One last song from The Atomic Wranglers with a title that at least sounds optimistic. Check out their music.
Friday, October 02, 2026
Tonight: First Fridays Youth Open Mic with Ana G. Delgado Cruz
Held at the First Baptist Church on 633 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain. Doors open at 7:00. Click here for more info.
Wisdom Spake
Looks like Bruce Wise and Wise Words is closing us out. Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this week.
Thursday, October 01, 2026
The Pursuit
James Van Looy's poem column is back.
I hope he's back at Stone Soup Poetry soon.
For now, enjoy his work at Oddball Magazine.
Stone Soup Poetry All Open Mic, 9-30-26
From this week's online gathering. A quieter September than expected closes with October promising to be feistier. Join us in October for special features Mignon Ariel King, Timothy Gager, and much more.
Farewell, September
September is over. Thanks to everyone who came out to our last all-open mic of the month. Please join us in October on the 7th for special feature Mignon Ariel King.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Looking Ahead
The year 2026 made me their prison b-tch.
In October, we'll be getting matching jail tattoos.
No One Got My Haiku Today
No one knows how to highlight?
Oh, well.
See you tonight at Stone Soup Poetry.
Goodbye, September.
October awaits!
The Other Way Now
I liked juxtaposing the humanizing of a confederate general then bringing us back to reality via those being dehumanized today with poetry by Emily Jo Scalzo and artist Eric N. Peterson.
Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this final September Wednesday. We'll see you in October.
Down Goes the Wall
An interesting pattern of work this Wednesday starts here as poet Russell Thorburn and photographer Jennifer Matthews kick things off at Oddball Magazine.
Go Go Angelo
Angelo D’Amato makes an appearance in this week's Lyrical Somerville with a very Boston piece. Read his poem now in The Somerville Times.
On the Other Hand
The "No Ice" graffiti that's been around for a while had it's first big hit in a while with a sticker placed right in the middle of it. Putting the number for the Veterans Crisis Hotline on a graffiti decrying a unregulated paramilitary group is certainly a...look?
Nice to Know
It was a rough summer for graffiti, but the "No Nazis in JP" writing on this pole is more or less intact. I say "more or less" because it looks like someone took out the "s" in "Nazis." Because it's hard to photography art on a pole, I often miss the "s" and can't tell when this happened.
A Moment of Comics
Reading through James Robinson's Starman this week. Interesting how he was trying to "jokerize the obscure golden age her Ragdoll and make him a Charles Mansonesque cult figure. Very "Batman Beyond" in execution with propper hits dropped very early in the series. Below is a page from Starman #11 by Robinson with pencils by Tony Harris and inks by Wade Von Grawbadger.
American Haiku: Trump Beats Back Press
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.
Beginning next week,
I will fuck your farm fresh eggs!
I will fuck your farm fresh eggs!
They're unfertilized!
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
Thinking of lost friends this year. Deta Galloway is not even six months gone. A fact I can barely believe. This morning I'm highlighting one of the last poems we published in Oddball Magazine during her lifetime. Read "Inside" and take care of each other today.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
September 30: One More All Open-Mic for the Road
It's been a long September. I hate to have only one feature for the month, but if you'll humor me one more all-open mic on the thirtieth, I promise a feature-filled October.
Join us on Wednesday, September 30, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 824 0101 7078
Password: stonesoup
Check Out the SPREAD
SPREAD is an honest to God monthly print poetry journal put out by Chris Dusterhoff, who published a poem of mine in the new October issue. Glad to published alongside work by Chris, Willie Smith, John A. Hendricks and others. Consider getting a one-year subscription for #20 by PayPaling spankstra@hotmail.com
Unthinkable!
What happens when the always triumphant tyrant has...tribulations? Richard Spisak's poetry and artwork cover such a unthinkable scenario today in Oddball Magazine.
Getitng All Esque
Poet Floyd Largent and photographer Glenn Bowie give their Tuesday best this morning 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 my years in Jamaica Plain, and this is a first. |
In a Mood
I'm a sailor peg!
And I've lost my leg!
And I've lost my leg!
And I don't know where my leg is!
(repeating until I'm shipped...)
I Should Enjoy Today
I get to submit the last of my work for the fiscal year.
And I already have a great start on the year coming.
I should be happy, but I feel barely awake.
Monday, September 28, 2026
Only in Name
We present poet Lynn White and photographer Jack Marty in the 3:00 spot for Oddball Magazine.
Side Effects?
Anne Skove's newest comic makes me want to take drugs I can't afford.
Read "She Who Laughs Lasts" now at Oddball Magazine.
Move Over, Marcel Duchamp!
Mike Mesterton-Gibbons tries to find art in another urinal to kick off our wet Monday at Oddball Magazine. Stay safe and stay dry.
Beautiful Chaos
My poems "There's Options" and "In Plain Sight" appear in The Chaos Section Poetry Project's latest anthology, Uprooted. Thanks to Editor Nick Allison and Rachel Armes-McLaughlin for including me in another one of their publications reflecting the current times.
Curious
I'm curious about this new graffiti artist I cal Kas. Using the "a" in y our name to make an anarchy symbol isn't original, but I haven't seen anyone use the symbol in a while.
This Week's Friendly Reminder
Yeah, it's cliché to just say "Never Give Up!" but you'd be surprised to know how many people are counting on you to just quit your own life.
My Monday Morning Music
The Atomic Wranglers is a band whose members include the artist behind the comic series East Coast It Notes. Here's one of their more popular videos on YouTube to start the week off. More of them later.
Sunday, September 27, 2026
October 14: Timothy Gager Has Whiteness Sings the Blues
Join us on Wednesday, October 14, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 837 8721 9966
Password: stonesoup
October 7: Mignon Ariel King's Hidden Charms Revealed
Poet, editor and publisher Mignon Ariel King has been one of most frequent features these past two decades. It gives me great pleasure to welcome Mignon back on October 7. She'll be reading from her newest collection, Under the Arbored Moon.
Join us on Wednesday, October 7, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 819 7095 3818
Password: stonesoup
More Hits from 2000
Here's a photo of the Church of Euthanasia's Chris Korda with her "Rats Roaches Pigeons People" sign as she further attempted to disrupt the parade for the Biodevastation 2000 protest. A demonstration within a demonstration successful enough that the Church received more press coverage than the people who held the proper "formal" protest. Forgot I had this photo. I'm gathering materials slowly but surely.
Your Weekly Dose of God
A look at the Pride Flag hanging outside the United Parish in Brookline. I hope they brought the flag in before the storm started.
Saturday, September 26, 2026
It's Been a While
Thirteen years after our last interview, g emil reutter has published another interview with me at the North of Oxford site he curates with Diane Sahms. Thanks to g for catching up with me!
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