Elizabeth S. Wolf at the 2026 Boston Poetry Marathon

 

This Was Nice to See

Thanks to Joey Gould for this photo of me from the Boston Poetry Marathon this past weekend. It's the first photo I've seen of me that doesn't make me look like a dark parody of my father. I appreciate that.

Comics Spotlight: Hoss

Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this Monday.

Vroom Vroom!

Submit your car themed poem to the upcoming Four Feathers Press online anthology Car. Send your work to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on August 14th.

Place Your Favorite Bootlicker's Name Here

Laurie Rosen returns with a special poem and photograph for a special Monday entry in Oddball Magazine. 

Tonight: The Contro-Verse Open Mic at Urban Media Arts in Malden with Prince Shapiro

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.

Eek!

Anne Skove's latest comic covers the mice of the tech world. Read "She Who Laughts Lasts" now over at Oddball Magazine. 

 

Back After a Break (go fig)

 

It's Later Now, Part Forty-Eight: Oil Slick by Day. Read it on my Patreon.

Take 'Er Down!

Here's Mike Mesterton-Gibbons with a *ahem* deep dive to kick off Monday at Oddball Magazine. Take care of each other this week.

Stone Soup News

It's coming.

Grateful

Thanks so much to co-organizers Christina Liu and Xtina Strong for making this years' Boston Poetry Marathon such a success. Thanks to everyone who participated as a reader, as a recorder of the event, as an audience member. I promise to share photos and video from the event tonight. Check out the Boston Poetry Marathon social media pages later.

 

Beaten to Pulp

It's nice that the crime poetry journal The Five-Two also includes unpunished crime sanctioned by the current government Thanks to Gerald So for including my poem "Cutting Room Floor" in this week's edition of his journal. The post includes an audio reading from me on YouTube.

Happy Birthday, Hilary Sideris

 

 

Happy Birthday, Ben Berman

 

 

Happy Belated Birthday, Boni Joi

 

 

Happy Belated Birthday, Steve Caratzas

 

 

Happy Belated Birthday, Sophia Behal

 

 

Nicer

Though I didn't understand many of the meanings behind certain stickers, graffiti in Montreal seemed overall less acerbic. Many examples were even pleasant.

This Week's Friendly Reminder

Canada reminds that Antifa is not some clandestine organization that staged January 6. Anti-fascism is a state of mind. 

My Monday Morning Music

I can now say that I went to Canada last week. Specifically Montreal. I'll be posting about my trip later this morning and even more later this week. For now, here is more Canadian music starting with one of my favorite songs from Barenaked Ladies.

 

 

Jack by Margaret

Here is a photo of Jack powers sitting in what is surely his old North End home right int he middle of Haymarket Square. Margaret Wesel, Jack's one time partner, has gifted me with an amazing archive of never before seen photos. I will be sharing more of these while trying to document them and finding these and other Jack Powers artifacts a home. 

Your Weekly Dose of God

Took a photo of Trinity Church after the Boston Poetry Marathon last night.

Here We Go!

The Boston Poetry Marathon is starting in a couple of hours.

My Friday Evening Music

Bet you didn't know Tom Cochrane was Canadian. 

Wisdom Dance Number

Wise Words by Bruce Wise closes out Oddball Magazine. 

Thanks for reading us this week.

You Better

Janet Cormier's Bamboozled No More! is up at Oddball Magazine.

Happy Friday.

Read, Attend

Thanks to Jessica A. Kent of Literary Boston for interviewing me, Christina Liu and Xtina Strong about the Boston Poetry Marathon taking place this weekend on August 8 and 9. Read about the Marathon and its long history then consider joining us either on at least one of those days. 

Happy Birthday, Clive Oseman

 

My Friday Morning Music

A musical and literal journey comes to an end this Friday. First, some Arcade Fire for the morning. 

 

 

Leopards Eating Faces Update!

 

Not even being a thug will save your mail order bride.

 

La Verdad

 

Guillermo Parra translates another poem. This time by José Antonio Ramos Sucre. Read it now at The Arts Fuse. 

Gurgling and Snorting

James Van Looy's It's All One Thing poem column is up now.

Read it over at Oddball Magazine. 

Play It Again

Jennifer Matthews pulls MVP double duty with our closing poem by Lazarus Trubman. Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this Wednesday.

It's Wednesday

Poet Sarah E N Kohrs and photographer Jennifer Matthews are first up today at Oddball Magazine. 

The August Body

The full August issue of North of Oxford by Editors Diane Sahms and g emil reutter is up!

Cafe Lit

 

Barbara Reynolds is this week's poet in Doug Holder's Lyrical Somerville column. Read her now over at The Somerville Times.

Happy Birthday, Ron Silliman

 

Happy Birthday, Mark Lipman

 

A Moment of Comics

It's 2112 ad Canada is about to be invaded by the United States in the first issue of We Stand On Guard by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Steve Skroce. Did the creators put the premise too far into the future? 

American Haiku: That New Old Poem

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: That New Old Poem

 

First they came for the

rapists and sex traffickers

and then woman president?!?

Your Wednesday Morning Poetry

This morning, we are focusing on Canadian poet Margaret Avison. Here's a summer-ish poem of hers (it has swimmer" from the Poetry in Voice website. Read "The Swimmer's Moment."