Appreciate John Patrick Robbins for publishing my poem "Closed" in today's edition of The Crossroads.
Thursday, April 02, 2026
Nothing to See Here
Just me and my emotional support poets Timothy Gager and Jason Wright. Thanks to them and everyone else for coming to Ron Goba's tribute last night at The Cantab.
Wednesday, April 01, 2026
Monkey!
We're going to end on a happier note with poet Emily Farber and artist Eric N. Peterson. Thanks for reading Oddball Magazine this Wednesday. Keep coming back. Especially during National Poetry Month.
So Romantic
Poet Conor Ryan and artist Ken Tomaro kicks off the first Wednesday of April and National Poetry Month. Welcome to a new series of Wednesdays at Oddball Magazine. We'll do our best to intrigue you.
Carry On
Arlington poet Trapper Markelz gives us a touching piece in this week's Lyrical Somerville. You can read it now over at The Somerville Times.
I Like This
This one I just saw yesterday. Graffiti written on an old flyer offering to buy diabetic supplies. I don't know if the message written under the flyer's remaining word, "diabetic," means that the message is "Diabetic Politics Kills Children" or if it just meant to mean "Politics Kills Children." As grammatically incorrect as both messages are, I'll go with the former.
A Moment of Comics
It feels like cheating since I posted The Maxx last week, but for National Poetry Month I wanted to include this page from The Maxx #5 where Maxx is forced into speaking in rhyme as he dreams of meeting the Crappon in a Hat, an in-universe cartoon character. The Crappon dream sequence was drawn by Crappon's creator, Sam Kieth's cousin and infamous "Cow and Chicken" animator David Feiss. Tip of the hat to William Messner-Loebs for the poetry stuff.
American Haiku: Trump's Unedited Address
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 Unedited Address
America, the
war could end in two weeks if
all the democrats and grown up kids I touched would just die!
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
It keeps me honest to keeping posting this feature during National Poetry Month. In honor of yesterday's Trans Day of Visibility, here is poet torrin a. greathouse's Haunting "On Confinement," published on the Poetry Foundation website.
NaPoWriMo 2026 Intro
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| NaPoWriMo graphic by Maureen Thorson. |
For those of you coming to this blog via the NaPoWriMo website, here's a little about me.
I've been a poet online for over thirty years years. I've been taking part in the annual poem-a-day event for almost as long. When I primarily call it NaMoWriMo and not GloPoWriMo, it's only because it's what I've known it to be for so long. Well, that and I have over two decades worth of labels on this blog to sort things out. No offense to my fellow poets around the globe. Maybe I'll go back and add the tags.
For the challenge, my poems are often written in a sparse style similar to the work found in my first book, Patron Emeritus, which I'll plug to give props to my non-Amazon using publisher. If you want to know about my more recent books and publication credits, check out my main website.
For nearly twenty years, I've hosted Stone Soup Poetry, a weekly gathering that now meets online. If you're interested, you should join us (and let you know you heard about us via the NaPoWriMo link).
I have a Patreon page you can join for cash or for free. I'll be trying to update that. I also have weekly poems like my American Haiku on Wednesdays and my (currently on hiatus) Stone Soup Croutons series on Fridays. I also do the occasional City Haiku and Practice Haiku and other odds and ends.
None of those will count towards the 30/30. If you don't see a NaPo/GloPo banner, they don't count.
Not a flex. Just a standard I like to put on myself for April.
This is my annual marathon run, and I intend to get through it despite whatever setbacks I have.
There will also be links to Oddball Magazine, a literary zine I help to edit and publish. I hope you consider sending your work over. Topical poetry is especially wanted in these times.
I also host a private Stone Soup Poetry group if you're interested in posting there to a small but devoted audience.
I'm always posting here, so I hope you come back here even after the April challenge is completed.
Good luck. Try not to break the Emergency Haiku Glass on the first day. Unless you're contrarian or love haikus. My standards are not yours.
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Back Again
It's the return of poet Susan Isla Tepper and her frequent collaborator, photographer Glenn Bowie. It's Tuesday now 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 must be very starved for internet puns. |
Monday, March 30, 2026
Getting Ready
Got my National Poetry Writing Month 2026 banner up loaded and ready to go.
Less than two days to go.
The Internet Needs More Cats!
Anne Skove is back with a very memeable comic for this week's "She Who Laughs Lasts" over at Oddball Magazine.
New Video by Stephanie Sterling
"YouTube is a sanctuary for hate. YouTube is where grifters are actively advantaged. YouTube is the online predator’s best friend. I refuse to believe that even Google’s leaders are so dimwitted as to not understand how they’re enabling dangerous people in the name of “safety.” Not even executives could be that stupid."
Begin with the Finnish
Mike Mesterton-Gibbons on those plucky Nords will start our week at Oddball Magazine. Have a good Monday against all odds.
The Drop Kick Murphys at No Kings, 3-28-26
Got to hear “Where Do You Stand” live twice in one month.
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Goba
I created this image years ago of Ron Goba off a defunct app/website that I would post every year after on his birthday. Years later, I created a physical poster for him when he featured at the Cantab back on May 27, 2015. It stayed on the wall for a while after that. Our tribute to Ron happens this Wednesday on April first at The Cantab. I wonder if I should print a new poster.
My Monday Morning Music
The Showcase Showdown reunited to play with the Dropkick Murphys this March. I figured I would play some of their songs this week.
Saturday, March 28, 2026
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 3-28--26
Bitter springtime wind
never touches d the unjust.
Innocent huddle..
Friday, March 27, 2026
April 22: Diane Sahms and Stone Soup in an Octopus' Garden
It's been over a decade since Diane Sahms had her last Stone Soup Poetry alongside g emil reutter. We featured good ol' g last year, and we are thrilled to have Diane return for her solo moment in our spotlight. Please join us for an evening of poetry, presentation and mixed media not to be missed!
Join us on Wednesday, April 22, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 893 5204 1558
Password: stonesoup
Wisdom on the Windowsill
Bruce Wise and Wise Words closes out Oddball Magazine for another week. Thanks for reading! See you on Monday.
The Season
Janet Cormier brings us a spring poem in this week's Bamboozled No More! Friday has come to Oddball Magazine.
Leopards Eating Faces Update!
More coming out with "buyers remorse," as if that term absolves them of their decision. They will probably never come back to the democrats' side, but they should at least go away. They should recognize they will never be mature enough to make decisions for themselves, let alone for others.
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