“To Take Refuge in Some Mirage” – poem by BW Derge, written in 2024
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??”
Fiction Prose Writing
A Short Story called “Shoot” by BW Derge
A short story originally written in 2007, reimagined in 2024. Entitled “Shoot,” it is about 2 hunters and their dog in the final days of what seems to be a somewhat long trip in the wilderness that the two old men enjoy… Shoot.
Prose Writing
Pulp Fiction 30 Years Later: A Movie about Moral Dilemmas
Revisiting Pulp Fiction 30 years after its release in 1994. What is the main theme of Pulp Fiction? I think it is a movie about moral dilemmas.
Poetry Writing
Atop Satan’s Pallid Stage (or, “A Poem Called ‘Hell'”)
Two poems by BW Derge from “Mars Jazz” (2016), written in 2013. The first, entitled “Atop Satan’s Pallid Stage” is followed by a poem called “Hell.”
Fiction Prose Writing
No Bullets, Please. (A Short Story)
Written in 2024, taking place at pawn shop around 2014, “No Bullets, Please” is a short story by BW Derge about a customer named Jimmy, a store owner that goes by Dean, and a college girl shopping for a film camera. This is a reimagining of a similar short story written around the time this one takes place…
Mix Playlists Music
Mix Playlist (10.2): A Rider’s Ride (Keeps Riding, from 2006)
This mix has some of my favorite songs of all time, including Pushit by Tool, Cicatriz ESP by The Mars Volta, and Nothing Even Matters by Lauryn Hill.
Fiction Prose Writing
Oblivious Summer (It Falls On All Our Shoulders)
Short story written in 2012. Inspired by the novels by Henry Green, who wrote wonderful novels about rich British people with ugly complex souls, mostly taking place in 1940s England.
Prose Writing
HG Wells Was a Time Traveler (Slingshot Time Travel)
Read this letter from HG Wells, written in 2021 – PROVING he was a time traveler. Man goes into shed, disappears, and reemerges a day later as an old man.
Mix Playlists Music
Mix Playlist 44: Anew Day
Playlist from 2016 compiled by BW Derge, featuring Puscifer, System of a Down, Mary Lambert, and more!
Prose Writing
Infinite Loops in Thinking About Thinking
Random thoughts from 2009 about thinking and consciousness. Philosophical ramblings on the infinite loops that arise when thinking about thinking.