I should go and get ready.
Hope to see you all soon.
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
The Meaning of Safety
Wonderful work by poet Ahana Mulgaonker and photographer Jennifer Matthews close out Oddball Magazine for Wednesday. Thanks so much for reading us today.
Trump and Walter Reed
This looks bad for Joe Biden.
@chadpoetforhire This looks bad for Joe Biden. #america #2026 ♬ original sound - mjfangirl07
All Worked Out
New contributor Caspar N. Cruz is paired up today with returning contributor Jury S. Judge. Welcome to Wednesday at Oddball Magazine. Join us for the afternoon.
Meg's Back
Meg Smith featured at Stone Soup Poetry last week. She's back today with poetry in Lyrical Somerville. Read her now over at The Somerville Times.
A Moment of Comics
Saw a loved one at a hospital where they're undergoing physical therapy. Overall, the place is good, but when someone's too slow (in my mind) to help a loved one to the bathroom, I think of this underrated Swamp Thing story from ,Stephen R. Bissette. A reminder that horror has many hats. From Swamp Thing #59 by Bissette with art by Rick Veitch and Alfredo Acala.
American Haiku: Swamp Clears Swamp Things
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: Swamp Clears Swamp Things
DOJ deletes
January Sixth records.
Antifa rejoices.
Too Early for Caturday, But...
Here's a picture of a skinny and scrappy bodega cat to lift your spirits.
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
Ending May and Stone Soup's fifty-fifth anniversary month with an eye on the criminally underpublished Walter Howard, who passed away in 2018. Here is his poem "Old Deacon Blackbird" from my old zine Spoonful.
My Facebook Frustration
How does one area of the so-called Metaverse see me successful while another doesn’t?
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Still Live
Jason Wright's Jagged Thoughts poem column is up and ready to read.
Thanks for reading Oddball Magazine so far this week.
Making Up for Yesterday
Lynn White with another topical poem to make up for the holiday. Welcome to 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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| All Southie boys in the ED clinic claim to have been "Nicoled." |
Monday, May 25, 2026
The One Comic Prince Fans Have Always Wanted!
Read Anne Skove's Monday comic. Nothing compares to Anne Skove's "She Who Laughs Lasts," up now at Oddball Magazine.
Yeah...
Mike Mesterton-Gibbons on weird diplomacy kicks off Memorial Monday at Oddball Magazine. Welcome to the week. Hope I'm there with you at the end.
RIP Tom Kane
Trying to get this finished quickly before I go out I forgot to button the top button on my shirt. What's wrong with me?
Shayla Dancing
Ron's granddaughter Shayla often made appearances at Ron's salons and other celebrations. I caught her dancing for Ron and friends during a return feature by Prabakar Rajan back in 2010.
One time she teamed up with Molly at the anniversary party for Ron and Sue at Doyle's. Shayla teamed up with Molly to make a concoction of everyone's discarded drinks along with paper straw covers and pieces of a bar napkin (these were artisans at work). Shayla pushed the glass over to me and simply said "Drink it! with a wicked smile.
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That was about fifteen years ago. I saw her again during Ron's funeral all, ready to enter college. Now I just want her and Molly to get together and drive around the country solving mysteries.
My Monday Morning Music
Rob Base passed away. DJ EZ Rock passed away twelve years ago. This week's selection of music will honor the recently deceased, starting with Base and Rock's pinnacle hit.
Sunday, May 24, 2026
Your Weekly Dose of God
Waiting to order breakfast, someone complimented the woman in front of me on her shirt, and I read it.
Saturday, May 23, 2026
Thoughts While Walking, 5-23-26: You've Got to be Kidding
Coming up: Why my repair bill is bad for Joe Biden.
Night Bites
My poem "No Heights" is in the Saturday edition of Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry). Thanks to Roberta Beach Jacobson for including with poetic comrades Jackie Chou, Patricia Hawkhead and others.
May 27: Susan Deer Cloud Brings It All Back Home
Join us on Wednesday, May 27, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 816 7309 2287
Password: stonesoup
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 5-23-26
The rest of the year
takes place in single morning.
takes place in single morning.
No turning back now.
Friday, May 22, 2026
My Friday Evening Music
I could have gone for funny, but my Dad's birthday is coming up, and I remembered this cover song by Muhammad Ali on an album put out when he was still Cassius Clay. I got the CD version for my father when he was still alive.
Wisdom from the Battlefield
Bruce Wise closes out the week with his Wise Words poem column. Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine. See you Monday.
Light Fantastic
Taken from Tuesday after the storm and blackout. Used a different photo of this sky for my newsletter. Want to do something else with this one.
Wayne-Daniel Berard, Virtual Thursdays Dire Literary Series Plus Q and A with Timothy Gager, 5/21/26
Yesterday's Dire today. Hosted by Timothy Gager.
If Pulp Fiction was a 2000s Move and Tarantino Love the 80s
The soundtrack would've hit different is all I'm saying.
My Friday Morning Music
Bruce Willis put out music, made a cringy video and even had a concert on HBO.
Leopards Eating Faces Update!
Thomas Massie was never and will never be the savior of the GOP or anything else. Simply put, what was he doing when the GOP was amassing all their power? Letting it happen, of course. You can't get the power by any means necessary and somehow wipe the blood from your hands like it was never there.
Thursday, May 21, 2026
This Terrible Still Lull
James Van Looy writes how we all feel.
Read It's All One Thing.
His weekly poem column appears every Thursday morning at Oddball Magazine.
Meg Smith Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 5-20-26
From this week's online gathering. Sorry the open mic got cut off due to me only able to get on the call and record fifteen minutes after we started. Thanks to Richard Spisak for stepping in as host. Thanks to Meg Smith for a wonderful reading.
This Day Needed to End
Last night was a bit of a mess with me having to go back to work and grab the cord to my uncharged laptop, but Richard Spisak pulled through serving as open mic host before I was finally able to introduce last night's feature Meg Smith, who put on a great show. Visit her website to support her work. Learn more about this year's events for Edgar Allen Poe and Jack Kerouac. Be back next week for the final feature of our fifty-fifth anniversary month, Susan Deer Cloud.
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