2016May 19, 2017 William Eaton

Retirement, Conversation, Walls of Loneliness

February 11, 2015November 20, 2025 William Eaton

riffs in advance of a too brief vacation

October 8, 2013April 13, 2025 William Eaton

“The Freedom Tour”

May 30, 2013June 1, 2013 William Eaton

Dans le Metro, morning rush

April 23, 2013December 17, 2025 William Eaton

The future in about 900 words

Photo of Leonid Brezhnev, in trunks and with telephone

August 27, 2012April 16, 2017 William Eaton

In 1982

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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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4 billion eggs

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