May 20th: All Hail The Jazz Poet of Lynn

As of this Sunday, my girlfriend and I are wrapping up our mutual birthday celebration in Las Vegas and  taking the red eye back to Boston.  Not a moment too soon, as I hope to get what sleep I can and get behind the podium at Stone Soup to welcome Elizabeth Gordon McKim.  I've been seeing more and more of her one the open mic as the north shore invasion of Stone Soup continues. I'm very appreciative of her history in the scene and her support of our venue.  She's a great choice to help complete our 42nd anniversary celebration month at Stone Soup.

Happy Birthday, Andreas Powers

May 13th: Michael F. Gill Leads The Charge of The Light Brigade

Happy Birthday to me. I'm exhausted. Thankfully, this is my "Monday off," where I am reminded that before your vacation, there is twice the amount of work to do in preparation. Tonight, the rest of you with a regular work week should head over to Stone Soup, as Michael F. Gill is hosting another packed month of performance with members of The Light Brigade. You need to see this.

Hope You All Enjoyed Mother's Day

Captured below is Smokey with my sister and mother, his Mom and Meme respectively.

Lest We Forget

Happy Birthday to Ron Goba.

The New Cambridge Poet Populist is Lo Galluccio

Seen here at departing Populist Toni Bee's Cambridge Poetry Jam event back in April.

Congratulations, Lo. Here's to another lively two years.  Hope to have you back at Stone Soup soon.

New Photo

Thanks to departing Cambridge Poet Populist Toni Bee.

Heads Up

Tomorrow is the last day to submit to Samantha Milowsky's online journal.  Guest editors are Sam Cha and Jade Sylvan!

Submission to Mars Haiku Contest

Still time to Submit.

How does Mars compare
to a human retina?
Neither without stain.


You have to know a little about how Mars and the human eye, but what the hell.

May 6th: Lee Litif and Mark Hänser Feature at Stone Soup

I am exhausted, and now I'm off to host Lee Litif the most contraversial recurring feature in Stone Soup's history with his new opener, Mark Hänser . I want to get there, and I have a workshop tonight I need to get to. Hope to see you there.

Cover Drafts for Patron Emeritus, Part Nine

The finished cover.

The book is being printed later this week.  More will be announced.

Thank you, James Conant.

Getting Back Online

The Massachusetts Poetry Festival has come and gone.  I am so happy with how the Stone Soup presentation turned out.  You read that right.

Anyone who follows me online knows how I gauge my accomplishments, parsing degrees of success with degrees of failure.  You will then  know how big a deal it is when I say I accomplished everything I set out to do with Friday's event.

I promise to write more on the day later.  I have been very busy, too busy to hang out in Salem as much as I wanted to.  Ironically, it was poetry that kept me away from the poetry festival.

Now it's groceries.  I'm off to do chores.  Be back later.

Proof is The Bottom Line for Everone

My proof just came in before the weekend.