Monday, February 09, 2026
AIeeeeeeeee!
John Roche's latest poem shows us that not only is the future horrific, it will talk back to you. Read it now at Oddball Magazine.
Tonight: The Contro-Verse Open Mic at Urban Media Arts in Malden with Finn Flood
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.
Prepare Yourself
Anne Skove gives us a very appropriate Valentine's Day comic for the year. Read "She Who Laughs Lasts" at Oddball Magazine.
Blink and You'll Miss It!
"Hit My Cue" is my first hundred-word micromemoir published in the journal Five Minutes. Thanks to the editorial staff for accepting my work.
This One's for the Birds
This week our resident acrostic poet tells tail of smart birds. Welcome to a brand new Monday at Oddball Magazine.
So That Happened Last Night
Drake Maye was made out to be the next Tom Brady. Instead he got Drew Bledsoed.
My Monday Morning Music
More new music this week. First we start with the first new Def Leppard single in many a year.
Sunday, February 08, 2026
The Wait is Over: Richard Spisak at Stone Soup on February 11
It's happening. After weeks of escaping from the jaws of illness, Richard Spisak returns to feature at Stone Soup Poetry on February 11.
Get ready for new work, dark humor and more than a few words about how the world is working today.
Join us on Wednesday February 11 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 851 3035 3958
Password: stonesoup
The Little-Known Goba Related Chapbook
Songs of Innocence and Sam Adams was a collaborative chapbook between Friends of Poetry comrades Ron Goba and Prabakar T. Rajan. This was given out as part of a special Stone Soup Poetry benefit held at Doyle's Cafe in Jamaica Plain on May 20, 2012.
Sadly, Prabakar wasn't able to make it back from India to the states for the event. Fortunately, Tom Daley tagged in and recited Prabakar's poems alongside Ron. It was a fun event, and I regret not being able to organize more readings like this when Ron was still alive.
My girlfriend designed the cover for the collection, which was especially generous of her given that I planned the event to take place the same weekend as her birthday. I've learned since.
She always like this cover and how the placement of the photos made it look like that Ron's arm was comically extra long.
They are planning a tribute for Ron Goba for National Poetry Month. I plan to make more copies of this collection (and possibly more!) for this event. For those who can't make it, I will gladly pass on a PDF file.
Your Weekly Dose of God
I love when so-called ministers berate others for not knowing about our military when they haven't been military for years. Also, I love the idea that a former flunky can read the mind of a madman and his cronies
Saturday, February 07, 2026
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 2-7-26
Afternoon surprise,
today's winter haiku blows
right into my face.
Friday, February 06, 2026
Stone Soup Croutons, 1-28-26: What Old Men Do Now
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.
Brian Mosher featured two weeks ago. Our first feature of 2026. It led to an interesting poem borne of poems of senseless loss and mourning.
Catching up, so I'm posting this quick and thanking Brian for his reading. You should go back and listen.
Thanks for reading.
What Old Men Do Now
Start screaming to find
a place on the map
before they wake.
a place on the map
before they wake.
Too old for Hot
Tamales, old enough to
remember Cool Kids.
My Friday Evening Music
It starts out promising, but the phrase "Let There Be Shred" sounds like something out of a Spinal Tap album. Hopefully their fans will go for it.
Tonight: First Fridays Youth Open Mic with Jasper Crystal Wizard
Held at the First Baptist Church on 633 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain. Doors open at 7:00. Click here for more info.
Monday: The Contro-Verse Open Mic at Urban Media Arts in Malden with Finn Flood
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.
Keep It Safe
Janet Cormier wishes for a warmer Friday with this week's Bamboozled No More! is up at Oddball Magazine.
Searching
Looking for more inspiration.
More words. More poems.
I feel like I wrote more when I was tired.
Leopards Eating Faces Update!
This week it's the rest of the people turning against Trump who are getting nothing out of their last minute face turns because it's too little too late.
Thursday, February 05, 2026
Women in Windows
Kevin Gallagher was last week's featured poet at The Arts Fuse. I'm posting it today while waiting for this week's entry to go up.
Until You Are Ready
James Van Looy with mementos for the present in this week's poem column. Read It's All One Thing over at Oddball Magazine.
Stone Soup Poetry All Open Mic, 2-4-26
From this week's online gathering. A perfect mental balm to this week's cold. New faces, new poems. Let's keep this trend going.
Hello Deep, Dark Cold
Thanks to everyone who came out to Stone Soup's all-open mic. There were a lot of new faces and amazing work. I hope this is a sign of things to come as Stone Soup approaches its fifty-fifth anniversary. Stay tuned for more Stone Soup news on the way.
Added to the Chain
My poem "Unchased" was accepted into Chainmail Poetry as a response to the poem by last week's contributor, Donalyn White. Thanks to Editor Caridad Cole and consider contributing to this ongoing experimental publication.
Wednesday, February 04, 2026
Another Day, Another Tire Fire Put Out
I made it. Time to get ready for Stone Soup Poetry.
Get online and in line early.
Last Steps
A fitting poem by Robin Styles Oliver with stunning photography by Jake Williams closes us out today at Oddball Magazine. I hope we see you all next Wednesday or whatever day you choose to return.
Thoughts While Walking, 2-4-26
Technically filmed yesterday, but it took me forever to want to post this.
Seeking
For the morning, we introduce poet Poem by Adara Schwartz with photography by returning contributor Kelly Sauvage Moyer. Thanks for joining us this Wednesday at Oddball Magazine. Come back later.
Beckmann Bends It
Must Check Again
The "No ICE" graffiti was still there with only one blemish back at the end of January. I hope it outlasts the blizzard. I'll check next week when I hopefully resume my normal commute.
A Moment of Comics
This month isn't going to be all Captain America, but I couldn't resist with this week's choice. I saw a joke video the other day about the Marvel villains having an alliance and Doctor Doom was dumb enough to invite both the Red Skull, a Nazi, and Magneto, a Jewish Holocaust survivor. Thing is, this did happen in Marvel's Acts of Vengeance" crossover story from 1989-1990. Loki brought the villains together, and it makes sense he wouldn't care much about the politics of mere mortals.
American Haiku: Can't Roll Back a Boulder on Fire
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: Can't Roll Back a Boulder on Fire
Sure, Trump believes in
the Constitution, but he
has also touched a lot of kids!
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
If only all that was left of a pedophile kingmaker was to read poems like this. Read "The Ballad Of Jeffery Epstein" by Anais Vionet over at Poem Hunter.
Tuesday, February 03, 2026
Two New for Tuesday
Today features new contributors with poet Joe Couture and artist Lee Hammerschmidt. Check them out now 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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| There's such as thing as too much honesty, you know. |
Keep Breathing
LThings are going to change next year.
And what I’m doing today is going to change.
How I feel today is going to change.
Drastically.
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