Happy Birthday, Yuri Hospodar

 

 

Happy Belated Birthday, Yuri Hospodar

 

 

Happy Belated Birthday, Yuri Hospodar

 

 

Thirty-One Days of Stone Soup Stuff

A program for First Night, 1990 with The Stone Soup International Poetry Cabaret. A lineup of familiar people (some of which I tagged) and produced by Jack Powers. Starts with a memorial to the late Antonio Giarraputo.

 

Happy Birthday, Yuri Hospodar

 Keep on surviving, sir.

Happy Birthday Yuri Hospodar

Read the text of his poem here.

Happy Birthday Yuri Hospodar

Read the poem here.

Happy Birthday Yuri Hospodar

Read the poem here.
 

Happy Birthday, Yuri Hospodar

Check out Oddball Magazine for the text of the poem.

Remembering

Six years ago today, Jack Powers passed away. Reading a lot of what was written on Facebook at that time (thanks to Facebook's "On This Day" thing), particularly this post by Ian Thal, who documented his times with Stone Soup Poetry's founder. Reading the posts (along with the comments by Yuri Hospodar and others I missed at the time) has helped to spark my current project, which involves documenting a lot of Stone Soup related things. I wanted to get this done for Stone Soup's forty-fifth anniversary this past May, but it didn't work out. Hopefully, I'll be able to share it with you starting on May 1, 2017.

3TV is Back

Our first 2016 installment of 3TV is up today. Let's welcome back Yuri Hospodar today at Oddball Magazine.

September 21: The Ryk is Back at Stone Soup

Ryk McIntyre doesn't make it into Boston as much as everyone would like him to. The last time he was at Stone Soup was a s an open mic reader who wanted to see Yuri Hospodar's mini-feature before the slam. He loved the new location of the Out of The Blue, and we both wanted him to feature there. That day will soon be here. If you haven't seen Ryk in a while, you can read his work in Friday's Stone Soup Servings column. He hasn't lost his touch, and he'll prove it doubly this Monday.

Stone Soup Croutons, 7/13/15, Seasonal Pescription

It's week five of Stone Soup Croutons. Another week, another poem made of lines and impressions captured from poems overheard from Stone Soup's open mic readers and features.

This week was  bit different. Instead of a long open mic and one feature, we had a smaller open mic, a micro feature by way of Yuri Hospodar, and the Stone Soup Slam. This meant that there was very little time to spare, so unlike most weeks, I had no time to read the finished product at the end of the night. As a plus, I did manage to get almost everyone on the open mic, the micro-feature, and the first round of all the slam competitors. The poem has a disjointed beginning, but a common thread or two throughout the rest of it.



Stone Soup Croutons, 7/13/15

Where have all the gay poets gone?

 We last saw them in this closet
but someone cleaned them out this summer.

But with every elevation
of good news
there's a latitude adjustment.

After the euphoria
of finding Sasquatch
there comes the swipe of its claws.

July 13: The Stone Soup Slam is On!

If you like or perform performance poetry, be a part of the Stone Soup Slam this Monday, as a competitor, a performer, or even a judge! This is the start of what should be a series of slam competitions every two month at Stone Soup Poetry. The first Stone Soup slam of the year was such a success, and we predict similar results in the future. A big money purse awaits the winner, and with the performers we have in store, you have nothing to lose by being part of this. And don't forget the micro feature Yuri Hospodar, who was featured in this past Friday's Stone Soup Servings column.

Yuri Hospodar is Coming Back to America and Back to Stone Soup Poetry

I've only seen him read once during a Jim Behrle sponsored performance. I have always wanted to hear and read more. I am looking forward to this.

For those who aren't aware of Yuri's place in Stone Soup history, you should read this essay he wrote after Jack Power's Passing in 2010.

More information to come.