NaPoWriMo, Day Twenty-Seven, Poem Twenty-Seven

And Remember

 

Those who say

you should go

and touch grass

My Friday Evening Music

 Turned out my Henry Rollins pick had no music to it at all. Screw it. I'm posting it anyway.

Happy Birthday, Julie River Byrnesmith

 

 

Wisdom Flashback

Bruce Wise returns with Wise Words at Oddball Magazine. 

Stone Soup Croutons, 4-17-24: Final Act

Stone Soup Croutons is a weekly poem I write using lines and impressions selected from Stone Soup Poetry'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.

 

I also have a book collecting the best of my first year of poems. Click here to purchase it.

Last week, Sue Savoy featured at Stone Soup Poetry. Then many things happened between Friday and Monday morning, making this crouton poem very late. I'm glad I got the video of Sue's reading up as it was very well received.

I still have this week's Crouton to write. The best way to push through when you have self-imposed deadlines is to write your poem like you're writing a Sue Savoy poem (or try to anyway).Sue's poems are fun to listen to, so it was fun to make the attempt. 

Thanks for reading.

Final Act 

 

A man rising from 

his set on the train 

to let you sit just

might make up 

for the stray cat 

biting you when

you tried to pet it.

Go!

Janet Cormier is back with Bamboozled No More! Read it now at Oddball Magazine. 

NaPoWriMo, Day Twenty-Six, Poem Twenty-Six

"Get Help"

 

It's they

who gets

to decide

how long

you get

to survive

openly.

Danielle Legros Georges, Virtual Thursdays Dire Literary Series Plus Q and A with Timothy Gager, 4/25/24

Yesterday's Dire today. Hosted by Timothy Gager.

Happy Birthday, Lewis M.

 

 

My Friday Morning Music

The noise in the background is barely music, but I had to share this Henry Rollins piece.

 

 

T.G.I.F.

With the Supreme Court on his side, voting for Biden is the only way to stop him.

Inspired by DL Polonsky.

Send Your Tight Five

Drift Wood Press will respond to you within a week. Click here for more info.

Zines Are Coming

Alien Buddha Press is accepting submissions for three zines with general themes. Click here for the email address. 

Another Journal Open for Subs Until May

Humana Obscura is accepting submissions until May 1. Click for more info.

Tonight: Danielle Legros Georges at the Virtual Dire Literary Series

Hosted by Timothy Gager. Click here to join the group and get information on how to join the call.

And don't forget to visit the author's website.

NaPoWriMo, Day Twenty-Five, Poem Twenty-Five

Staff Politics

 

Struggle on

workday floor,

Again and Again

James Van Looy give us the lowdown in this week's poem column. Read It's All One Thing, up now at Oddball Magazine. 

NaPoWriMo, Day Twenty-Five, Poem Twenty-Four

Ghosts

 

go  through 

our lives

touching 

nothing

Happy Birthday, Jess Mynes

 

Anne Elezabeth Pluto Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 4-24-24

From this week's online gathering. Please consider supporting her either by contributing to her PayPal at apluto@lesley.edu or by purchasing her latest poetry collection, How Many Miles to Babylon?

 

 

Farewell, National Poetry Month

 

 

Thanks so much to Anne Elezabeth Pluto for helping Stone Soup close National Poetry Month in the best way possible. Please consider supporting her either by contributing to her PayPal at apluto@lesley.edu or by purchasing her latest poetry collection, How Many Miles to Babylon? Stay tuned for announcements for May when Stone Soup Poetry turns fifty-three. 

Escape!

Get me out of here!

I have medications to pick up and Stone Soup to host.

Anne Elezabeth Pluto features tonight to close out National Poetry Month.

I hope you're with us. 

Luck's Like a Bus, Nothing for Hours, Then There's Six at Once, You Exes are Driving, and They're All Trying to Run You Down

The Chad Parenteau's Lost Causes newsletter for April 24 is up now at Substack.

Going Out Like That

A double theme. Not only did I publish two poems inspired by other artists but I also publsihed two new poetry voices to the magazine. One of them might be their fist time anywhere! Welcome new poet Jacob J. Graham and returning artist Claudio Parentela as we close out Wednesday the best way possible over at Oddball Magazine. Let's see what we have for the rest of National Poetry Month. 

NaPoWriMo, Day Twenty-Four, Poem Twenty-Three

How to Unalive a Man

 

Leave him

alone

and just 

watch

Can't Escape

The last Wednesday of National Poetry Month is here. :Let's close it out with a poem by new contributor Arlene Geller and returning artist Tybee Maitri. Oddball Magazine is just getting started. 

Still Can't Wait

Stone Soup's Naitonal Poetry Month party ends tonight with Ane Elezabeth Pluto.

A Moment of Comics

Proof that crapping on poets is a time honored tradition in comics. Bernard the Poet would be Bernard the Tortured Poet if written today. This page was printed in X-Men #7  by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby with inks by Chic Stone. Hope you enjoyed this National Poetry Month selection.

