Janet Cormier pulls through with her latest Bamboozled No More! column.
Read it now at Oddball Magazine.
And welcome to Friday.
Friday, November 06, 2026
Wyn Cooper, Virtual Thursdays Dire Literary Series Plus Q and A with Timothy Gager, 11/5/26
Yesterday's Dire today. Hosted by Timothy Gager.
My Friday Morning Music
Another of my girlfriend's downloads on her phone. She watched a documentary about Die Antwoord and downloaded this song afterwards. This one makes me smile, and the video is crazy.
Leopards Eating Faces Update!
Haley Stevens is the latest of a long line of individuals plaguing our system. She's just another cell in a metastatic pathology.
She's doesn't want to take up a cause. She wants to latch onto a winning team and not let go.
Just like all the Winning Team Republicans who popped up after 9/11. Like every other joiner after her.
Like all of my peers jumping on the Trump bandwagon.
It doesn't even ensure their safety.
It just makes them feel safe. It makes them feel "good."
It makes them feel like whatever cult they've joined is going to take care of them.
It isn't.
Thursday, November 05, 2026
RIP Laurel Lambert
I just found out from Margaret Wesel that Laurel Lambert, a staple of Stone Soup Poetry's open mic from the days at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery in Cambridge, passed away on October 27.
There will be on November 21. More details are coming.
Holy Harmony
James Van Looy's latest poem column takes you abroad and shares a moment from the poet's worldly travels.
It's All One Thing is up now at Oddball Magazine.
Tzynya Pinchback Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 11-4-26
From this week's online gathering. A feature worthy of a historical week. Let's keep the good feelings going.
Hello, November
I think I'm going to enjoy November. Thanks to Tznya Pinchback for giving us a wonderful post-Midterms feature. We're just getting started. Come back next week when for special feature Julie Marie Hoey.
Wow
This morning I found out I’ve been nominated for both a Best of the Net and a Pushcart Prize for the same poem..
I knew November would be better, but wow. No notes for the first five days.
Wednesday, November 04, 2026
The Day Is Done
Join me online tonight for Stone Soup Poetry.
Tznya Pinchback is our special feature.
I made the perfect choice for tonight.
Hope to see you there.
A Violent Cycle's Victim
I'm glad we have this piece by Beverly Cartwright to close out the day. Thanks to her, and thanks to Jennifer Matthews for the photography.
Thanks for stopping by Oddball Magazine on this post-Midterms Wednesday.
Breaking a Cycle of Violence
I hope I can make that the theme of the entire day.
For now, read a poem by Michael Green.
It includes artwork by Edward Michael Supranowicz.
Welcome to another post-election Wednesday at Oddball Magazine.
Unbottled
You can read Keith Tornheim's take on marine life in this week's Lyrical Somerville, up now at The Somerville Times.
A Moment of Comics
A moment of hope this morning as I post a page of Lex Luthor's fall from grace from being the President of the United States to another wanted criminal. From Superman/Batman #6 by writer Jeph Loeb with pencils by Ed McGuinness and ink by Dexter Vines.
American Haiku: Trump Reaches Back
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 Reaches Back
I called you groomers,
then I called you terrorists,
I called you groomers,
then I called you terrorists,
New National Anthem!
Good morning! There will be a coup attempt in about three months, but let’s enjoy ourselves for now.
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
In celebration of last night's victories, here is Ira Sadoff's poem "The McCarthy Hearings," found on the Maine Public page.
Tuesday, November 03, 2026
Don't Bet Against the SPREAD
Just got my contributor/subscription copies of the November issue of SPREAD with my poem "Gambling Alone." Thanks to Chris Dusterhoff for my inclusion alongside Merritt Waldon, M.R. Nowan and others. Consider getting a one-year subscription for #20 by PayPaling spankstra@hotmail.com
Shattered World
Had fun with Peter F. Crowley's poem about a different kind of global farce now up at Oddball Magazine.
So Far
We have several roving poets returning from last week's Horrorthon because of this day of voting. Susan Isla Tepper is back as is photographer Glenn Bowie to start off this 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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| Let's hope none of them vote. |
Depose
No glint of hope until
Überpumkin
crashes
on
ground,
Überpumkin
down,
stare
at
Überpumkin
until no hope of glint.
