Thursday, February 12, 2026
So There We Have It
James Van Looy shows you what's in plain sight with this week's poem column. Read It's All One Thing now over at Oddball Magazine.
Richard Spisak Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 2-11-26
From this week's online gathering. Hope you got some chuckles from Richard's special performance.
Thanks, Richard
I really appreciate Richard Spisak cominb back from illness to deliver the Stone Soup feature he promised. Seek out his books if only to distract yourselves while I go away and take a week off from Stone Soup and return on the 25th for Jules Nyquist.
Tempted
Sometimes I'll just want to post on Facebook, "Will you f--kers stop smelling your farts with this 365 poem-a-day blog thing? "
I stop myself, but the temptation grows greater every year.
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Won't Have to Do This For a Little Bit
I'll be on vacation next week. Before that happens, join me tonight for Richard Spisak's Stone Soup feature later tonight. Let's get two Wednesdays of fun in.
Beatdowns and Body Counts
Now we end the day with relevant poetry by Lukas Flippo with artwork by Edward S. Gault. Thanks for reading Oddball Magazine. Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you come back soon.
Little Men
It's a darker mix in the waters today. We start with poet Salvatore Difalco and artist Mark Blickley this Wednesday at Oddball Magazine. Welcome and thanks for reading.
An Abundance of Poetry
The February issue of North of Oxford is chock full of poetry, which includes the anthology And So This is Winter... Check it out now and thanks to g emil reutter and Diane Sahms for the extra work.
Other Saint’s Day
A Moment of Comics
For Valentine's Day week, I want to feature something from a love comic. What else could it be but one of my favorite pages from Saga #1. Written by Brian K. Vaughan with artwork by Fiona Staples.
American Haiku: Kid Rock's Lips Move
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: Kid Rock's Lips Move
I did not lip synch
while Trump sang "Bawitdaba"
on a mic behind the curtain!
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
Aside from the poem I featured last week, I couldn't find any poems online about Jeffrey Epstein written by women. That's really messed up. So I decided to feature a poet who has always written about women.
Read "black curses as songs" by Jamailla VanDyke-Bailey over at Open: Journal of Arts and Letters.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Dripping Venom
Poet John Street III and artist Edward Michael Supranowicz give us something raw for this 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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| How many MAGA people did this name piss off? |
Monday, February 09, 2026
AIeeeeeeeee!
John Roche's latest poem shows us that not only is the future horrific, it will talk back to you. Read it now at Oddball Magazine.
Tonight: The Contro-Verse Open Mic at Urban Media Arts in Malden with Finn Flood
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.
Prepare Yourself
Anne Skove gives us a very appropriate Valentine's Day comic for the year. Read "She Who Laughs Lasts" at Oddball Magazine.
Blink and You'll Miss It!
"Hit My Cue" is my first hundred-word micromemoir published in the journal Five Minutes. Thanks to the editorial staff for accepting my work.
This One's for the Birds
This week our resident acrostic poet tells tail of smart birds. Welcome to a brand new Monday at Oddball Magazine.
So That Happened Last Night
Drake Maye was made out to be the next Tom Brady. Instead he got Drew Bledsoed.
My Monday Morning Music
More new music this week. First we start with the first new Def Leppard single in many a year.
Sunday, February 08, 2026
The Wait is Over: Richard Spisak at Stone Soup on February 11
It's happening. After weeks of escaping from the jaws of illness, Richard Spisak returns to feature at Stone Soup Poetry on February 11.
Get ready for new work, dark humor and more than a few words about how the world is working today.
Join us on Wednesday February 11 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 851 3035 3958
Password: stonesoup
The Little-Known Goba Related Chapbook
Songs of Innocence and Sam Adams was a collaborative chapbook between Friends of Poetry comrades Ron Goba and Prabakar T. Rajan. This was given out as part of a special Stone Soup Poetry benefit held at Doyle's Cafe in Jamaica Plain on May 20, 2012.
Sadly, Prabakar wasn't able to make it back from India to the states for the event. Fortunately, Tom Daley tagged in and recited Prabakar's poems alongside Ron. It was a fun event, and I regret not being able to organize more readings like this when Ron was still alive.
My girlfriend designed the cover for the collection, which was especially generous of her given that I planned the event to take place the same weekend as her birthday. I've learned since.
She always like this cover and how the placement of the photos made it look like that Ron's arm was comically extra long.
They are planning a tribute for Ron Goba for National Poetry Month. I plan to make more copies of this collection (and possibly more!) for this event. For those who can't make it, I will gladly pass on a PDF file.
Your Weekly Dose of God
I love when so-called ministers berate others for not knowing about our military when they haven't been military for years. Also, I love the idea that a former flunky can read the mind of a madman and his cronies
Saturday, February 07, 2026
My Saturday Haiku for Bluesky, 2-7-26
Afternoon surprise,
today's winter haiku blows
right into my face.
Friday, February 06, 2026
Stone Soup Croutons, 1-28-26: What Old Men Do 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.
Brian Mosher featured two weeks ago. Our first feature of 2026. It led to an interesting poem borne of poems of senseless loss and mourning.
Catching up, so I'm posting this quick and thanking Brian for his reading. You should go back and listen.
Thanks for reading.
What Old Men Do Now
Start screaming to find
a place on the map
before they wake.
a place on the map
before they wake.
Too old for Hot
Tamales, old enough to
remember Cool Kids.
My Friday Evening Music
It starts out promising, but the phrase "Let There Be Shred" sounds like something out of a Spinal Tap album. Hopefully their fans will go for it.
Tonight: First Fridays Youth Open Mic with Jasper Crystal Wizard
Held at the First Baptist Church on 633 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain. Doors open at 7:00. Click here for more info.
Monday: The Contro-Verse Open Mic at Urban Media Arts in Malden with Finn Flood
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.
Keep It Safe
Janet Cormier wishes for a warmer Friday with this week's Bamboozled No More! is up at Oddball Magazine.
Searching
Looking for more inspiration.
More words. More poems.
I feel like I wrote more when I was tired.
Leopards Eating Faces Update!
This week it's the rest of the people turning against Trump who are getting nothing out of their last minute face turns because it's too little too late.
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