Happy Birthday, John Roche

 

 

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. 

Hardly Merited

John Roche tosses a poem on Dick Cheney's grave. Regular cartoonist Hoss provides a fitting comic. Check out both at Oddball Magazine. 

Not Doing Too Good Myself

Returning contributors, poet John Roche and photographer Jack Marty, make up our three o'clock spot today at Oddball Magazine. 

Happy Birthday, John Roche

 

 

Watch The Jules' Poetry Playhouse Roundtable on the Five-Year Anniversary of Zoom Poetry Open Mics

I had a good time. Thanks again to hosts Jules Nyquist and John Roche as well as fellow participants Sandy Yannone, Patricia Carragon, Billy Brown and Roxanne Hoffman. Watch it now.

Last Night at Jules'

Thanks to hosts Jules Nyquist and John Roche for last night's roundtable celebrating the fifth anniversary of Zoom open mics alongside myself, Patricia Carragon, Sandy Yannone and Billy Brown. Can't wait to see the YouTube video when it goes up.

 

Tonight: Join Us for the Jules’ Poetry Playhouse Roundtable

Join in via Zoom this Tuesday night as John Roche of Jules' Poetry Playhouse hosts Q&A roundtable celebrating the fifth five-year anniversary of poetry open mics on Zoom. 

I'll be answering questions virtually alongside fellow open mic hosts Sandy Yannone of Connecticut's Cultivating Voices, Patricia Carragon of New York's Brownstone Poets and Billy Brown of New Mexico's Fixed & Free. 

The event goes from 9:00 to 11:00 PM ET. Click here for more information.

 

March 18: Join Us for the Jules’ Poetry Playhouse Roundtable

Join in via Zoom on March 18 as John Roche of Jules' Poetry Playhouse hosts Q&A roundtable celebrating the fifth five-year anniversary of poetry open mics on Zoom. 

I'll be answering questions virtually alongside fellow open mic hosts Sandy Yannone of Connecticut's Cultivating Voices, Patricia Carragon of New York's Brownstone Poets and Billy Brown of New Mexico's Fixed & Free. 

The event goes from 9:00 to 11:00 PM ET. Click here for more information.

 

Hey, Bubba!

John Roche leads the charge this Monday, and I'm very glad. Also glad to provide photography for his poem today. Welcome to the new week at Oddball Magazine. Let's see how much more of a fustercluck it's going to be. 

Happy Birthday, John Roche

 

 

Happy Birthday, John Roche

 

Fighting the Fight

Glad to be more in the background this week and have a photo to go with John Roches's latest piece. Read it now at Oddball Magazine. 

Happy Birthday, John Roche

 

All the Bugs Are Features

John Roche has a perfect poem for today, and Eric N. Peterson has provided perfect art. Thanks to both of them for lending their talents to Oddball Magazine. 

Failed Haiku

John Roche sent me the link to this senryu publishing poetry journal. Can't wait to check it out later.

The title "Failed Haiku" seems to simultaneously slut shame every haiku I've ever written, but I'll get over it.

 

SAFE DISTANCE EDITION - Stone Soup Croutons, 4-14-21: A Night at the Happy Home Only in Name

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.

An unexpected all open mic this past Wednesday. I didn't really want that for National Poetry Month, but things happen. We made the best of it (as we always do), and there were even some new faces added to the mix. The poem was written and "finished" Wednesday night. It's just the nature of the week that it's not up as early as possible. I have so much more to do and nothing clever to say about this one. Well, I would like to say I'm glad I found it's shape early on. Last week I felt like I was cheating, given that I knew John Roche would do his Joe poems. Hope this Joe-less piece is worth your time. Thanks for reading.

A Night at the Happy Home Only in Name

The hot night you want 

won't write itself into being.

No shrew will be tamed by you

at this hour. A rat in the park

Happy Birthday, John Roche

 

SAFE DISTANCE EDITION - Stone Soup Croutons, 4-7-21: Joe the Poet Researches Healthcare Options

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.

John Roche took to Stone Soup's stage on Wednesday and kicked off National Poetry Month in style.  I got to know Joe through his book The Joe Poems: the Continuing Saga of Joe the Poet. For his feature, he read from that book and his new book, Joe Rides Again. Years ago, I contributed some pieces to his project The Mo'Joe Anthology. I guess it was only inevitable that I wrote a poem in the Joe the Poet vein. 

It fails as a Joe poem, because John's Joe poem only uses one hundred words. I couldn't do the word limit, because that would have left an open micer out. maybe next time, I'll do two poems. Thanks for reading.

Joe the Poet Researches Healthcare Options

Joe wonders what the copay is

for an exploding head.

In what time zone would it need to be 

for the condition to count as preexisting?

John Roche Features at Stone Soup, 4-7-21

From the weekly open mic. An awesome start to National Poetry Month 2021.