Wednesday, May 13, 2026
The Sooner It Ends, the Better I'll Feel
Tonight will be better. Join us in a few hours for Stone Soup Poetry's feature Steve Glines. It will be a great night.
It Is Spring, Isn't It?
Poet Vivian Walman-Randall closes us off with a very seasonal poem with the help of photography by Jury S. Judge. Thanks for joining us this Wednesday at Oddball Magazine. See you next time.
Writing on the Weekends is a Privilege
Who relaxes anymore? Just write whenever you can! Even if it's micropoetry, which I do a lot of now.
May 20: Meg Smith Casts a Stone Soup Spell
Meg Smith has been a longtime friend of Stone Soup. She's featured multiple times and even danced for us when there was a fundraiser for the late and lamented Out of the Blue Art Gallery back in the day.
We're glad she's coming back on May 20 to keep our month-long anniversary party going.
If you haven't joined us yet, we hope you do so before our anniversary month ends.
Join us on Wednesday, May 20, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 817 6566 1275
Password: stonesoup
Protect Us from Fails
Poet Sara Stegen and photographer Jennifer Matthews kick off a new Wednesday at Oddball Magazine. Thanks for being here.
Another Rhyming Chemist
Keith Tornheim, the first rhyming scientist I've read since Mala Radhakrishna, is this week's feature in Doug Holder's Lyrical Somerville column in The Somerville Times.
A Super Bonus Moment of Comics
The Liefeld Guy, whose art I haven't seen since 2024, is back on Centre Street.
A Moment of Comics
My mood now that I'm a little bit older? A bit more like the character in Jay Lynch's cover for Art Spiegelman and Bill Griffith's Arcade #6.
American Haiku: Trump's Blunder Dome
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's Blunder Dome
Don't you get it yet?
When I way "Golden Dome" I
mean a floating dome made entirely of gold!
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
Joanna Nealon, the woman I dubbed the matriarch of Stone Soup Poetry, passed away in November. Though her books are still available to buy online, almost none of her poems are published online in journals. None except the ones I published in the old Stone Soup adjacent journal Spoonful years ago. Read "Narcissus Speaks" and
"Spring Again" in issue #4.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
I Finally Amounted to Something (sorta)
There's a Rodney Dangerfield documentary that came out after he died. Harold Ramis is interviewed about directing Caddyshack and giving Dangerfield his breakout role in the film.
Dangerfield was so fish out of water he didn't even realize what it meant when "Action!" was called on set. According to Ramis, "by the end of the shoot, he finished the scene and he came over to me he said 'I guess I'm an actor.'"
News from the Front PSA, 5-12-26
I forgot with the GVS clip was about. Something about winning in Iran I think.
Locked and Torn
Pay attention, folks! Jason Wright's Jagged Thought poem column is ready to read at Oddball Magazine.
Birdbrained
The duo of poet Susan Isla Tepper and photographer Glenn Bowie reunite for another 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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| This is a guest WiFi. Is the original Go love you...dead? |
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.
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