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THE CONUNDRUMS QUOTATION PROJECT – Origins

Posted on July 12, 2026 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

The Conundrums Quotation Project began as an exploration of quotes from various books, primarily inspired by biblical texts. The author shares a personal anecdote about being influenced by a Romanian poet’s phrase, which ultimately became the title of a poetry collection published after twenty years. The book is available on Amazon. Continue reading →

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The Black Blood of Poetry: Towards a Poetics of Darkened Substance

Posted on April 11, 2026 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

AbstractThis essay situates The Black Blood of Poetry within a transnational lineage I term dark substance poetics—a tradition in which poetry materializes itself through bodily substances (blood, milk, breath, ink) that are subsequently darkened, inverted, or corrupted. Moving from nineteenth-century … Continue reading →

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