Stone Soup Poetry All Open Mic, 9-30-26

From this week's online gathering. A quieter September than expected closes with October promising to be feistier. Join us in October for special features Mignon Ariel King, Timothy Gager, and much more.

 

Lara Egger, Virtual Thursdays Dire Literary Series Plus Q and A with Timothy Gager, 9/24/26

Yesterday's Dire today. Hosted by Timothy Gager. 
 

 

Lee Desrosiers Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 9-23-26

From this week's online gathering. A night where the feature and the open mic was on point. Fun was had by all. We hope you join us next time. We also hope you buy Lee's latest book. 

 

 

Stone Soup Poetry All Open Mic, 9-16-26

From this week's online gathering. One more all-open mic as Stone Soup gets its footing back after a summer break. More to come!

 

  

Stone Soup Poetry All Open Mic, 9-9-26

From this week's online gathering. It's good to be back! More coming!

 

 

Stone Soup Croutons, 7-29-26: Answer Calmly

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.

 

Diana Saenz closed out July beautifully. 

 

Sorry I forgot to mute and coughed during Marshall Harvey's reading.

 

Recent witch hunt news colored this poem a bit. 

Thanks for reading. 

 

 

Answer Calmly

 

From hero to scapegoat, you job's

a future court date. They ask you 

where you were in America when

crimes in other countries were being

committed. What scent do you recall

Diana Saenz Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 7-29-26

From this week's online gathering. A great time had by all as Diana reminded us why she featured live at Stone Soup so many times. 

 

 

Stone Soup Croutons, 7-22-26: Wisdom from a Troll Taking Tolls

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.

 

Marc D. Goldfinger gave us an amazing feature. 

 

Features like his are why I continue to host Stone Soup online. 

 

You can watch the video here, and I encourage you to do so. 

 

I had to do a Stone Soup Croutons poem for this night. I hope I can continue the pace.  

 

In the title is a nod ot Marc's longtime email address. 

 

Thanks for reading. 

 

 

Wisdom from a Troll Taking Tolls

 

Angels smack

our leaders

with guilt. 

 

It's all they
can feel for

the left behind.

Marc D. Goldfinger Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 7-22-26

From this week's online gathering. A wonderful night of poetry by a poetry and activist legend. Do not scroll past this.

 

 

Mary Ann Honaker Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 7-15-26

From this week's online gathering. Thanks to Mary Ann Honaker for a wonderful feature with work from her latest collection. You can pre-order it now. 

 

 

Stone Soup Poetry All Open Mic, 7-1-26

From this week's online gathering. Stone Soup is taking a break this week. Stay safe this July Fourth weekend. I'll see you back two Wednesdays from now. 

 

Last Day

Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

 

 

Marjorie Pezzoli Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 6-24-26

From this week's online gathering. Thanks to Marjorie for a wonderful ending to June. That's right, as far as I'm concerned, June is done. See you July First.

 

 

Stone Soup Poetry Online Workshop, 6-10-26

From this week's online gathering. Want to see how the sausage is made? It's often not pretty, but we think it's worth it.

 

Video Version of my City Haiku

 

Wayne-Daniel Berard, Virtual Thursdays Dire Literary Series Plus Q and A with Timothy Gager, 5/21/26

Yesterday's Dire today. Hosted by Timothy Gager. 

 

 

Birdbrains Anthology Reading, Virtual Thursdays Dire Literary Series Plus Q and A with Timothy Gager, 5/7/26

Yesterday's Dire today. Hosted by Timothy Gager. 

Stone Soup Croutons, 4-8-26: Where do You Go Now?

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.

 

I haven't wanted to do these in a while. 

I was enjoying writing other things for a while. 

 

I wondered if this was a worthwhile exercise. 

 

I figured I would see by starting to do Crouton poems for National Poetry Month. 

 

Jason Wright was our first feature for April. 

 

I enjoyed recapping the show. And then I didn't. 

 

I don't have the energy to do admin work for a Zoom call and take notes for the poem.

 

It was easier live. AT least I had an excuse for not being able to take down everything.

 

Now I don't.  

 

It's such a tedious process. 

 

And did I haven't done something in a while, It's like ripping bones from my body.

 

I did it anyway. Here's what I came up with.

 

Thanks for reading. 

 

 

Where do You Go Now?

 

A sex course is being offered

by a relative whose funeral 

you attended. They say you 

can please your partner

and a mistress you don't have. 

Jennifer Bannan, Virtual Thursdays Dire Literary Series Plus Q and A with Timothy Gager, 4/23/26

Yesterday's Dire today. Hosted by Timothy Gager. 

 

 

Diane Sahms Features at Stone Soup Poetry, 4-22-26

From this week's online gathering. A true night of experimental work. Pick up Diane's latest book, of an octopus: an archite|x|tural awareness of words, as soon as you can.