Monday, February 23, 2026
Do You Know?
Poet Lynn White and photography Jack Marty are back for the three o'clock spot on Oddball Magazine.
Missed Valentine's Day?
Anne Skove has your back with her comic for this week. Read "She Who Laughs Lasts" now at Oddball Magazine.
We Made It
Eventually we made it to our Panama City destination and the girlfriend was able to feel warmth for a short while. Sure, we're back in the blizzard now, but she'll be happy we have proof we were warm last week. Right?
Last Week's Adventure, Continued
And then we came to find out that they moved the gate and never told us. So we missed our flight. Who knew that Ronald Reagan airport would lie to us?!?
The Frogs Come Out
Glad to have my photography paired with a poem about the latest protest fad by Kaleb Wilson. Monday and the new week marches on at Oddball Magazine.
Oh, Yeah, the Storm
In case my vacation photos and videos from last week are confusing you, make no mistake. I'm home and stuck commuting in the current storm. Back in Panama City, there were days so overcast with fog, I called them undercast, overcast to the point that the obstruction looks like it's coming up from the ground rather than from the sky. This is undercast on a whole other level.
Just So You Know
So two Sundays ago, my girlfriend and I headed out to Panama City, Florida for the week. I sent this photo to my Mom before we took off from Boston with the caption "The view!" Clearly my view got better. This week I'll be sharing TikTok videos I was filming throughout the trip. I had fun.
Getting Closer
The "Why?" graffiti from the person I dubbed Why Guy (not my intention to misgender you) still has this piece of graffiti up about nine years later. Hope it lasts until it's tenth anniversary even as it looks like America won't last past it's 250th.
My Monday Morning Music
Guitarist and songwriter Greg Brown of Cake and writing of the band's penultimate song "The Distance" passed away last week. I'll be focusing on that song today and will look at other songs he penned.
Sunday, February 22, 2026
The Silence Before the Storm
Going out to shovel ahead of the snowfall.
Have to move back the piles we have so the new snow has somewhere to go.
The snow wall by our driveway is too high.
I hope this storm turns out to be overhyped.
But I doubt that will be the case.
Old Friends
Another photo of LUCCI in honor of his birthday. Seen here with Toni Bee after his feature on December 9, 2013. There are people I need to contact today.
LUCCI Performs a Poem as Adam Sandler's "The Waterboy"
From the poet's feature on December 19, 2013. LUCCI was not afraid to be disturbing or just silly in his work. This is one of the latter examples, published on the second birthday since his passing.
Your Weekly Dose of God
People leave religious pamphlets at my job all the time. To leave a Valentine's Day themed pamphlet for February and a pamphlet with Abraham Lincoln on its cover so close to Presidents Day seems less like the actions of benevolent pilgrims and more like crude marketing techniques from an institution.
Saturday, February 21, 2026
March 4: Stone Soup Takes You to the Stratusfier
Arthur "Stratusfier" Williams has been a good friend to Stone Soup
Poetry. I've wanted to get him back, but I got in my own way.
Fortunately, I'm used to being my own worst enemy and finally got him
back for 2026. Arthur will be kicking off the month of March. I hope you'll all be in attendance for his performance.
Join us on Wednesday March 4 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 898 1226 2346
Password: stonesoup
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 2-21-26
Almost ran out of
things you could say about snow,
but now it's heavy!
but now it's heavy!
Friday, February 20, 2026
A Timely Eulogy
Luis Lázaro Tijerina has a poem on the ongoing death of art in a special post over at Oddball Magazine. Thanks for reading us this week.
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.
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Get That Selfie
James Van Looy was right about everything.
I don't mean that in a facetious way.
Read It's All One Thing now at Oddball Magazine.
Off the Grid
I'll be busy for most of the day.
I'll be hopefully posting my newsletter later tonight.
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Cold Water
Poet Chris Mansel and photographer close out Wednesday at Oddball Magazine. Thanks for reading. Hope you keep visiting us.
Like a Serpent's Tongue
Poet Shawn Scott Smith and artist Thomas Riesner kick off Wednesday at Oddball Magazine. Thanks for stopping by.
Never Retire
A Moment of Comics
I've been bad highlighting black creators for Black History Month. Today, I'm featuring the opening page from the biography comic Prince: Alter Ego by the late writer Dwayne McDuffie and pencils by Denys B. Cowan, who is still working today.
American Haiku: Trump State of the Union Leaked
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 State of the Union Leaked
Trump (no Epstein) Trump
Trump Trump (kill brown people) Trump
Trump (no one gets to vote) Trumpy Trump.
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
Thanks to the Poetry Foundation site for Evie Shockley's poem, "Sex Trafficking Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl in the USA (or, The Nation’s Plague in Plain Sight)."
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Most Exquisite
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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