Friday, July 26, 2024
Young Pride
Glad to have a photo with today's pride entry by Kai Valentine. Read it now over at Oddball Magazine. Thanks for reading us this week.
Tonight: Melissa Cundieff 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 purchase the author's book, Darling Nova.
Stone Soup Croutons, 7-24-24: Stars Keep Us in the Dark
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.
An all-open mic happened on Wednesday. A chance to get my bearings before more features come down the pipe. We have Charles Coe next week on the last day of July. I I had more time, I would do highlight reels on YouTube and elsewhere instead of just posting the entire video. I would still post the whole video but highlights might actually entice more people to come. Just a thought in my head.
Richard Spisak's opening poem about Joe Manchin got me thinking about a certain Dr. Seuss character that couldn't take a hint and leave. That made this poem fun to write. The title comes from another of Richard's science poem. Thanks to Jon Wesick for sending a link.
Thanks for reading.
Stars Keep Us in the Dark
never left, has hidden
in congress under
fake names for years.
The cruel shoes gifted
by Steve Martin
fit like moonshine
with filet mignon.
My Friday Morning Music
Joe Jackson isn't obscure, but this hit from the 80's is. This came out at a time when a certain Jackson family was dominating the radio. I kept thinking he must be related, right? Funny enough, I think this is the first Joe Jackson song I ever heard.
Thursday, July 25, 2024
My Friday Evening Music
This might be the deepest cut I've posted. New Man was a Boston group with one hit in 1985. I couldn't even find a wiki page on the group. This song, "Bad Boys" (an unfortunate title that only buries the song decades later) played on the radio and video shows a lot. The YouTube clip below might be a revised track as it sounds livelier than the one I remember (which you can hear via this link). I found a little more information about New Man via a review on AllMusic.
July 31: Stone Soup Poetry Presents the Best of Charles Coe
Charles Coe has performed at Stone Soup Poetry in several of it's locations throughout the years. It's only right we invite him back from our online home for the end of July. Especially when he has a new "Best of" collection of poetry out now. Please join us for Coe's triumphant return!
Join us on July 31 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 874 7970 5323
Password: stonesoup
Never Made It
Whereas a good chunk of our nation has calmed down over the last week, James Van Looy's recent poems haven't lost their fatalistic voice. I like that. Keeps up honest. Enjoy his latest It's All One Thing poem column over at Oddball Magazine.
Forgot to Post This Because I Was Away
Still time to read the poetry, reviews and more from the July issue of North of Oxford. Edited by g emil reutter and Diane Sahms.
Don't Shoot
From a recent Janet Cormier email, a 2014 sketch inspired by Ferguson.
For Janet's written work, read her Bamboozled No More! colum every Friday at Oddball Magazine.
Stone Soup Poetry Open MIc, 7-24-24
From this week's online gathering. Fiery poetry, the return of the Stone Soup Players and a new serialized story by Jon Wesick. More fun to come with next week's feature, Charles Coe.
Goodbye, Rainy Day Poets
Thanks to the poets for coming out for last night's all-open mic. Next week, our selection of special features continue with the poet Charles Coe. Hope to see you then.
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
It's Past Time
I have to get out of here. Hopefully I'll see you tonight at Stone Soup Poetry's all-open mic.
Something Extra Today
I wrote about the last thirty-odd years of comedians that are dying off. You can read more at my Substack.
This Friday: Melissa Cundieff at the Virtual Dire Literary Series
Gathering the Parts
So great to close out with first time contributors. Welcome poet Lavinia Kumar and artist Michał Bedkowski. Thanks for checkint out Oddball Magazine this Wednesday. Hope you keep coming back.
Annoying Thought of the Day
Is there such a thing as the phrase "Resting entitlement face?" If not, I want to make it a thing.
Play It Again
Poet Jim Bellamy returns paired with returning artist Thomas Riesner. Wednesday has been officially kicked off over at Oddball Magazine.
In the Works
Hope to announce next week's Stone Soup feature later today, if only by way of my newsletter. Full announement might just have to wait until tomorrow.
Blacked Out
A graffiti sticker in Jamaica Plain spray painted over in black so completely, I thought I took this in Brookline. I wish I wasn't seeing more of this.
Bonus Comics Moment
Here's a shot of the Liefeld guy's sidewalk art with the hopes that posting this will motivate me to finally get some comics work out this week.
A Moment of Comics
If the president today was revealed to be a computer program, we might sigh in relief. This might have been funnier if I had posted this two weeks ago like I should have. From The Dark Knight Strikes Again by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley.
American Haiku: Trump Card
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 Card
So Kamala is
Well, I have...experience! Yeah, experience...
Post-Dusk
Another of my "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" photos. I wanted to use this for a poem, but I've sat on this picture since taking it in June, and I can't think of a way how.
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Done
Best wishes to Jason Wright, and kudos for him to keep writing. Read his latest Jagged Thought poem column over at Oddball Magazine.
Good to be Back
My poem "Unpresidented" is published at dadakuku. Thanks to petro c.k. for letting me be a part of the impressive streak of poetry the site has displayed as of late.
Wild Dance
It's been a while! Here's returning poet Robert L. Martin and returning artist Robin Young! Nice way to start off Tuesday 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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| Now I have a new book to put on my reading list. |
Monday, July 22, 2024
Time Pigs Update
The time pigs have learned to fly and other forms of stealth. Must investigate further.
Can Only Watch
Glad to have a photo to go with poet Tasneem Khan Tasneem Khan for a timely post over at Oddball Magazine.
Tonight: The Contro-Verse Open Mic at Urban Media Arts in Malden with Skoot Mosby
From 7:00 to 8:00 PM. Doors open at 6:30 PM. Hosted by Jeff Taylor and Anna Geoffroy. click here for more information.
No Excuses
I have no art from Geoffrey Fallon. No updates. I don't feel like posting anything. I just hope he's okay. While you can, check out the backlog of "The Secrets of Skinny People"null while we await and hope for Geoffrey's return. Welcome to a sad start of the week at Oddball Magazine.
July 24: Before More Stone Soup Goodness Comes
Planning to book three special features for the next three weeks. One comes by special request. So this week, it's another all-open mic. I hope you'll join us.
Join us on July 24 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 863 7517 5571
Password: stonesoup
This Morning
Put a Dune's Edge Campground sticker in my journal because I'm a Never Forget kind of guy.
Haunting and Taunting
This image of an Ouroboros surrounding a smiley face might sum up not only this year but also the current century. Have a nice day indeed.
This Week's Friendly Reminder
Kudos to the smaller stickers that are harder to deface or get rid of.
My Monday Morning Music
Focusing on obscure 80's/90's songs that you never hear anymore. This cover is almost impossible to find on YouTube unless you type the name "Michael Morales" in specifically.
Sunday, July 21, 2024
Your Weekly Dose of God
A ruined sign saying "Please Help, Thanks, God Bless" sums up my feelings about the summer so far.
Saturday, July 20, 2024
Cup of Chad
A few years ago, Oddball Magazine put one of my haikus on a mug for sale on their site. Due to the state of the world these past few years, I only tried to get one for myself recently. It finally came in this week.
Consider grabbing one for yourself to help support the magazine and the Oddball Foundation. There's a link on the front page of my website.
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