Heading back home
with emergency bouquet.
Thank you, Trader Joe's.
Friday, February 15, 2019
City Haiku, (Belated Valentines Day Edition)
Heading back home
with emergency bouquet.
Thank you, Trader Joe's.
Thank You, Bruce
Bruce wrote a sweet tribute poem to me. Had to check I wasn't dead!
The rest of you can skip that poem and read the rest of his Wise Words at Oddball Magazine.
The rest of you can skip that poem and read the rest of his Wise Words at Oddball Magazine.
Stone Soup Croutons, 2-14-19, Prelude to Travel
Stone Soup Croutons is a weekly poem I write using lines and impressions picked up from poems overheard from Stone Soup's open mic readers and features. I figure out a title (and sometimes the rest of the poem) later. You can read the other ones I've done since 2015 here. To paraphrase Lorne Michaels, this poem doesn't go up because it's ready, it goes up because it's Friday morning.
Last night was our open mic. Given that there was no Valentines related theme, there were a surprising amount of love (or loveish) poems. Not that you'll see that in the work below. I'm taking a trip tomorrow, so that got into my poem, of course. Yes, it's a little silly. Shut up. I have to pack. Thanks for reading.
Prelude to Travel
All rich liberals vacationing on islands
have nightmares of dying in the cold
with the homeless they used to tsk tsk by.
T.G.I.F.
Be nice for something to happen while I'm getting ready to travel today. I won't be able to tweet about it, but I'll be happy.
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| Art by DL Polonsky |
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Wish Me Luck
Trying to getto Stone Soup Poetry's all open mic on time tonight. Wish me luck. Hope you're there.
Good Luck Liza
:Liza Zayas is saying goodbye to her column in order to go back to school. We wish her the best of luck. We originally weren't sure if we were going to publish anything (which is why this is coming out late), but she ended up sharing what ends up being her last piece of music journalism. We're grateful for her work over the last three years and hope she will return if the opportunity arises.. Read her last Underground Garden column now at Oddball Magazine.
Another Lugubrious Poem
Another of James Van Looy's series of poems. His poem column It's All One Thing is up now at Oddball Magazine.
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Open Mic Comics is Back
I started my Open Mic Comics column a few years back but wasn't able to keep it going. I hope this essay (one that I've been trying to write for a while) gets me started again. It's the best twist I can come up with on an old subject. Read "The Year I Channeled Stan Lee" on Medium.
February 14: A Loveless Night at Stone Soup?
I feel bad not having any kind of Valentine's Day themed reading. I hope that doesn't deter anyone from coming to Stone Soup Poetry's extended open mic tomorrow if you don't have any Valentines Day related plans (or if you want to stop by before you carry out those plans). Love-themed or not, the poetry will go on for another week.
Closing Time
Poet Marcus Severns debuts on our site with artwork by Judson Evans. Thanks four checking us out today at Oddball Magazine.
I Had Issues! My Old Review of Batman: Brave and The Bold #16
Hey, nice timing. A comic with a Valentine's theme on the cover on the week of Valentines Day. I really shined to Sholly Fisch work. Years later, it seems he's still regulated to comic adaptations of TV properties. He doesn't even have his own Wikipedia page. Sometimes there is no justice. Originally published February 10, 2012. Edited for clarity.
Wednesday! Wednesday! Wednesday!
Welcome back poet David Somerset and photogrpaher Joe Linker as we start off another wonderful Wednesday at Oddball Magazine.
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Post-Grammys Rage
Flemmings Beaubrun has his own thoughts on who won Best Rap Album. Read his take at Oddball Magazine.
This is His Brave
Jason Wright has been doing some speaking lately. He touches on this in his latest poem column. Read his latest Jagged Thought in today's Oddball Magazine.
Tuesday Poetry
Poet DS Maolalai returns, as does Luis Lázaro Tijerina with photography. Let's get things started at Oddball Magazine.
Monday, February 11, 2019
Rah Rah!
Something perfect for Valentine's Day week from Geoffrey Fallon. Read his strip "The Secrets of Skinny People" at Oddball Magazine.
From Picture to Page: Shift
Shift
They walk to you
down the same campus grounds
you also like to wander
like a visiting professor
or favorite adjunct.
A Different Side
Even on the week of Valentines Day, sometimes it's important to show
the dark side of relationships. Bill Harvey does that for us today.
Check out his comic strip "The Odds" at Oddball Magazine.
Once Again
Submitting to Mad Kane's latest limerick-off. Nice to be doing this again. You have almost two weeks to submit your own limericks under this challenge's guidelines.
A Moment With Ron
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| From our monthly gathering at Doyle's in Jamaica Plain. |
Going over Ron's latest "DWS" poem, Prabakar brought out these (likely to be removed) lines.
this old man walks three miles tobuy the Mega Millions Powerballs ticketsdoesnt own a car (sic)
Prabakar thought the lines seemed too "self-pitying."
Ron shot back, "That's because you're not a walker!"
As a fellow walker, I roared with laughter and respect.
You keep walking, Ron. It helps keep us both alive.
Counting Down
Two more days until my life gets easier again.
After that, two more days until I get ready to travel again.
Did I say life would be easier? I meant slightly easier.
After that, two more days until I get ready to travel again.
Did I say life would be easier? I meant slightly easier.
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Saturday, February 09, 2019
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