Chad Parenteau: Poet For Hire

James Van Looy from this past Saturday at his weekly rally in the common, along with his Peace Labyrinth drawn in chalk.  

A photo I took on the way home. Using this for the blog's new header. 

"The Glory Bus" is just one of the many kids books offered up at the #letusworship gathering back at the beginning of Pride Month...

I'm used to seeing religious demonstrators for Jesus in the Boston common on weekends, but not a concert outside the State House like I ...

This Sunday, I went over to Boston Common to try and take a better photo of the Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King memorial by Hank W...

    Maybe I can go out and finally get a decent shot of this sculpture.

Took photos of this person at last Monday's pro-Israel rally on Boston Common. I guess every demonstration has to have their own shaman ...

On Saturday, I got to see the sculpture dedicated to Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King. It's impressive, but I wish I had bette...

 From last week: James Van Looy doing his sidewalk labyrinth in Boston Common.

  No good photos or film of fireworks from Boston Common. Couldn't get close enough. Left to filming the last of the salvo from afar (wh...

What has happened since we have gathered on this hill, backs collectively turned?

Held this sign for a bit during this past Saturday's protest across from the State House. I almost didn't want to post this b...

More art from the common that day. This message has been stated her before, but not quite like this.

Found this in the Common a couple of weeks ago. All information is useful even if  never applied!

Wisdom from city can only travel by chalk, trampled underfoot.

One of the many chalk messages that get scrawled on the ground every weekend around Park Street and the common.

Took a lot of cloud shots this past week. Just because I could. Seemed right to do a poem with one of those pictures. Rules for the...

Man in wheelchair asks for spare change. You double back, wait for his return.

Post Stone Soup.

Sun sets on common, and the church bell will toll on for those who remain.