When the Smoke Clears a poem about the moral and emotional middle ground between desire and suffering, hoping that, after everything burns away, love is what survives.
Tag: death
Death gets us all in the end. Here are poems and prose by BW Derge that mentions death. I want my tombstone to say “Who’s Healthy Now??”
Mix Playlists Music
Music Mix: Playlist from 2012 – “Sunrise Serpent”
Amazon Music Mix: Playlist from 2012 that features Squirrel Nut Zippers, Puscifer, A Perfect Circle, Alice in Chains, Adele, Amy Winehouse, and more!
Poetry Writing
Poem by BW Derge: Outlast (Lips)
Poem from 2019 collection “Paradox Lost” – grappling with modern society, a sordid relationship, and the futility of existence vs. the power of eternal love. Outlast (Lips) is part of a trilogy of poems including Outpour (Magic), and Outcry (Clusterfuck). These three poems inspired the playlist “Clusterfuck Magic Lips”
Fiction Prose Writing
Top 5 Goosebumps Books According to a Kid from the ‘90s
What are the best 5 original Goosebumps books by RL Stine? Here are the five that have left an impression on a kid raised in the 1990s, ranked.
Mix Playlists Music
You Were Supposed to Be the End: Multi-Genre Playlist Featuring Atmosphere
2017 Mixtape – a Multi-Genre Playlist that “supposed to be the end” – with music by Atmosphere, 10 Years, Fiona Apple, and more!
Prose Writing
Samsara in the Age of the Internet and Loneliness
Stuck in an endless cycle of desire and suffering? Need to escape to Nirvana or Moksha? Let’s explore the concept of Samsara and endless cycles of existence.
Jams Music
Guitar and Drums Jam Session: Amazing Grace
BW Derge and Nick Ring from Jam Notes podcast play Amazing Grace in improvised instrumental jam session. In memorandum of those we lost in the past few year.
Poetry Writing
A Poem about Mental Escape, “Extracted” by BW Derge
Instead of some opinion post, here’s a poem from the collection “Mars Jazz” by BW Derge, it is entitled “Extracted”
Fiction Prose Writing
So Recites the Demon, the Reasons for Your Demise (Short Story)
So Recites the Demon, the Reasons for Your Demise by BW Derge was written in 2025 to explore the twisted nature of humanity and improbable but not impossible quantum events.
Mix Playlists Music
After the Darkest Before Dawn, On the Road to Mexico (Mix Playlist)
From 2022, marking a turning point in my life, a mix for when the sun begins to rise after darkest before dawn. “On the Road to Mexico” features Michael Buble, Puscifer, and Pomplamoose.