I just have to last long enough to start Stone Soup Poetry.
This is going to be a different feature.
You should be a part of our virtual audience for this.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Final Burn
Returning contributors, poet Jim Bellamy and artist Digby Beaumont, give us today's closing post at Oddball Magazine. Thanks for reading us today. One more Wednesday to go for National Poetry Month!
The Crawl Begins
Poet Kaleigha Easterly and photographer Bonnie Matthews Brock unite to give us our first Wednesday post for Oddball Magazine. Welcome to the day.
More Student Time
Doug Holder features Irina Canute, another Endicott College student, in this week's Lyrical Somerville. Look at Irina's work now over at The Somerville Times.
A Moment of Comics
I miss being able to just sit down and read poetry. In this week's entry, non-breakout character Feron enjoys (off-page) a lesser=known poem by William Butler Yeats in the Alan Davis helmed Excalibur #48. Written and penciled by Davis with inks by Mark Farmer.
American Haiku: Trump Recites Scripture from Memory
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 Recites Scripture from Memory
I am me and you
love me and you love me and
you all think I'm Jesus!
NaPoWriMo, Day Twenty-Two, Poem Twenty-Two
You're an Emotional Landfill
Behold. Another trauma dump
Why else are you around people
if not to catalog their sins.
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
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.
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| 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?
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.
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.
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!
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.
This Week's Friendly Reminder
I like whoever this guy is. He's been putting this stickers all over the city.
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
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.
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.
Saturday, April 18, 2026
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 4-18-26
Go look at the trees.
Same f--king trees as before,
but a new day, right?
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.
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.
NaPoWriMo, Day Seventeen, Poem Seventeen
Let Me Down
Should know
beforehand.
Plans always
start and end
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.
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.
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.
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.
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