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Poet Noah Berlatsky and artist Ira Joel Haber give us a ...seasonal end to Oddball Magazine. Thanks for reading us this Wednesday. 

Scratching That Itch

 

I'm part of the latest ensemble of poets up at Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry). Thanks to Roberta Beach Jacobson for including me witch such poets as Noah Berlatsky, Bob Carlton and many others. 

My Work Appears in dadakuku 2

The second annual anthology of the online minimalist/absurdist poetry journal dadakuku collects the entirety of its 2024 output along with a foreword from publisher petro c.k. and an introduction by fellow dadakuku alum Noah Berlatsky. I'm proud to have twelve of my micropoems included in this collection, sharing such space with other poets such as Rich Boucher, Patricia Carragon, Roberta Beach Jacobson, Marjorie Pezzoli and many more.

Click here to order it now.

Pow!

I love this poem by Noah Berlatsky and the artwork specifically created for it by Peter Urkowitz. It's my favorite combo so far this year. I love Noah's work, and Peter becoming a regular visual art contributor for us makes me excited for the rest of the year. 

Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this Wednesday. 

Sitting Down With This Soon

My copy of Noah Berlatsky's poetry collection Not Akhmatova came in the mail last week. You can order your own copy today.

Stone Soup Croutons, 10-9-24: Last Gasps

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.

Noah Berlatsky featured at Stone Soup this past Wednesday. Such a diverse impressive body of work on display, including a pretty lengthy pantoum. I felt the best way to honor his visit would be a pantoum of my own. 

 

The pantoums I've written are among the favorite pieces I've written. I haven't written one in almost a decade. I'm grateful to Noah for giving me the inspiration to try again.

 

I might go back and add some lines that didn't make this cut. I almost subtitled this "A Failed Pantoum," but I'll leave it to you to decide.

The poem focuses on what I wish (futilely) to be the last dying breath of the sad establishment as I interact with them regularly.

Thanks for reading.

 

Last Gasps

The dirge we march to is Independent

while writing angry letters to Jimmy Cater.

How dare free homes steer away ill winds...

Climate change is real and Blue State run!

Noah Berlatsky Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 10-9-24

From this week's online gathering. So glad to catch Noah's quirky and ambitious work. Grab a copy of his book, Not Akhmatova, and subscribe to his newsletter Everything is Horrible. 

 

 

Goodbye Blues, Hello October

Stone Soup is back. Thanks to Noah Berlatsky for kicking off the month with a wonderful feature. Be sure to grab a copy of his new collection, Not Akhmatova. And consider subscribing to his Substack newsletter Everything is Horrible. Stay tuned for more Stone Soup news. 

Let the Day End

Let the night be more enjoyable. Noah Berlatsky is tonight's Stone Soup Poetry feature. I've wanted to invite him for a long time. I'm glad he's finally with us tonight.

Stone Soup Returns Tonight!

Noah Berlatsky is Stone Soup Poetry's feature tonight. Good to be back. 

Appearing Online This Wednesday!

Noah Berlatsky is Stone Soup Poetry's first October feature. 

October 9: Noah Berlatsky Docks at Stone Soup Poetry's Port

I got to know Noah Berlatsky over the years as a journalist, cultural critic and political commentator. Very recently, I got to know him as a poet. We've even showed up in the same journals online. Everything has been coming together in the last year, with a collection out and more on the way. He's long overdue for a Stone Soup feature, and this Wednesday, he will finally join us.

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

The meeting ID is 863 0467 5096

 Password: stonesoup  

Stone's Throw Issue #7 Out Now!

"Aim for the Thoughts and Prayers" is an issue years in the making ('bout time). Featuring poetry by Ari Whipple, Edward S. Gault, Rich Boucher, Shannon O’Connor, Erik Nelson, Noah Berlatsky, Luis Lázaro Tijerina, David P. Miller, Gary Duehr and Tony Brown. Cover illustration by David House, back cover poem and illustration by R.M. Engelhardt and additional artwork by Geoffrey Fallon and Luis Lázaro Tijerina.

 
Available for download here.

Edit: Reuploaded the issue to fix the cover. 

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.

Editors I'm Grateful of in 2023: Roberta Beach Jacobson

 

 

Noah Berlatsky helped bring Robert Beach Jacobson to my attention via her small poetry journal Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry). Once Jacobson accepted my work for Five Fleas, she also let me know about another editor and journal that was even a bigger help to me this  year. On top of that, I'll be kicking off 2024 by appearing in Cold Moon Journal, another online publication she runs. Her support of my work has been immense.

Perfect to Post Before Easter Weekend

Writer and reemerging poet Noah Berlatsky closes us out today with help from the ever productive Ira Joel Haber. Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this first Wednesday of National Poetry Month.

Advice for Writers I Can Relate to

I've been following Noah Bertlasky's work since I first saw it in The Comics Journal.  Feeling like a hack today even with a book and having only recently made money with poetry for the first time ever by writing a damn limerick, I can relate to his Salon.com article on how unsuccessful writers teach you more than bestsellers.