Happy Birthday, Ari Whipple

 

Future Bestseller!

In response to a reel I made, Ari Whipple made this mock book cover. Thanks, Ari!

A Piece of Protest

Poet Ari Whipple returns to kick off Monday with the help of photographer Edward S. Gault. Welcome the new week and all its horrors in with the help of Oddball Magazine. 

Technical Difficulties, Upgraded

The graphic/meme I made yesterday got upgraded by Ari Whipple. I'll be using this soon I hope. Thanks for the permission, Ari.

Stone Soup Croutons, 2-26-25: Let the Left Behind Leave Behind

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.

Megha Sood's feature made me be positive for once. I appreciate that. I hope you listen to her feature and preorder her newest collection.   

I appreciate being slightly more positive to salute Megha's work and how she persevered with writing and sharing forums during the early days of the pandemic and beyond.

It's also silly, but that comes with merging unlikely images together. 

If it makes me laugh, I'm good. It's what gets me through as a failed humorist.

Thanks for reading.

 

Let the Left Behind Leave Behind

 

We can live in the ocean,

water ballet for our supper,

boil lobster and special sauce

under a ever closing-in sun.  

Stone Soup Croutons, 2-12-25: Do the Lifetime Dance

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.

Ari Whipple's feature was phenomenally fun. I could listen to this feature again and again in spite of my annoying voice.

 

The title is stolen from Ari's poem "I Do the Lifetime Dance," one of the poems they read.  I used a No Doubt reference at the end based on a quick chat we had on Bluesky.

 

Was going to add a swear word I don't normally use. I used the F and P words instead, so you can guess what I omitted.

 

 With the way we're going these days, the word I dropped might be made more commonplace for the wrong reasons. 

The F word seems more rebellious given our sexless, godless religious right.

 

To paraphrase Bill Hicks (who also was into aliens and professed to meeting some), if the word "f--k'"

bothers you, I can only imaging how much f--king bothers you.

 

I had fun doing this, regardless of the overall quality. 

Thanks for reading.

 

Do the Lifetime Dance

 

Aliens will be stumped to warn us 

all, only to find out we already knew.

 

Cats gone underground, tired of being

confused with the other kind of pussy.

Ari Whipple Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 2-12-25

From this week's online gathering. Ari Whipple describes their work as not unlike a 90's grunge to it. I find a very pop love song vibe to their poems. Part Mother Love Bone, part Abra Moore? I got nothing else... Anyway, read the author's work for free and maybe leave a tip at their Ko-fi site. 

 

 

Bye, Ari!

Thanks to Ari Whipple for an amazing feature. Be sure to read their works for free (and maybe leave a tip) over at their Ko-fi site.  I appreciate everyone coming out to hear it. Stay tuned for more Stone Soup news!

Must Go

Heading home to prep for Ari Whipple's Stone Soup feature. You should join us.

Only Hours Away!

At long last, Ari Whipple feature this evening at Stone Soup Poetry. 

In Just a Couple of Days

Ari Whipple will feature at Stone Soup Poetry Can't wait. 

Who Am I Waving To?

Another Wednesday, another all-open mic. Thanks to everyone who came out for last night's gathering. I hope you all come back next week for Ari Whipple's feature. 

Good News

Ari Whipple is our first Stone Soup feature for February. 

February 12: Ari Whipple with All the Love That's Left in the World

Ari Whipple was one of Stone Soup Poetry's MVPs on the open mic. I love their contributions and have wanted them to feature for a while. This month, we have our chance as Ari headlines Stone Soup's virtual podium on February 12. Finally, some place to vent your Valentine's Day week anxiety!

Join us on Wednesday February 12 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 813 3708 0372

Password: stonesoup 

Happy Birthday, Ari Whipple

 

 

Issue 8 of Stone's Throw Released Just in Time

The "Unalive the Algorithm" issue is out just in time to wish 2024 a very happy Y2K! Featuring the writings of Mark States, Jon Wesick, Robert Fleming, Ari Whipple, Richard Spisak, Edward S. Gault, Katharine Schulz, Shannon O’Connor, R.M. Engelhardt and Luis Lázaro Tijerina. Cover art by David House and additional art by Robert Fleming.

Available for download here.

 

Victory Lap

So glad that Ari Whipple understands the assignment. Her poem is the perfect ending to The Christmas Wars. I only hope my photo passes muster. Thank you for reading The Christmas Wars at Oddball Magazine. 

Stone's Throw Issue #7 Out Now!

"Aim for the Thoughts and Prayers" is an issue years in the making ('bout time). Featuring poetry by Ari Whipple, Edward S. Gault, Rich Boucher, Shannon O’Connor, Erik Nelson, Noah Berlatsky, Luis Lázaro Tijerina, David P. Miller, Gary Duehr and Tony Brown. Cover illustration by David House, back cover poem and illustration by R.M. Engelhardt and additional artwork by Geoffrey Fallon and Luis Lázaro Tijerina.

 
Available for download here.

Edit: Reuploaded the issue to fix the cover. 

Open the Gate!

Thanks to Ari Whipple for including my work in the Winter 2024 issue of her zine Gate of Dawn. Good to be included with such poets as Dan Provost, Howie Good, John Dorsey and others. Click here to purchase a PDF copy and a bonus music mix by Krushwax! 

Fall Came Late (or early?)

Over the weekend, I got my copies of the fall issue of Ari Whipple's zine Gate of Dawn. Ask her for a copy and ask a bout the upcoming winter issue. Also, consider buying their latest book.