Monday, April 13, 2026
NaPoWriMo, Day Thirteen, Poem Thirteen
Early Mourning
Money squawks,
bulls spread
piping presents
across homeland.
No Blinking
We kick off the second full week of our writer/artist features with long-time contributor Glenn Bowie over at Oddball Magazine.
Tonight: The Contro-Verse Open Mic at Urban Media Arts in Malden with Locke Ironwood
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.
Artist Ailments
A fun one for National Poetry Month by cartoonist Anne Skove. Read "She Who Laughs Lasts" has arrived over at Oddball Magazine.
Going Crackers
Mike Mesterton-Gibbons with a soup of verse for Monday at Oddball Magazine. Welcome to the week! Hope we live through it.
April 15: Ariel Alexander Fiore Features at Stone Soup Poetry
Ariel Alexander Fiore started sharing poems and correspondence as well as hitting our open mic. Make a Note: That's how you get a gig in my poetry scene. Join us as Mr. Fiore has his first Stone Soup Poetry feature on the fifteenth. Thanks for him for helping me keep the features going on National Poetry Month.
Join us on Wednesday, April 15, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 893 5204 1558
Password: stonesoup
Twig and Mom
Took Mom out for her birthday on Saturday. Saw her and Twig in the backyard having a rare moment of calm. Felt bad that I spoiled it with my arrival.
Sunday, April 12, 2026
NaPoWriMo, Day Twelve, Poem Twelve
In MAGAchusetts
Parents'
basements,
children
downstairs
draw their
numbers
Where the Magic Once Happened
The one barely cleaned up area of my bedroom and workplace that served as the official Freak Machine Press "headquarters" from 2006 to somewhere around 2018. I finally got rid of my oversized desk and settled for a folding table. On the table is the last desktop computer I might ever own, having since switched to a series of laptops. Ironically, with the exception of one chapbook, much of my writing was done anywhere but that room. This spot was reserved for my video work whether it was editing Stone Soup videos or making movies of my sister's pug, Smokey. Only in recent years have I gotten a good deal of writing done in what is now my actual home. I'd love to switch back to a desktop in the future. I don't have the hands for smaller devices and tinier screens.
Your Weekly Dose of God
I had only seen this cross graffiti in Mattapan, but just over a year later I found it again in South Boston while walking home from the Saint Patrick's Day parade.
Saturday, April 11, 2026
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 4-11-26
Looking up at sky
while putting off weekend chores.
Clouds, not judgements, pass.
Friday, April 10, 2026
My Friday Morning Music
Not as much music this week. But at least we have Patti Smith reading a Sylvia Plath poem to close the day out.
Final for Friday
Luis Lázaro Tijerina is next in our series of featured writer/artists. Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this week.
Reach Forward
Janet Cormier's latest Bamboozled No More! poem column is up now at Oddball Magazine. We have now reached Friday. Congratulations, everyone.
John Compton, Virtual Thursdays Dire Literary Series Plus Q and A with Timothy Gager, 12/18/25
Yesterday's Dire today. Hosted by Timothy Gager.
Leopards Eating Faces Update!
I'm spoiled for choices this week, but the winner this week is Alex Jones. He finally realized that you can't be a Doomsday crier if Doomsday actually happens!
Thursday, April 09, 2026
Mu-Oh-Ah
James Van Looy returns with It's All One Thing. Read his poem column now at Oddball Magazine.
Jason Wright Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 4-8-26
From this week's online gathering. Birthday boy Jason Wright comes home to Stone Soup and does us right with new work.
Hello, Poetry
Thanks to Jason Wright for helping Stone Soup Poetry finally kick off National Poetry Month. Stay tuned for more Stone Soup news!
Wednesday, April 08, 2026
Done and Done and Get Out of My Way!
The dumb work is done.
The real work begins tonight.
Come to Stone Soup Poetry tonight.
Yesterday's birthday boy Jason Wright is tonight's feature.
Hope to see you in our virtual audience.
Rough Water
The theme for today could be called guarded optimism. I think Jennifer Gurney's poem mixed with Bonnie Matthews Brock's photography makes this pretty clear. Thanks for reading Oddball Magazine this Wednesday. We do this for you.
To My Stone Soupers
The last issue of Stone's Throw was released in December 2024.
I wanted to do a sequel to the Democracy Benefit Issue from years before.
I've changed my mind.
The theme for the new issue is "Please Do Not Put Epstein Files in the Toilet."
Who's with me? Who wants to submit.
Out in the Open
Poet David Anson Lee and photographer Jennifer Matthews kick off Wednesday at Oddball Magazine. Thanks for stopping by. I'm scrambling to put everything together.
Celebrating April
Editors g emil reutter and Diane Sahms have created a special issue of North of Oxford this April to celebrate National Poetry Month. Read this month's collection of poetry and reviews right now.
The Day the Babies Die
Elizabeth S. Wolf commemorates the Sandy Hook massacre in this week's Lyrical Somerville. Read Doug Holder's weekly feature over at The Somerville Times.
Took a Closer Look
Went to Brookline on Saturday and took a look at this piece of graffiti again.
I filmed it for a TikTok I'll post later. Turns out there was more to it.
A Moment of Comics
I read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight before college for personal enjoyment. It helped me appreciate what writer Walt Simonson was doing with Thor and his final fight with Jormungand the World Serpent, his writing style emulating an epic poem. From Thor #380, words and breakdown by living legend Simonson with finishes by the recently departed Sal Buscema.
Behind
Was so engrossed in other projects yesterday that I forgot to post something for NaPoWriMo. I'm hopefully fixing this today. No, the haiku below this don't count.
American Haiku: Daddy Does Diplomacy
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: Daddy Does Diplomacy
You agree to peace
right after I declare it
or I'll take out my genocide belt again!
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
Thanks to TikTocker and YouTuber Kaelin for posting this Instagram post by Lucas Jones. Read "This country is an abusive parent" on his page. Or you can listen to it in a video version I found on Reddit.
Tuesday, April 07, 2026
Four Hours Left
"Complete and Total" is my latest Truth Social blackout poem--and yes, it's based on THAT post--up now at Medium.
World Grown Mean
Jason Wright is back with his Jagged Thought poem column. Read his latest now at Oddball Magazine.
That Simple
Jeff Weddle with more timely poetry with help from protest photographer Jack Marty. Happy(?) 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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| Sure is feeling like it, my Fimbulwinter jokes aside. |
Thoughts While Walking, 4-7-26
Sure, let’s do one of these when I’m tired and coming down from a cold. I’m pissed.
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