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.
Monday, April 20, 2026
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?
Friday, April 17, 2026
My Friday Evening Music
One more by Umar Bin Hassan. Probably going to listen to Holy Terror tonight.
Gone Fishing
My poem "Agassiz Well Done" is now part of the Four Feathers Press: Fish. Thanks for including me with many other new and old friends.
Making the Final Charge
We close the week out with our latest poet/artist feature, Oddball staple Robert Fleming. Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this week.
Finally Crawled Out of the Muck
I look like how I felt the past week. Hoping to get a haircut next week.
New Pace
Janet Cormier rings in the new spring feeling in this Friday's Bamboozled No More!
Read it now over at Oddball Magazine.
NaPoWriMo, Day Seventeen, Poem Seventeen
Let Me Down
Should know
beforehand.
Plans always
start and end
Leopards Eating Faces Update!
I could say, "All Catholics," but let's pick Riley Gaines this week for Doctor Trump's spectacular public dumping of her earlier this week.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Thoughts While Walking, 4-16-26
I know, only broke people listen to FM morning radio anymore, but please do better.
Post-Ruination
Gloucester poet James Cook graces The Arts Fuse this week with a poem for every week ever. Go read it now.
And Finally
To open and close our Thursday, here is James Van Looy's poem column.
Read It's All One Thing now at Oddball Magazine.
Ariel Alexander Fiore Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 4-15-26
From this week's online gathering. Introducing a a poet to a new audience is always a thrill every National Poetry Month.
Waving on By
A great night of poetry thanks to feature Ariel Alexander Fiore and everyone else who came out to watch and listen. We hope to see and hear more from him in the future. Come back next Wednesday as we feature poet Diane Sahms.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
I'm Surpised I Can Even Type This
Another tough Wednesday finished.
Wasn't sure I'd make it.
Come tonight for Ariel Alexander Fiore's feature.
It'll be good for all of us.
Today's Theme is Easy to Spot
Poet Emily Farber and photographer Edward S. Gault close out our Wednesday over at Oddball Magazine. Thanks for reading us this Wednesday.
Child's Eyes
Poet Claudia Wysocky and artist Beau Madden kicks off Wednesday at Oddball Magazine. We're glad you're here.
Letting the Students Play
Endicott College undergrad Braxton Crockett is this week's Lyrical Somerville feature, courtesy of The Somerville Times.
A Moment of Comics
If you're going to use rhyming verse in your comics, at least be consistent. The verse in The Evil of Oz goes from not rhyming to not rhyming then abandons it altogether. That frustrates me. An example of when it rhymes from The Evil of Oz. Written by Ryan Fuller with artwork by Sanjana Baijnath.
American Haiku: DOJ to J6ers
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: DOJ to J6ers
Attention Proud Boys:
Stand up, Stand by November.
Midterms coming. Midterms coming.
Your Wednesday Morning Poetry
People on my Facebook feed share poems all the time. ONe that really got to me was "The Committee Weighs In" by Andrea Cohen. Read it over at The Threepenny Review.
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
May Day Comes Early
Thanks to Patricia Carragon for including me in the May issue of Sense and Sensibility Haiku. Happy to have my work included with fifty five other poets under the issue's theme of Mother Earth's Rebirth.
Part Fourteen on the Fourteenth
Shipshape in a Sh-tstorm, Part Fourteen: What I Know. The last in this series Read it on my Patreon.
Heaven and Cats
Poet Charles Richard Livesay and artist Judith Beth Cohen make their Oddball Magazine debut this Tuesday.
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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| Perfect for National Poetry Month. |
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