Saturday, July 25, 2026
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 7-25-26
Let's all raise a hand
if you're against fascism!
Now put both hands up.
Stone Soup Croutons, 7-22-26: Wisdom from a Troll Taking Tolls
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.
Features like his are why I continue to host Stone Soup online.
You can watch the video here, and I encourage you to do so.
I had to do a Stone Soup Croutons poem for this night. I hope I can continue the pace.
In the title is a nod ot Marc's longtime email address.
Thanks for reading.
Wisdom from a Troll Taking Tolls
Angels smack
our leaders
with guilt.
It's all they
can feel for
can feel for
the left behind.
Friday, July 24, 2026
My Friday Evening Music
The title track of Sleeps with Angels, dedicated to Kurt Cobain. I'll be listening to this album tonight. You should too.
Feeling Uncute, May Delete Later
Here's a previously unpublished photo of Twig playing tug of war with me to describe my current mood. Hint: I'm the chew toy.
Reshaping
A very different Bamboozled No More! poem column by Janet Cormier is up now at Oddball Magazine. Happy Friday!
Susan Buttenwieser, Virtual Thursdays Dire Literary Series Plus Q and A with Timothy Gager, 7/23/26
Yesterday's Dire today. Hosted by Timothy Gager.
Surprise!
These flowers aren't far from where I live, and they came out of nowhere! Did some housing authority plant these overnight?
My Friday Morning Music
I'm indebted to the Launch Yahoo! app for playing selections like this one from Neil Young's Sleeps With Angles album.
Leopards Eating Faces Update!
Andrew and Vivian Tate teach a lesson to the hopelessy dense once again. The lesson is this: If you devote your life to supporting Donald Trump, he and his allies will leave you to rot in whatever prison you have created for yourself. This is actually good because if you've lasted this long a s a Trump disciple, you've likely done some terrible, unspeakable things.
Thursday, July 23, 2026
Poems About Peaches, Peaches for Me
Poet, translator and editor Sharon Dolin is this week's poet with an ode to summer fruit over at The Arts Fuse.
Crimes on Crime
James Van Looy gets inspiration from Canada's smoky skies.
Read this week's It's All One Thing poem column at Oddball Magazine.
Marc D. Goldfinger Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 7-22-26
From this week's online gathering. A wonderful night of poetry by a poetry and activist legend. Do not scroll past this.
See You Soon, Marc
Last night we featured Marc Goldfinger, one of the hardest working and most active poets in Boston. If you missed it, look for the video later. Thanks to Marc for a wonderful evening to remember. Stay tuned for more Stone Soup news.
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
That Wasn't So Bad, Was It?
Yes. Yes, it was.
But we're done now.
Heading home soon to prep for tonight's online Stone Soup.
It's going to be a special night.
I hope you're there for it.
Stomping to the End
Poet Vivian Walman-Randall and artist Mark Blickley close out our Wednesday at Oddball Magazine. Thanks to everyone who stopped by.
Thoughts While Walking, 7-22-26: Evil Never Dies
Evil is never on borrowed time. It's on stolen time.
Start with a Moment of Silence?
Poet Steven Losco has a different kind of lamentation with artwork by Bill Wolak.
Just another quirky Wednesday at Oddball Magazine.
Visit the Place
From the muddy river comes Brookline Poet Laureate Zvi A. Sesling in this week's Lyrical Somerville for The Somerville Times.
Tickle Me Purple?
Is this a new city initiative? I have to admit, painting the mailboxes purple (or lavender maybe) does make the graffiti look a little more needlessly garish.
A Moment of Comics
It was funnier thirty six years ago to think that an evil president could survive in a robot body after his body dies. Ask me if it's still funny in November. From the Give Me Liberty trade paperback by writer Frank Miller and artist Dave Gibbons. Originally published in Give Me Liberty #4 from the limited series.
American Haiku: Trump Understands Women
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.
New In the Mail
Thanks to Susan Isla Tepper for mailing me a copy of her latest novella, Girl Upside Down from Wilderness House Press. The first chapter of the book appeared in Oddball Magazine. Can't wait to read the full story during my next trip (coming soon). Contact Susan on Facebook Messenger and get your copy today.
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
Jamilla VanDyke-Bailey recently recommended a collection by peot Omotara James, and I'm grateful for the recommendation. Read her poem "Tripartite" over at Coffee House Press.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Hi, Ernie!
Poet Ralph Dranow and photographer Jennifer Matthews give us the Tuesday goods over 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 thought last week was the last internet pun for a while. I was wrong. |
Monday, July 20, 2026
This One Too! This One Too!
John Patrick Robbins also edits and publishes the journal Drinkers Only.
Again, send your poems to him at whotheduckistheeditor@gmail.com
Submit! Submit!
Submit to John Patrick Robbins' journal The Crossroads when you can.
Write to editor John Patrick Robbins at whotheduckistheeditor@gmail.com
Best Take Ever!
Cartoonist Anne Skove takes on a recent hit movie in this week's comic.
Read "She Who Laughs Lasts." Up now at Oddball Magazine.
Like Cattle
Mike Mesterton-Gibbons gives us something depressingly different but not too surprising to kick off Monday at Oddball Magazine. Welcome to the new week. Hope to see you on the other side.
From the Weekend
Another Saturday of hanging with Mom and playing tug of war with Twig and his latest chew toy.
Good Bloom
I think this is the longest our hydrangea have lasted in one summer without wilting. Thankful for the rain we've had.
This Week's Friendly Reminder
From the Tres Gatos book and record store/cafe. I this age where corporations are eliminating physical media, it's more important than ever to support local stores that stock and sell it.
My Monday Morning Music
Continuing to focus of work from artists who are still alive. Sleeps With Angels came out from Neil Young and Crazy Horse in 1994. This was the first release from the album.
Sunday, July 19, 2026
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News from the Front, 7-19-26: I Got Nothing
We report the news then make up stuff that will probably happen.
Jack Powers as a Meanie Poet
Without getting into too much detail, I came into some artifacts of Stone Soup Poetry founder Jack Powers, which include publications his work appeared in. I remember this issue of Meanie from the spring of 1998. Sadly, I probably had to lose this during one of my many moves.
The State of Me on a Sunday
The more I practice self-care by going to the doctor, the older I look and feel. Today, the similarities between me and my father are undeniable even to myself.
Your Weekly Dose of God
Haven't been around the city very much outside of work to record anything. Here's a dose of heavy metal "Christian Metalcore" to fill the void of no ideas this week.
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