Everything seemed to bloom at once. One nice shot before all the rain came.
Friday, April 17, 2026
NaPoWriMo, Day Seventeen, Poem Seventeen
Let Me Down
Should know
beforehand.
Plans always
start and end
Leopards Eating Faces Update!
I could say, "All Catholics," but let's pick Riley Gaines this week for Doctor Trump's spectacular public dumping of her earlier this week.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Thoughts While Walking, 4-16-26
I know, only broke people listen to FM morning radio anymore, but please do better.
Post-Ruination
Gloucester poet James Cook graces The Arts Fuse this week with a poem for every week ever. Go read it now.
And Finally
To open and close our Thursday, here is James Van Looy's poem column.
Read It's All One Thing now at Oddball Magazine.
Ariel Alexander Fiore Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 4-15-26
From this week's online gathering. Introducing a a poet to a new audience is always a thrill every National Poetry Month.
Waving on By
A great night of poetry thanks to feature Ariel Alexander Fiore and everyone else who came out to watch and listen. We hope to see and hear more from him in the future. Come back next Wednesday as we feature poet Diane Sahms.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
I'm Surpised I Can Even Type This
Another tough Wednesday finished.
Wasn't sure I'd make it.
Come tonight for Ariel Alexander Fiore's feature.
It'll be good for all of us.
Today's Theme is Easy to Spot
Poet Emily Farber and photographer Edward S. Gault close out our Wednesday over at Oddball Magazine. Thanks for reading us this Wednesday.
Child's Eyes
Poet Claudia Wysocky and artist Beau Madden kicks off Wednesday at Oddball Magazine. We're glad you're here.
Letting the Students Play
Endicott College undergrad Braxton Crockett is this week's Lyrical Somerville feature, courtesy of The Somerville Times.
A Moment of Comics
If you're going to use rhyming verse in your comics, at least be consistent. The verse in The Evil of Oz goes from not rhyming to not rhyming then abandons it altogether. That frustrates me. An example of when it rhymes from The Evil of Oz. Written by Ryan Fuller with artwork by Sanjana Baijnath.
American Haiku: DOJ to J6ers
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: DOJ to J6ers
Attention Proud Boys:
Stand up, Stand by November.
Midterms coming. Midterms coming.
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
People on my Facebook feed share poems all the time. ONe that really got to me was "The Committee Weighs In" by Andrea Cohen. Read it over at The Threepenny Review.
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
May Day Comes Early
Thanks to Patricia Carragon for including me in the May issue of Sense and Sensibility Haiku. Happy to have my work included with fifty five other poets under the issue's theme of Mother Earth's Rebirth.
Part Fourteen on the Fourteenth
Shipshape in a Sh-tstorm, Part Fourteen: What I Know. The last in this series Read it on my Patreon.
Heaven and Cats
Poet Charles Richard Livesay and artist Judith Beth Cohen make their Oddball Magazine debut this Tuesday.
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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| Perfect for National Poetry Month. |
Monday, April 13, 2026
NaPoWriMo, Day Thirteen, Poem Thirteen
Early Mourning
Money squawks,
bulls spread
piping presents
across homeland.
No Blinking
We kick off the second full week of our writer/artist features with long-time contributor Glenn Bowie over at Oddball Magazine.
Tonight: The Contro-Verse Open Mic at Urban Media Arts in Malden with Locke Ironwood
From 7:00 to 8:00 PM. Doors open at 6:30 PM. At Urban Media Arts on 145 Pleasant Street in Malden, MA. Hosted by Anna Geoffroy and Ethan Mackler. Click here for more information.
Artist Ailments
A fun one for National Poetry Month by cartoonist Anne Skove. Read "She Who Laughs Lasts" has arrived over at Oddball Magazine.
Going Crackers
Mike Mesterton-Gibbons with a soup of verse for Monday at Oddball Magazine. Welcome to the week! Hope we live through it.
April 15: Ariel Alexander Fiore Features at Stone Soup Poetry
Ariel Alexander Fiore started sharing poems and correspondence as well as hitting our open mic. Make a Note: That's how you get a gig in my poetry scene. Join us as Mr. Fiore has his first Stone Soup Poetry feature on the fifteenth. Thanks for him for helping me keep the features going on National Poetry Month.
Join us on Wednesday, April 15, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 893 5204 1558
Password: stonesoup
Twig and Mom
Took Mom out for her birthday on Saturday. Saw her and Twig in the backyard having a rare moment of calm. Felt bad that I spoiled it with my arrival.
Sunday, April 12, 2026
NaPoWriMo, Day Twelve, Poem Twelve
In MAGAchusetts
Parents'
basements,
children
downstairs
draw their
numbers
Where the Magic Once Happened
The one barely cleaned up area of my bedroom and workplace that served as the official Freak Machine Press "headquarters" from 2006 to somewhere around 2018. I finally got rid of my oversized desk and settled for a folding table. On the table is the last desktop computer I might ever own, having since switched to a series of laptops. Ironically, with the exception of one chapbook, much of my writing was done anywhere but that room. This spot was reserved for my video work whether it was editing Stone Soup videos or making movies of my sister's pug, Smokey. Only in recent years have I gotten a good deal of writing done in what is now my actual home. I'd love to switch back to a desktop in the future. I don't have the hands for smaller devices and tinier screens.
Your Weekly Dose of God
I had only seen this cross graffiti in Mattapan, but just over a year later I found it again in South Boston while walking home from the Saint Patrick's Day parade.
Saturday, April 11, 2026
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 4-11-26
Looking up at sky
while putting off weekend chores.
Clouds, not judgements, pass.
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