Another photo of LUCCI in honor of his birthday. Seen here with Toni Bee after his feature on December 9, 2013. There are people I need to contact today.
Sunday, February 22, 2026
LUCCI Performs a Poem as Adam Sandler's "The Waterboy"
From the poet's feature on December 19, 2013. LUCCI was not afraid to be disturbing or just silly in his work. This is one of the latter examples, published on the second birthday since his passing.
Your Weekly Dose of God
People leave religious pamphlets at my job all the time. To leave a Valentine's Day themed pamphlet for February and a pamphlet with Abraham Lincoln on its cover so close to Presidents Day seems less like the actions of benevolent pilgrims and more like crude marketing techniques from an institution.
Saturday, February 21, 2026
March 4: Stone Soup Takes You to the Stratusfier
Arthur "Stratusfier" Williams has been a good friend to Stone Soup
Poetry. I've wanted to get him back, but I got in my own way.
Fortunately, I'm used to being my own worst enemy and finally got him
back for 2026. Arthur will be kicking off the month of March. I hope you'll all be in attendance for his performance.
Join us on Wednesday March 4 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 898 1226 2346
Password: stonesoup
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 2-21-26
Almost ran out of
things you could say about snow,
but now it's heavy!
but now it's heavy!
Friday, February 20, 2026
A Timely Eulogy
Luis Lázaro Tijerina has a poem on the ongoing death of art in a special post over at Oddball Magazine. Thanks for reading us this week.
Monday: The Contro-Verse Open Mic at Urban Media Arts in Malden with Shannon O'Connor
From 7:00 to 8:00 PM. Doors open at 6:30 PM. At Urban Media Arts on 145 Pleasant Street in Malden, MA. Hosted by Anna Geoffroy and Ethan Mackler. Click here for more information.
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Get That Selfie
James Van Looy was right about everything.
I don't mean that in a facetious way.
Read It's All One Thing now at Oddball Magazine.
Off the Grid
I'll be busy for most of the day.
I'll be hopefully posting my newsletter later tonight.
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Cold Water
Poet Chris Mansel and photographer close out Wednesday at Oddball Magazine. Thanks for reading. Hope you keep visiting us.
Like a Serpent's Tongue
Poet Shawn Scott Smith and artist Thomas Riesner kick off Wednesday at Oddball Magazine. Thanks for stopping by.
Never Retire
A Moment of Comics
I've been bad highlighting black creators for Black History Month. Today, I'm featuring the opening page from the biography comic Prince: Alter Ego by the late writer Dwayne McDuffie and pencils by Denys B. Cowan, who is still working today.
American Haiku: Trump State of the Union Leaked
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 State of the Union Leaked
Trump (no Epstein) Trump
Trump Trump (kill brown people) Trump
Trump (no one gets to vote) Trumpy Trump.
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
Thanks to the Poetry Foundation site for Evie Shockley's poem, "Sex Trafficking Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl in the USA (or, The Nation’s Plague in Plain Sight)."
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Most Exquisite
Poet Susan Isla Tepper and photographer Glenn Bowie reunite for another 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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| I'm expecting the noise interrupting my piece any second now... |
Monday, February 16, 2026
Never Too Late, Maybe
Catching up with everything that happened when I wasn't online. Thanks to Don Kingfisher Campbell for accepting "Too Late to Be a Love Poem" and "Too Late to Be a Love Poem, Part 2" in the Four Feathers Press anthology Love.
I Get All of These!
Anne Skove gives us a good ol' aging comic this week. Read "She Who Laughs Lasts" at Oddball Magazine.
Smashed
Mike Mesterton-Gibbons captures a moment of rage to kick off the week today at Oddball Magazine.
February 18: Stone Soup is On Vacation
After spending much of last week getting my computer fixed and dealing with other nonsense, I'll be taking this week off for my planned vacation.
Stone Soup will return next week on February 25 with Jules Nyquist.
Part of the Madness
Thanks to Patricia Carragon for including me in the March Madness issue of her Sense and Sensibility Haiku journal yesterday. Check out the whole issue!
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