Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Your Wednesday Morning Poetry

 
I'll spend this week and next focusing on poets who are no longer with us. Today, let us read "A Poem for Happy Endings" by the late Charles Coe. Thanks to Solstice Literary Magazine. 

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Nowhere is Somewhere

Jason Wright's Jagged Thought poem column is up now at Oddball Magazine. 


This Thursday: Jennifer Bannan at the Virtual Dire Literary Series

 

 
Hosted by Timothy Gager. Click here to join the group and get information on how to join the call.


New Series

Finding My Worse Self, Part One: Zero Temptation. Read it on my Patreon.


Come In

Poet Alec Solomitta returns as does artist Edward Michael Supranowicz, paired up once again for 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.

Network Name: Made It
It would have been a lot cooler if I saw this on a Friday.

NaPoWriMo, Day Twenty-One, Poem Twenty-One

Adding Red Flags
on Dating Profile


Never been
smart enough

to know when
somebody

More Bloom

More plants coming out ahead of the hydrangea. Makes me wonder if we'll get blueberries this year. 


News from the Front, 4-21-26

Not going from sick to canceled. Sorry. Let Carder Anderson do this one.


Monday, April 20, 2026

Finally

Some seeds we planted around the stump of our tree that had to go are now growing. More to come? 


Comics Spotlight: Mike Salva

Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this Monday. 


Garbage In, Garbage Out

Such is the daily reoutine of a time pig.


In with the New

Jacklyn Bookshester is not only new blood but  our next writer/artist feature for National Poetry Month for Oddball Magazine today. 

When It's Time to Stop

You try to demonstrate machismo.

It comes across as mental disability.

Do Marvel Movies Have Such Prep Time?

Anne Skove's comic made me audibly laugh. Read her latest "She Who Laughs Lasts" over at Oddball Magazine. 


Approaching a Halfway Point This Series

 

It's Later Now, Part Thirty-Three: How You Tolerate. Read it on my Patreon.

Tired

Glad to have a photo with a poem by Jason Youngclaus to kick off the week at Oddball Magazine. Hey, you made it to this week! Good luck!

Counting Down Now

Diane Sahms features at Stone Soup Poetry in just a couple of days.

Flyer: Stone Soup and the Awareness of Words - Diane Sahms returns to Stone Soup Poetry for a special presentation of her latest work. - Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 7:00-9:00 P.M. ET - Open mic included! Donations appreciated! - Visit https://stonesouppoetry.blogspot.com/ for the Zoom link

Last Month

I took an older camera to the No Kings protest back in March. Something that used a card for storage. Practiced on the John Hancock Tower. Happy with the results. 


NaPoWriMo, Day Twenty, Poem Twenty

Zeros Helping Zeros

Here to
help

Practice Haiku

It was all better
twenty four hours ago.
don't argue with me. 


City Haiku

Marathon morning!
A moment of calm before
we are all trampled. 

 

Happy Birthday, Eric Zork Alan

 

 


Happy Birthday, Jake Tringali

 

 


Happy Birthday, Gloria Mindock

 

 


Spion Abides

Spion's stickers survive in Brookline despite Brookline being Brookline.


This Week's Friendly Reminder

I like whoever this guy is. He's been putting this stickers all over the city.

Sticker: You Are Either A Fascist Or Antifascist - Be Antifa

My Monday Morning Music

I remember being in college and reading about John S Hall, the lead vocalist of King Missile, and how he read at open mics and with Allen Ginsberg. There was a history of controversy with his "Detachable Penis song at my undergrad, but I'm going to feature the real gem on the band's Happy Hour album. I would love to perform this on an open mic.

 

 


Sunday, April 19, 2026

Getting Back to These

 

"What I Need" is my newest From Picture to Page poem for free on my Patreon.

 

Interesting Choice of Words

Hottest huh? We’ll s dementia-ridden  clock is right once in a while. 


Flashback

 
Can't make it out to my Mom's this Sunday. As a consolation prize to myself, here's a photo from September 2, 2019 of my Mom and Smokey, who's doing his best impersonation of a potato sack.


NaPoWriMo, Day Nineteen, Poem Nineteen

Relit Torch

I have
no more 

Your Weekly Dose of God

Also took this on the way home from the Saint Patrick's Day parade. This was right next to this previously mentioned cross. A year ago when I took this picture, I wondered if the cross and the "Drugs Are The Devil" message were connected. Now I'm sure they are done by the same person or group of people.


Friday, April 17, 2026

My Friday Evening Music

One more by Umar Bin Hassan. Probably going to listen to Holy Terror tonight.

 

 


Gone Fishing

My poem "Agassiz Well Done" is now part of the Four Feathers Press: Fish. Thanks for including me with many other new and old friends. 


Making the Final Charge

We close the week out with our latest poet/artist feature, Oddball staple Robert Fleming. Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this week. 


Another Poetry Meme

 Posting things for my own amusement again.


Wisdom Without a Map

Bruce Wise is back with Wise Words at Oddball Magazine. 

Finally Crawled Out of the Muck

I look like how I felt the past week. Hoping to get a haircut next week.


New Pace

Janet Cormier rings in the new spring feeling in this Friday's Bamboozled No More!

Read it now over at Oddball Magazine. 


Bloom Boom

Everything seemed to bloom at once. One nice shot before all the rain came.


Happy Birthday, Kkumar Prasanna

 


Happy Birthday, Anthony McPherson

 


NaPoWriMo, Day Seventeen, Poem Seventeen

Let Me Down

Should know
beforehand. 

Plans always
start and end

My Friday Morning Music

More poetry from Umar Bin Hassan.

 

 


Leopards Eating Faces Update!

 

I could say, "All Catholics," but let's pick Riley Gaines this week for Doctor Trump's spectacular public dumping of her earlier this week.


Thursday, April 16, 2026

Thoughts While Walking, 4-16-26

I know, only broke people listen to FM morning radio anymore, but please do better.


NaPoWriMo, Day Sixteen, Poem Sixteen

New Theory

Emperor
is naked,

but so are
followers. 

Post-Ruination

 

Gloucester poet James Cook graces The Arts Fuse this week with a poem for every week ever. Go read it now. 


And Finally

To open and close our Thursday, here is James Van Looy's poem column. 

Read It's All One Thing now at Oddball Magazine. 


Happy Birthday, Erik Nelson

 


Ariel Alexander Fiore Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 4-15-26

From this week's online gathering. Introducing a a poet to a new audience is always a thrill every National Poetry Month. 

 

 


Hegseth Haiku

The weak now follow
the tyranny of evil,
devoid of shepherd. 


Waving on By

A great night of poetry thanks to feature Ariel Alexander Fiore and everyone else who came out to watch and listen. We hope to see and hear more from him in the future. Come back next Wednesday as we feature poet Diane Sahms.