Friday, April 24, 2026
My Friday Evening Music
The last King Missile spoken word piece for National Poetry Month. Heard this years ago on the late Yahoo Launch. Always remembered this.
Stone Soup Croutons, 4-8-26: Where do You Go Now?
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.
I haven't wanted to do these in a while.
I was enjoying writing other things for a while.
I was enjoying writing other things for a while.
I wondered if this was a worthwhile exercise.
I figured I would see by starting to do Crouton poems for National Poetry Month.
I enjoyed recapping the show. And then I didn't.
I don't have the energy to do admin work for a Zoom call and take notes for the poem.
It was easier live. AT least I had an excuse for not being able to take down everything.
Now I don't.
It's such a tedious process.
And did I haven't done something in a while, It's like ripping bones from my body.
I did it anyway. Here's what I came up with.
Thanks for reading.
Where do You Go Now?
A sex course is being offered
by a relative whose funeral
you attended. They say you
can please your partner
and a mistress you don't have.
Monday: The Contro-Verse Open Mic at Urban Media Arts in Malden with Shannon O'Connor
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.
Grab Those Last Pearls
Continuing our series of featured writer/artists with longime Oddball staple Jennifer Matthews. Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this week. Stay safe this weekend.
This Is Happening More
Soneone tried to follow and communicate with me on Bluesky posing as an anti-Trump wrestler using the above photo of Bayley, one of the most famous women wrestlers. Maybe it was just a random catfish, or maybe they connected with me due to my wrestling work. I don't know which is sadder.
Jennifer Bannan, Virtual Thursdays Dire Literary Series Plus Q and A with Timothy Gager, 4/23/26
Yesterday's Dire today. Hosted by Timothy Gager.
My Friday Morning Music
When I heard this King Missile track, I thought the lyrics inspired Rich Mackin's non-protest from over two decades ago. I asked Rich if he knew the track, and he said no. He's a punk guy, so I still believe him all these years later. Still...
Leopards Eating Faces Update!
I could just say "women" this week and end it there, but let's start with Lori Chavez-DeRemer, another of the women forced to leave Trump's administration. Trump throwing women under the bus (or under the dirt of his golf resorts) is so predictable, now Tulsi Gabbard is projected as being next on the chopping block. Between them, Riley Gaines last week, and Caitlyn Jenner a few days ago, it seems like Trump is taking his frustrations out on women to make himself feel better about Iran. And unlike Iran, Trump is winning that fight.
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Sick and Tired of It
Jesus f--king f--k. Why is The Face That Is the Space blocking my post for James Van Looy's poem column It's All One Thing today and making it less noticeable. I have guesses.
Madman Theory Foreign Policy
James Van Looy is back again with It's All One Thing, the longest running poem column to run in Oddball Magazine.
Diane Sahms Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 4-22-26
From this week's online gathering. A true night of experimental work. Pick up Diane's latest book, of an octopus: an archite|x|tural awareness of words, as soon as you can.
Goodbye, Philly!
Thanks to everyone who came out last night and special thanks to Diane Sahms for a fantastic feature. Be sure to buy her collection, of an octopus: an archite|x|tural awareness of words. Stay tuned for more Stone Soup News as we approach our fifty-fifth anniversary.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Why Am I Here?
Oh, yeah. I remember now.
I just have to last long enough to start Stone Soup Poetry.
This is going to be a different feature.
You should be a part of our virtual audience for this.
Final Burn
Returning contributors, poet Jim Bellamy and artist Digby Beaumont, give us today's closing post at Oddball Magazine. Thanks for reading us today. One more Wednesday to go for National Poetry Month!
The Crawl Begins
Poet Kaleigha Easterly and photographer Bonnie Matthews Brock unite to give us our first Wednesday post for Oddball Magazine. Welcome to the day.
More Student Time
Doug Holder features Irina Canute, another Endicott College student, in this week's Lyrical Somerville. Look at Irina's work now over at The Somerville Times.
A Moment of Comics
I miss being able to just sit down and read poetry. In this week's entry, non-breakout character Feron enjoys (off-page) a lesser=known poem by William Butler Yeats in the Alan Davis helmed Excalibur #48. Written and penciled by Davis with inks by Mark Farmer.
American Haiku: Trump Recites Scripture from Memory
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 Recites Scripture from Memory
I am me and you
love me and you love me and
you all think I'm Jesus!
NaPoWriMo, Day Twenty-Two, Poem Twenty-Two
You're an Emotional Landfill
Behold. Another trauma dump
Why else are you around people
if not to catalog their sins.
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
I'll spend this week and next focusing on poets who are no longer with us. Today, let us read "A Poem for Happy Endings" by the late Charles Coe. Thanks to Solstice Literary Magazine.
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Come In
Poet Alec Solomitta returns as does artist Edward Michael Supranowicz, paired up once again for 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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| It would have been a lot cooler if I saw this on a Friday. |
NaPoWriMo, Day Twenty-One, Poem Twenty-One
Adding Red Flags
on Dating Profile
Never been
smart enough
to know when
somebody
More Bloom
More plants coming out ahead of the hydrangea. Makes me wonder if we'll get blueberries this year.
News from the Front, 4-21-26
Not going from sick to canceled. Sorry. Let Carder Anderson do this one.
Monday, April 20, 2026
Finally
Some seeds we planted around the stump of our tree that had to go are now growing. More to come?
In with the New
Jacklyn Bookshester is not only new blood but our next writer/artist feature for National Poetry Month for Oddball Magazine today.
Do Marvel Movies Have Such Prep Time?
Anne Skove's comic made me audibly laugh. Read her latest "She Who Laughs Lasts" over at Oddball Magazine.
Tired
Glad to have a photo with a poem by Jason Youngclaus to kick off the week at Oddball Magazine. Hey, you made it to this week! Good luck!
Last Month
I took an older camera to the No Kings protest back in March. Something that used a card for storage. Practiced on the John Hancock Tower. Happy with the results.
This Week's Friendly Reminder
I like whoever this guy is. He's been putting this stickers all over the city.
My Monday Morning Music
I remember being in college and reading about John S Hall, the lead vocalist of King Missile, and how he read at open mics and with Allen Ginsberg. There was a history of controversy with his "Detachable Penis song at my undergrad, but I'm going to feature the real gem on the band's Happy Hour album. I would love to perform this on an open mic.
Sunday, April 19, 2026
Flashback
Can't make it out to my Mom's this Sunday. As a consolation prize to myself, here's a photo from September 2, 2019 of my Mom and Smokey, who's doing his best impersonation of a potato sack.
Your Weekly Dose of God
Also took this on the way home from the Saint Patrick's Day parade. This was right next to this previously mentioned cross. A year ago when I took this picture, I wondered if the cross and the "Drugs Are The Devil" message were connected. Now I'm sure they are done by the same person or group of people.
Saturday, April 18, 2026
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 4-18-26
Go look at the trees.
Same f--king trees as before,
but a new day, right?
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