'Merican haiku?
If there's no cherry blossoms,
elite don't want 'em.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Forgot to Post This Reaction Haiku Last Week
American Haiku After Discovering
Jack Kerouac's American Haiku
Jack's ghost
gets back on the road
to sue my ass.
I'll Be Much Happier Than Most When the Day's Done
Heading out when I can. Tonight will be busy, but first and foremost I have to prep for Stone Soup. Sue Savoy is featuring tonight, and you should join us.
Tonight: Toni Bee's Poetry Workshop.
If you go to Toni's workshop then call in to Stone Soup, I'l be your best frind. Click here to register.
Drive Carefully
Poet John Greiner and photographer Glenn Bowie give us an appropriate pairing to close out the day. Thanks for getting your poetry and art fix over at Oddball Magazine.
First Taste
Poet Jeannie Roberts and artist Ira Joel Haber is our first serving this Wednesday at Oddball Magazine.
A Moment of Comics
More comic creators dumping on poetry and the poets who recite it. Remember when Jonah Hex spent time at a cattle ranch inspired by the life of Oscar Wilde where workers were forced to create music and verse? I'll give it to writer Joe Lansdale and artist Timothy Truman: They capture the awkwardness found at most open mics. A page from Jonah Hex: Riders of the Worm and Such. Story by Lansdale, art by Truman with inks by Sam Glanzman.
American Haiku: How to Trump a Jury
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: How to Trump a Jury
Well why wouldn't you like him?!?
Motion to strike...Motion to strike...
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
You can read and hear "God Willing Valley" and "Poem for Gaza" by Palestinian poet Nyla Matuk in Send My Love to Anyone.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Jason and Me by Geoffrey
Geoffrey Fallon sent me this sketch of me and co-host Jason Wright to remind us he is the number one (as in only) fan of the Week That Was podcast currently on hiatus. The drawing was later utilized in this week's episode of "The Secrets of Skinny People." Hopefully Jason and I will start up again soon.
Tonight: The First and Last Word Poetry Series
Hosted by Gloria Mindock. Featuring Harris Gardner, Ed Meek and Annie Pluto. Click here to register for the Zoom call.
For Those Feeling Old
Poet Joseph Cooper and artist Thomas Riesner kick off Tuesday over at Oddball Magazine.
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.
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| The one time I regret doing research... |
NaPoWriMo, Day Sixteen, Poem Sixteen
Avoid a Midlife
Crisis in Three Steps
Stay ugly
and old.
Remember
you're broke.
Monday, April 15, 2024
A Higher Standard
Don Krieger is back with an essay on the inner workings of one of Trump's many court cases. Read it now at Oddball Magazine.
Tomorrow: The First and Last Word Poetry Series
Hosted by Gloria Mindock. Featuring Harris Gardner, Ed Meek and Annie Pluto. Click here to register for the Zoom call.
Two More Days Until Toni Bee's Poetry Workshop
Write with former Poet Populist Toni Bee on the subject of roses and thorns and share the work you create in the session. Click here to register.
More Show and Tell!
Anne Skove's comic is back. Read "She Who Laughs Lasts," up now at Oddball Magazine.
Too Short to Be an Erasure Poem, but Closer to TRUTH
Trump's TRUTH Social post from earlier today pre-erasure.
Trump's TRUTH Social post from earlier today post-erasure.
Now I'm Caught in the Metaverse!
Thanks to Geoffrey for letting me and Jason Wright have our say in his comic for the week. Read "The Secrets of Skinny People" and bask in my baldness over at Oddball Magazine.
April 17: Sue Savoy from the T to the Virtual Mic
Join us on April 17 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 874 4170 0263
Password: stonesoup
Thank You, Jennifer.
Continuing to celebrate National Poetry Month with work from our contributing artists. Next up is Jennifer Matthews for this early Monday at Oddball Magazine.
This Week's Friendly Reminder
When people have to alter numbers in their sticker with a marker, things are serious. Try to contribute to the current administration changing their minds.
My Monday Morning Music
I still have the CD from Reg E Gaines this track appears on. His stuff is hard to find online, but I think I have a selection ready.
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Friday, April 12, 2024
My Friday Evening Music
More jazz and Jack Kerouac with "American Haiku." Hmm. Nice title. Thanks to Gordon Coombes for uploading this.
Sign Up for Toni Bee's Poetry Workshop
Write with former Poet Populist Toni Bee on the subject of roses and thorns and share the work you create in the session. Click here to register.
A Special Pairing
For National Poetry Month, we offer up a collaboration featuring Janet Green Riley and our longtime staff photographer Bonnie Matthews Brock. Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this week and throughout this special month.
Stone Soup Croutons, 4-10-24: Boston and West Virginia Have the Same Rapture Issues
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.
Mary Ann Honaker stopped by for National Poetry Month. It was nice to play over. I thank Mary for reminding me of Henry & Glenn forever and Bil Lewis for his John Denver trivia for inspiring the title.
Thanks for reading.
Boston and West Virginia Have
the Same Rapture Issues
Can old holiday food be
repurposed for survival?
What would Dupont do?
Thursday, April 11, 2024
A Moment of Comics Journalism
Tak Toyoshima's birthday is today. Here's another page from The Comics Interpreter Robert Young recently scanned and sent to me. Tak's interview was the last one I did for the magazine (second volume, third issue). This was during a time when he and Keith Knight were featuring regularly in Boston's Weekly Dig. I got to interview Keith Knight too, but then Robert stopped producing issues of TCI. Maybe someday I'll buy an old mini cassette player and transcribe some of my lost files. Maybe I'll offer them to Robert if he ever produces a collection of the old interviews.
Inch Your Way Over Here
Inch from Bull City Press is looking for small collections of fiction and poetry. Click here and submit before April 15.
Robert's Flyer
As could be expected, Robert Fleming made his own flyer for his Dire reading tonight. Click here for more info.
Tonight: Robert Fleming 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 his page at Old Scratch Press.
An Absolute Label
James Van Looy is back with It's All One Thing. Read his poem column now at Oddball Magazine.
Mary Ann Honaker Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 4-10-24
From this week's online gathering. Be sure to buy a copy of her latest book from Main Street Rag, Whichever Way the Moon, or sending her cash via her PayPal at persephone576@yahoo.com.
So Long Mary Ann!
Thanks so much to Mary Ann Honaker for an excellent feature at last night's Stone Soup. Be sure to buy a copy of her latest book from Main Street Rag, Whichever Way the Moon, or sending her cash via her PayPal at persephone576@yahoo.com. Be sure to join us next week for our next feature for National Poetry Month, Sue Savoy.
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