Happy Birthday, Coleen T. Houlihan

 

Happy Birthday, Coleen T. Houlihan

 

 

Happy Birthday, Coleen T. Houlihan

 

 

Happy Birthday, Coleen T. Houlihan

 

 

Breaking Through to the End

Coleen T. Houlihan returns with a wonderful closing poem with nice imagery by Jennifer Matthews. Thank you for reading Oddball Magazine this Wednesday.

People I'm Glad I Reconnected With in 2021: Coleen Houlihan

I hadn't seen Coleen since her baby shower over a decade ago. She was one of my favorites when I was hosting Stone Soup in the early aughties. To have her both come back and kill it on the mic for her feature was so sweet.

Happy Birthday, Coleen T. Houlihan

 

Another Return

Let's welcome back Coleen T. Houlihan back to the ranks of the published! She has one of those all too timely poems I keep on running into, and we're pairing her with photography by Ed Gault. Hope you're enjoying Oddball Magazine today.

SAFE DISTANCE EDITION - Stone Soup Croutons, 3-31-21: Mom Says

Stone Soup Croutons is a weekly poem I write using lines and impressions picked 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 an award nominated book out now collecting the best of my first year of poems. Click here to purchase it. 

Coleen Houlihan came back at last! It was a marvelous reading that did a lot to complement the fact that it was the end of Women's History Month. I tried to incorporate that theme into my poem. 

It's usually a warning sign when I try to speak for a group, let alone a marginalized one, but it would have been dishonest to not make an attempt and honor Coleen's work.

This week marks the first time in forever that I've been able to write a crouton poem while the feature was happening. This means it's been "finished" in my journal since Wednesday night. I wanted to make sure it was done early because of National Poetry Writing Month and the added work from that challenge. I'm glad I had a day to sit with it. Hopefully, it's better for the time I let it breathe. Thanks for reading.

Mom Would Say

 

Walk a millennium 

in your mother's shoes.

Too small for your feet, 

 

they took colossus steps

past each man who grasped

their own side of the road.

Wait, How Are There TWO Ed Gaults Waving?

Thanks to Coleen Houlihan for last night's wonder feature. You can thank her via a PayPal payment to coleenthoulihan@gmail.com. Come back next week as we kick off our National Poetry Month features with John Roche. 

No Time to Waste

I'm running behind even when I'm trying to get ahead. I'll still be ready for Coleen T. Houlihan's feature tonight. I hope to see your name in the virtual audience tonight. 

Tonight! Tonight! Tonight!

Coleen T. Houlihan comes back to Stone Soup Poetry. 

Coming This Wednesday

Let's close out March this Wednesday with Coleen T. Houlihan. 

Respect Our Oddball Wave

 

Thanks to Jason Wright for serving as part feature, part friend of poetry, part wacky morning host for last night's Stone Soup. Come back next week as we close out March with the return of Coleen T. Houlihan.

At the End of the Month

Coleen T. Houlihan features on March 31. 

March 31: Coleen T. Houlihan Comes Home to Stone Soup

 

Coleen Houlihan is a longtime friend, poetic colleague and multiple Stone Soup feature. She's been gone for a while, far away from Massachusetts. Fortunately, in the new world, poets don't need to be in the same room anymore, and a reunion is around the corner. Join us on March 31 as we end the month with Coleen's long-awaited return. I've missed her voice for a long time, and it's going to be nice to finally bring it back to our home.

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