Stone Soup Croutons, 7/27/15, Dust Sandwich

Stone Soup Croutons is a weekly poem I write using lines and impressions captured from poems overheard from Stone Soup's open mic readers and features. I started adding titles last week, but I can't seem to add one until the next day.

This Monday, we had K. Peddlar Bridges in the house celebrating the end of Roadpoet Fortnight, and he brought with him new biker poets who had not read at Stone Soup before. I was tired, but I got a lot out of everyone who read. Even after editing, it still feels like two or more poems meshed together, which is why my title is a little nonsensical.


Dust Sandwich

Hand to god
finger to lips
insanity is easier
observed trapped
in a glass bowl.

People come to watch,
not to visit.

Self-worship comes easy
to Narcissus.

Stone Soup Tonight

Join me tonight in welcoming Peddlar and friends to Stone Soup as we help celebrate Roadpoet Fortnight.
 

July 27: Return of the Highway Poet and Friends

It's July, and that means another motorcycle poet feature is upon us. That means it's the return of self-proclaimed Highway Poet K. Peddlar Bridges. The Peddlar has been a fixture in our summer schedule for a long time. His gatherings have come under different names in the past. For the past couple of years Peddlar and friends have assembled under the Roadpoet Fortnight which takes place these next two weeks as Peddlar and company perform all across New England. I don't know yet who else Peddlar will be bringing with him next Monday. Peddlar has always assemble a diverse bunch of readers, including new voices like Lisa Golda-Shields and established talents such as Gypsypashn, Marc D. Goldfinger and the late Joe Gouveia. I will add any additional names Peddlar announces, but no matter what he tells me between now and the day of the feature, I can tell you now that Peddlar heads up one of the most unpredictable shows in Stone Soup's history. This should not be missed.