Happy Happy Happy! Joy Joy Joy?

Thanks to James Penha for publishing my poem "Department of Justice Releases America’s 250th Birthday Song" in The New Verse News on this Fourth of July.

Parthian Shot

Poet James Pena gets the last shot in for today's Christmas Wars assault with Robert Fleming's banner art. Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine on Christmas Wars Wednesday.

Fired

"Debate Rests" is my latest poem in The New Verse News. Thanks to James Penha for allowing this timely piece on his journal and Substack page. 

Read This, Hear This

James Penha and The New Verse News return today, and I'm glad to have my poem "I Can't Hear You" published today.

Pie in the Sky

I wrote another take on the death of Anita Bryant, and now it's been published in The New Verse News. Read "Anita Bryant's Last Christmas Wish." Thanks to James Penha for publishing my work again.

Eye of the Storm

James Penha closes us out with a storm of haiku with fitting artwork from John Engstrom. Thanks for reading Oddball Magazine this Wednesday. We appreciate you reading us. 

Last Bite of the Month

 

It's nice to close out National Poetry Month with one more publication. Read my haiku "Chore Embellishment" in tonight's edition of Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry). Nice to show up with James Penha, Noah Bertlatsky and Roberta Beach Jacobson, the editor and publisher who selected the work in this latest batch.

Getting Published in my Sleep

 

Woke up to find out my poem "Coming Up" was published in the Sunday Edition of The New Verse News. Thanks to James Penha for including my work again.

 

New MBTA Poem

“Orange Line Shutdown, Day One" was written in response to the recent problems with Boston's public transportation. I'm grateful to James Penha for publishing it today in The New Verse News.

New American Haiku

A bonus American Haiku from last week (along with a photo) is up now at The New Verse News. Thanks, James Penha, for accepting my work again.

 

We Aren't the Only One With Problems

James Penha and The New Verse News has gotten it way worse than Oddball Magazine in the censorship category by way of social media. Here's hoping this is the last of their troubles for at least a little while. 

 

Starting the Day with Being Published

"Squatter," my poem about a certain thing that didn't happen that a certain former leader can't let go of, is up at The New Verse News. Thanks once again to James Penha for selecting my work.

New Poem

"Melt," my poem on the odd trend of global warming acceptance, is up now at The New Verse News. Thanks to James Pena for accepting another one of my pieces.

Oh, Rudy

My poem "Items Not Seized from Rudy Giuliani’s Home" was published in today's edition of The New Verse News. Thanks again to James Penha for publishing me.

Morning Joy

My poem "Landscape with the Fall of Joe Biden," a poem that owes a lot to a certain William Carlos Williams poem, has been published in The New Verse News. Thanks to James Penha for publishing me again.

Bye, Rush

"Family Values Limbo," my poem written on the death of Rush Limbaugh, is up now at The New Verse News. Thanks to James Penha for accepting my work.