Monday, November 02, 2026
Very Open
The Open Press is, well, open to submissions. You can click here for guidelines and then submit via this link.
Another Returning Contributor
Martha Ellen returns from the Horrorton with commentary on recent walking atrocities on Oddball Magazine.
Congratulations, Diane
Read recent Stone Soup Poetry feature Diane Sahms and her interview with Tom Waring of the Northeast Times in Philadelphia regarding her most recent poetry collection (also recently featured at Stone Soup)..
Pun Interlude
Here's a bit of wordplay to go into today's serious posts courtesy of Anne Skove.
Read "She Who Laughs Lasts" at Oddball Magazine.
Not Dead Yet
Lynn White on Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit will kick off Monday.
Welcome to the week at Oddball Magazine.
Keep your head up, but don't forget to duck.
Wasted Energy?
This video taking the late Joe Matt to task strikes me as strange. I wrote about Joe Matt and his posthumously released Peepshow #15 where I pointed out that Joe Matt was uncancelable because he never got to any stature he could have been cancelled from. Matt for his lonely path was shit on (however justified) by fellow creators and even his own publisher. It's important to talk about Matt and his recently released work, but trying to cancel Joe Matt is like trying to cancel GG Allin. Sure you start out with multiple salient points, but they're both dead and you're probably running around a lot for nothing.
Tanka 'bout Town
Bookstore schedules
Great Pumpkin for appearance,
then he just no-shows.
Oh, Great Pumpkin! You're going
to drive poor Linus crazy!
Thanks, Marianne
A new month, a new sticker from Marianne Radnitzky found on Centre Street. I think I could post one a week for the rest of November. I am spoiled for choice this fall season.
This Week's Friendly Reminder
It's time to vote if you haven't already voted early. Here's a guideline if you live in the Boston area or Massachusetts in general.
My Monday Morning Music
Falling back on my partner's iPhone and the songs I might have never heard if she didn't purchase them. I don't listen to a lot of modern music these days, so I'm grateful for her keeping me somewhat plugged in.
Sunday, November 01, 2026
In a Mood
Actually, Mr. Vanilla Ice, you've never solved any problem.
Even those alleged dope fiends were "solved" by the police, not you.
*sigh*
Guilty of sampling without permission and false advertising.
Opening a Late Night Treat In Daylight
Yesterday evening, a haiku of mine made it in the Haikuniverse Halloween marathon. Thanks, Rick Lupert! You should read all the selections from the holiday.
A Prized Artifact
Feels appropriate to feature this item on this Day of the Dead. As I said before My girlfriend's late Dad was a tinkerer. This was something he came up with to help him see better while he worked. A giant magnifier on a makeshift stand complete with a makeshift place to put papers. It's pretty brilliant, and the optometrist I work with got quite a kick out of it. It's still on my desk at work, and I contemplate a day when this will become useful to me! Maybe I'll show the steampunk lamp on his birthday next year.
Your Weekly Dose of God
A selection of tarot cards and guidebooks from the store Zen and Company in Kennebunk, Maine. I have to admit, it's been a while since I've seen titles like Earth Warrior Oracle. Too many Christian stores, I guess.
Beyond the Sky’s Limits
"Beyond the Sky’s Limits" is my eulogy on Patrick Stewart. Read it now at The Ugly Monster. Thanks to Oscar for getting this out on the Day of the Dead.
Saturday, October 31, 2026
The Finish
Nick Matass comes back to finish the Horrorthon with one more fiction piece. Thanks to him and Robert Fleming for the banner art, and thanks to you all for reading Oddball Magazine this week.
Still Going
Glad to have a recent photo of mine go with Lynne White's contribution to the Horrothon over at Oddball Magazine.
Halloween Proper
We're thrilled to continue the Horrorthon on Halloween. Here's poet Martha Ellen under Robert Fleming's banner to start off Oddball Magazine today.
Happy Halloween Dance!
Footage from my sister’s dog Smokey in 2012. I put out a video of this a few years ago, but I was new to TikTok and got the size wrong. I decided to put up a correct version while thinking of a little guy.
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 10-21-26
Our daily monsters,
Halloween mask over mask,
go undiscovered.
Happy Halloween!
Here are two of the better pumpkins I've seen. I call them Evil Cop and Eviler Cop.
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