Monday, May 11, 2026
A One-Two Jab Combo
Enjoy the quick poem by John Stickney and the artwork from our resident cartoonist Hoss over at Oddball Magazine.
Tonight: The Contro-Verse Open Mic at Urban Media Arts in Malden with Andrew Harrington
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.
More Things Seen
Anne Skove's latest comic reports on this year's Essex Art Walk. Read "She Who Laughs Lasts" now at Oddball Magazine.
Rats Out!
Thanks to poet Richard Spisak and artist Harmony Witte for giving us Monday's opening salvo at Oddball Magazine. Welcome to the week. Will we all be here by Friday?
Annoying Though of the Day
The morning commute is so much worse when you’ve been up for three hours prior to leaving.
Totally Shot
Wearing new shoes today for the next chapter. I wore these shoes for far longer than normal. Blame the blizzard. Can't even justify keeping these for dirty work.
My Monday Morning Music
Let's take this week to listen to new music and pretend I'm young. This is getting harder to do given that AI generated music is showing up on my front page. Some of it was mildly amusing "discovered classics" from the fifties, but now people are being quieter about the AI BS and I have to do some digging. At least this one is real.
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Being Funny
It's true! No real man
is inside a comics shop
when it's Mother's Day!
Note: Joking! I took this today after seeing my Mom.
Happy Mother's Day
Here's a shot from 2009 of Mom painting over a piece she and my aunt later sold at her Second Hand Sister's Storefront. Aspiring dealers take this lesson from my Mom: The color red sells faster.
Your Weekly Dose of God
Something different. I'm posting a picture of the "God Loves Trans People" banner found outside the Old South Church at Copley Square.
Saturday, May 09, 2026
ow It’s Going
Pretty good actually.
Finished all my morning errands.
Just have the afternoon and evening errands to worry about.
All good.
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 5-9-26
The sun's a depressed
worker, taking forever
worker, taking forever
to rise on weekend.
Tuesday's John Hancock
Took a walk down to Squares Kenmore and Copley on Tuesday. Wanted to take one last photo of the John Hancock (as I do) before something happens next week.
Friday, May 08, 2026
My Friday Evening Music
Tom Waits has a new song out with Massive Attack? Awesome! Happy weekend, everyone. Let's all try to stay alive so we can create more things while everyone else destroys.
Chapter 26
Steven David Justin Sills has a new chapter in his ethics treatise, and he's reunited with artist Richard Spisak. See them both now at Oddball Magazine.
Oddball Band Stand
Bruce Wise and his poem column Wise Words keeps Oddball Magazine going this Friday.
Back for a Little Bit
"Content Worming" is my latest micropoem for dadakuku. Thanks to editor and publisher petro c.k. It's good to be back.
Birdbrains Anthology Reading, Virtual Thursdays Dire Literary Series Plus Q and A with Timothy Gager, 5/7/26
Yesterday's Dire today. Hosted by Timothy Gager.
My Friday Morning Music
Kind of embarrassing to find out Sevendust came out with new music only to realize I never got into Sevendust as a band. Might as well start now.
Leopards Eating Faces Update!
Dave Chappelle is so pathetic, he has to rely on Michelle Obama to restore the credibility he himself destroyed over the last decade. He ate his own face and now regrets it.
Thursday, May 07, 2026
The Art of Zoom
Jacklyn Bookshester's depiction of last night's Stone Soup Zoom. Can you identify all the players? Also, do I really not smile that much?
Teacher Your Children Well
Read Anthony Robinson's poem about passing on terrible lessons in this week's edition of The Arts Fuse.
A Presence
James Van Looy is back again with his It's All One Thing poem column for Oddball Magazine. Have a good Thursday.
Harris Gardner Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 5-6-26
From this week's online gathering. The fifty-fifth anniversary celebration of Stone Soup's existence is underway! Join us!
Thanks, Harris!
Fifty five years and still here! Thanks to everyone who stopped by our anniversary kickoff last night, and thanks especially to Harris Gardner for being our kickoff feature. Be back next week as we continue with Steve Glines.
Wednesday, May 06, 2026
Must Run Away
I knew this day was going to suck.
I don't care. I knew I had tonight.
Stone Soup celebrates our fifty-fifth year as a poetry venue in a couple of hours.
Harris Gardner is our feature.
You should be part of the fun tonight.
Keeping with the Gray Tones
We're keeping with the color theme with a devastating pride poem by new author Aida Tsai nicely paired with artwork from Eric N. Peterson. Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this Wednesday. We'll see you later.
May 13: Steve Glines Comes Back from the Wilderness
Steve Glines was helping to organize Stone Soup Poetry (including its
website) when I first started going as an open micer and a feature.
Steve moved on to do his own things as an editor and publisher, and he
hasn't stopped yet.
Steve is one of the Stone Soup alum coming home for its fifty-fifth anniversary.
We hope you can celebrate with us this month.
Join us on Wednesday, May 13, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 856 1078 4868
Password: stonesoup
Come Here
Poetry by Michael Paul Kozlowsky has been paired with photography by Edward S. Gault for our morning salvo. We're starting Wednesday strong over at Oddball Magazine. Welcome aboard.
May Gets Warm
This month gives us a hot and feisty issue of North of Oxford thanks to Editors g emil reutter and Diane Sahms. Check out this month's poetry and reviews now. Consider submitting!
In Bloom
Doug Holder's Endicott College student poets cavalcade continues with Kye DeAngelis. Check her work out in this week's Lyrical Somerville courtesy of The Somerville Times.
Found at Northeastern University
If you're going to both sides an issue, this is one way to do it, I guess.
A Moment of Comics
I've been thinking about my mood as I'm about to get older, and this page with Suicida's rant from the first Marshal Law series collected under the title Marshal Law: Fear and Loathing. From the Epic Comics published Marshal Law #1, written Pat Mills with art by the late Kevin O'Neill.
American Haiku: GOP Gets On Their Knees
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: GOP Gets On Their Knees
After we fund ICE,
we need bulletproof east wing.
Operation Cradle Trump's Right [East Wing] Ball[room]!
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
This May I'll mark Stone Soup's fifty-fifth anniversary by featuring some of its lost friends. I'll start with John Wieners, who passed away in 2002. Here is his poem "Forthcoming," courtesy of Poets.org.
Tuesday, May 05, 2026
My Boston Fantasy
I don't begrudge the delivery workers, but the lunatics out there need to slow down or just walk.
To Pledge
Glad to have a photo of mine paired with the work of poet Scott T. Hutchison this 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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| Nice try... |
Hey
You're older than me. I get it.
What else do you have to make me think you have wisdom?
Do you have anything else?
Anything, you piece of sh-t?
If not, then get in back of the line.
I don't need to hear from you.
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