American Haiku: Trump's No Snooze Button Policy

When I started my Sarcastic Haiku series, I wrote my first American Haiku. An American Haiku doesn't care about tradition, formality or history. it takes as long as it wants to make its point because America. You can read others I've written since by clicking here and scrolling down. 

 

 

American Haiku: Trump's No-Snooze Button Policy

 

Fine. I'm Sleepy Trump.

Judges, media got this.

Wake me when I rule.

Happy Birthday, Ryan "Rat" Travis

 

 

Don't Even Want to Reveal Where This Was Taken

Whoever has been doing this missed one.

Your Wednesday Morning Poetry

Mohammed Moussa's poetry can be found on Twitter (link includes alt text of the above poem) and on the Unheard Journalism Project. 

Missed Opportunity

Saw this right where the bus drops me off after work. The things I would have done with this literal blank canvas if only my handwriting wasn't so awful.

Welcome

Jason Wright keeps at it with his poem. Read the latest Jagged Thought over at Oddball Magazine. 

NaPoWriMo, Day Twenty-Three, Poem Twenty-Two

Lifesaver

 

Taking CPR

with defective

dummies,

I learned I 

can make 

babies breathe

This Week's Most Distinguished Network Name

It's amazing what people will name their online networks. I'm always trying to hijack Wi-Fi when I'm commuting, so I often come across a number of interesting names. Every Tuesday, I post the most impressive and/or cringe-inducing names.

Okay, now you're just being a creep.

Common Criminals

Pleased to have a photo of mine with today's poem by Ken Kakareka. Let's kick off Tuesday together at Oddball Magazine. 

Happy Birthday, Christal Ann Rice Cooper

Check out her blog. 

Happy Birthday, Lee Desrosiers

 

Carnyx Collective: Anthology Volume 1 Out Now

 

 

"Featuring 81 poets from around the world including upcoming, previously unpublished writers, to acclaimed multiple Pushcart Prize nominees and Lunar Codex contributors, this is the first
volume of Carnyx Collective."

Glad to have two of my Stone Soup Crouton poems included in this new anthology from Pendraig The Poet. You can order it off Amazon now.

Trying to Visualize My Goals

David House turned twenty-one a short while back.

It's only right that I finish the Thoughts and Prayers issue of Stone's Throw finished and put it up on my site. 

Reposting this cover with the hopes that it drives me to finish the damn thing.

The wait has been embarrassingly long. 

Comics Spotlight: Jonathan Borthwick

Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this Monday. 

 

Yes

I will create more tonight. 

Who's Counting?

Great combination of Lynn White's poetry and Edward S. Gault's photography up now at Oddball Magazine. 

New Itches to Scratch

 

 

Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) has a new selection of short form poets up. Read them here.

Tuesday

Carnyx Collective Anthology Volume I is being released tomorrow. Can't wait.

Anne's Playground Was More Fun Than Mine

Anne Skove recounts another slice of youth in this week's comic. Read "She Who Laughs Lasts" and enjoy a laugh courtesy of Oddball Magazine. 

Nice Way to Close Out National Poetry Month

Read my poem "Manufactured Dissent," up now at dadakuku. Thanks to petro c.k. for publishing me a second time during National Poetry Month.

I Said, Save Geoffrey!

Just a fill-in illustration (seen on this blog last week) in place of This week's installment of "The Secrets of Skinny People." Check it out at Oddball Magazine and click the link to Geoffrey's Gofundme. Please consider donating. 

Can't Wait

Anne Elezabeth Pluto Features at Stone Soup Poetry in just two days.

April 24: Stone Soup Brings Greetings from Pluto!

Thanks so much to Anne Elezabeth Pluto for featuring on this final Wednesday of National Poetry Month. There are a few days left to support poets after that, but you get one more entry from Stone Soup Poetry's virtual venue.

Join us on April 24 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 894 7752 5795

Password: stonesoup

Thank You, Edward

Edward Michael Supranowicz is our next featured writer/artist to start of the last full week of National Poetry Month at Oddball Magazine. 

Happy Belated Birthday, Gloria Mindock

 

 

NaPoWriMo, Day Twenty-Two, Poem Twenty-One

Progress

 

I will pray

for a time

that's never

existed.

Happy Belated Birthday, Erick Zork Alan

 

 

Happy Belated Birthday, Jake Tringali

 

 

Overdue Collecion

For a while, I've been identifying this graffiti sticker as "Gumdrop Boy."

My girlfriend pointed out to me that it was actually a sticker based on Dorchester's Rainbow tank.

This Week's Friendly Reminder

Haven't seen this sticker in a while. Found this one in Somerville at a gallery show. 

My Monday Morning Music

Going into this week with Henry Rollins.

 

Your Weekly Dose of God

Took a screenshot of this when I had the idea of researching TRUTH SOCIAL.