I'm still trying to cope. Maybe I'll be better by the time Stone Soup starts tonight. We have Richard Spisak featuring. Hope you stop by.
Wednesday, November 06, 2024
F--k
Take Me Home
Poet Skooter Fein and Edward S. Gault close out this shock-ridden Wednesday at Oddball Magazine. Thanks for reading. There's a lot going on.
A Moment of Comics After Election Day
I've been waiting to post this page. Didn't know how appropriate it would be. One more from the "Year of the Bastard" storyline in Transmetropolitan #14, written by Warren Ellis and drawn by Darick Robertson with inks by Rodney Ramos,
How's Your Day?
J.H. Johns wrote the only poem we could publish today. Glad to have a photo with it. This is a new kind of Wednesday at Oddball Magazine.
Need More?
Check out the poetry for November's edition of North of Oxford. Edited by g emil reutter and Diane Sahms.
A Moment of Comics
a comic drawn by the late Bernie Mireault from a Captain America comic he drew at age 21. "America. Ya. Over 200 million people live here. Some are good, some are bad, but they will all tell you it's a great place to live. It is a land of dreams. Some are nice, some are...uncomfortable. Some are nightmares." Immortal words written by a Canadian.
American Haiku: Trump's Base Responds to Me
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 Base Responds to Me
"Do five-seven-five
all you want, scumbag. Guess what?
We want a criminal! We want a criminal!"
Tuesday, November 05, 2024
A Reminder During the Final Countdown
Given that it's Election Day, it seems appropriate to remind you that my new collection Cant Republic: Erasures and Blackouts was released last weekend by Alien Buddha Press. Order it now from Amazon today.
A Poem that Lives the Way I Want to Live After Today
Poet Tatianna Salisbury and photographer Jennifer Matthews give us some Tuesday hope 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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| I want less of this after today. Please. |
Nice News from Yesterday
Apparently I got in under the wire and am included in The Alien Buddha's Best of 2024 anthology. I'll let you know when this is available, but why not buy my own collection from Alien Buddha while you wait?
Wearing Black on Electin Day
Don't know how much I'm actually going to get done while waiting to vote tonight. People are optimistic, but I am not getting on any premature victory bandwagons today.
I don't think I can write poetry today. I may be wrong, but the prognosis is not good.
I'm afraid to make jokes.
Apparently I believe in a God that will strike me down for exhibiting a hundredth of the hubris the Trump camp is.
Please vote and vote blue. It is the only feasible way out of our situation.
Monday, November 04, 2024
A Real Disserve-US
Richard Spisak gives us our last pre-Election Day poem complete with his artwork. We thank Richard for his tireless work for Oddball Magazine. Now get ready to vote tomorrow!
Last Week's Highlights
Anne Skove gives us last week's highlights in this week's comic. Read "She Who Laughs Lasts" now at Oddball Magazine.
Help!
A tale of entrapment recounted in verse by Mike Mesterton-Gibbons begins this tense week. Oddball Magazine hope it helps a little.
Disappointed
Had a dream that read this poem online about a poet (from Brockton, I think) taking a day trip into Boston. I was excited to share it when I woke only to realize it wasn't real. I'm having this issue more and more with dreams. It takes a little longer now to dice facts from reality once I wake.
Update
Remember this piece of work? Well it was erased a few weeks back.
Only for me to find the same face from the same artist two weekends ago.
My Monday Morning Music
Nothing politically themed as I don't want to jinx anything. Here's some 90's music I don't hear any more on the radio.
Sunday, November 03, 2024
My New Collection Cant Republic is Out Now
In 2020 at the height of the COVID lockdown, I started a series of erasure poems working from the speeches and writings of Donald Trump. This became the backbone of my poetry collection Cant Republic: Erasures and Blackouts, out now from Alien Buddha Press.
From the Publisher: "With an unflinching gaze, Chad Parenteau
explores the erosion of civil liberties, the fragility of democracy, and
the thin line between speech and silence.
"Cant Republic: Erasures and Blackouts is
a dissection of what remains when words are stripped away. Every
blackout carved into the text, feels like a void heartbeat. The words
left behind all demand your attention. It’s a language of removal, where
the unsaid holds as much weight as the said."
Order it now from Amazon today.
November 20: The E Will Not Stay Silent at Stone Soup
Join us on Wednesday November 20 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 885 2322 8085
Password: stonesoup
Your Weekly Dose of God
I'm not posting which church this comes from, but I'll say this: If your religious tract is has nothing but smilies on it, then you're guilty of false advertising.
Saturday, November 02, 2024
Tonight
Join a host of poets as we join the Poets Against the Extinction of America livestream on Facebook hosted by R.M. Engelhardt.
November 6: Richard Spisak's Election Aftermath Special
The election happens November 5. The following night, we have Richard Spisak to help us make sense of it, or at least try to give us some laughs. It will either be easy or hard to do. Either way, bring your post-election words to our open mic. Maybe I'll be choosing pieces for a future "Democracy Benefit" issue of Stone's Throw.
Join us on November 6 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 823 5360 6576
Password: stonesoup
Friday, November 01, 2024
The Horror Ends (for now)
Thanks to Rustin Larson for his work closing out this year's marathon. Thanks to MVP Robert Fleming for providing the art for this year's event. Thanks for reading Oddball Magazine this week.
Tonight: JoeAnn Hart at the Virtual Dire Literary Series
Philly Poet Continues Doing Good
Enjoy this interview with past Stone Soup feature and Oddball Magazine contributor g emil reutter.
New Chapbook Collection Out Now!
Last night, my chapbook All's Well Isn't You was released last night by JMcD Communications. This is work I completed over a decade ago, and I'm glad it finally found an independent publisher. Thanks to Lachlan J McDougall for accepting this manuscript a year ago.
All's Well is my Exile in Guyville, a series of response poems that stand alone and moved on from their original targets.
You can order a copy today off of Amazon today.
My Friday Morning Music
Still doing Halloween type music (Happy Day of the Dead). Here's a cover of Bon Jovi that actually makes me actually want to listen to Bon Jovi music. Don't worry. This feeling won't last.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Horrorthon Goes On
Rick Christiansen is next. Thanks again to Robert Fleming for the banner art. Thanks for reading something extra today at Oddball Magazine.
Back in the Full boiling Vat
Here's James Van Looy's latest poem column with perfect imagery for Halloween. It's All One Thing is up now at Oddball Magazine.
Stone Soup Poetry Open MIc, 10-30-24
From this week's online gathering. Nothing scarier than poets trying to distract themselves before impending doom.
Bye, October
And so ends Stone Soup for October. Last night wasn't as spooky as our Halloween week open mics have been in the past, but with everything going on, did it need to be? Thanks to those who came. Tune in next week as we get post election hijinks with Richard Spisak.
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