Wednesday, August 05, 2026
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.
Cafe Lit
Barbara Reynolds is this week's poet in Doug Holder's Lyrical Somerville column. Read her now over at The Somerville Times.
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
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."
Tuesday, August 04, 2026
For the Love of the Bomb
Ryan Michael Fauber makes his Oddball debut with the help of returning photographer Glenn Bowie. Welcome to 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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| Starting a meth lab at home seems like a sound career choice today. |
Monday, August 03, 2026
You'll Laugh When You're Older
Anne Skove with another comic about age. Read "She Who Laughs Lasts" now at Oddball Magazine.
Uh...
Mike Mesterton-Gibbons says it's not what you think! He kicks off Monday at Oddball Magazine. Welcome to the week!
Found Art
A part of the MSPCA wall with artwork of flags from the Dominican Republic and Cape Verde. Very curious as to how and why these were put up.
This Week's Friendly Reminder
You can still contribute locally. Click here to sign a petition and help protect the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain.
My Monday Morning Music
Feeling very Canadian this week. And so, a journey of Canadian musicians starting with Rush.
Sunday, August 02, 2026
Last Look Until Next Week
Dropped off posters at the Community Church of Boston for next week's Boston Poetry Marathon. Took my first shot of the John Hancock Tower this summer. I'll be back soon.
Classic Girlfriend
Ask what the hell is wrong with me without asking what the hell is wrong with me. A photo of me and my girlfriend from 2022 in front of the Moulin Rouge tourist trap in Paris. I don't know what I did for her eyes to start drilling into my soul at that moment, but I had to have done something! Where will we go next, and what will I do to deserve another drilling gaze into my core being?
Your Weekly Dose of God
Bagpipes playing for a wedding at Saint Mary of The Assumption in Brookline.
Saturday, August 01, 2026
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 8-1-26
The rest of your life
begins with your first step out
under hateful sun.
Friday, July 31, 2026
Stone Soup Croutons, 7-29-26: Answer Calmly
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.
Recent witch hunt news colored this poem a bit.
Thanks for reading.
Answer Calmly
a future court date. They ask you
where you were in America when
crimes in other countries were being
committed. What scent do you recall
Leopards Eating Faces Update!
Now Alex Jones is calling for the impeachment of Trump.
This would be his ultimate "What have I done?" reaction.
Problem is, he can never blame himself.
This is more his "What have they done to me?" reaction.
He is only now viewing the atrocity of his own half-eaten face.
Truthfully? I think he gnawed most of it off himself.
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Better Late Than Never
James Van Looy has a short poem for this week's It's All One Thing poem column.
Oddball Magazine thanks you for your patience.
Entropy Marches On
For the first time in over a decade, James Van Looy's poem column It's All One Thing will not be published in Oddball Magazine today, maybe not until next week.
On the surface level, it's a computer issue.
Personally, I blame the ongoing decline of the world.
Diana Saenz Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 7-29-26
From this week's online gathering. A great time had by all as Diana reminded us why she featured live at Stone Soup so many times.
Goodbye, July
Thanks to Diana Saenz for a wonderful feature to close out July. We will be taking the first week of August off but hope to announce the first feature of August soon.
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