1/19/26

February 25: Jules Nyquist Features at Stone Soup Poetry


Stone Soup Poetry meets every Wednesday online from 7:00-9:00 PM via Zoom. Stay tuned for updates on any future live gatherings. On February 25, we welcome poet and organizer Jules Nyquist for their debut Stone Soup feature.

Jules Nyquist, Ph.D., is the founder of Jules’ Poetry Playhouse in Placitas, NM. Her recent award-winning books are Atomic Paradise, Homesick, then, and The Sestina Playbook (Poetry Playhouse Publications). She took her PhD in Post-Secondary Adult Education from Capella University and her MFA in Writing and Literature from Bennington College. Jules poems have been featured in print, online, audio, radio or in-person at various readings and events including the NM History Conference, in Las Cruces, NM, the American Psychological Association Conference in Denver, CO, the Jonquil Motel in Bisbee, AZ, the Rattlesnake Museum in Albuquerque, NM, a kind of a small array gallery in Magdalena, NM, the Briar in Minneapolis, MN, the Black Dog Café in St. Paul, MN, a Masonic Lodge in Bemidji, MN, the New Mexico Humanities Council, in Albuquerque, NM, Unquarked in Los Alamos, NM, and featured at the International Women’s Day at the Santa Fe Capitol Rotunda, and many other bookstores, bars, galleries, and elsewhere. Her poems have appeared in Salamander, 5AM, Malpais Review, Adobe Walls, A View from the Loft, St. Paul Almanac, Long Islander News, Gray Sparrow, House Organ, Duke City Fix, Café Review IKON Magazine, Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, and elsewhere. More at www.poetryplayhouse.com

Join us on Wednesday February 25 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 834 1031 0407

Password: stonesoup 


1/18/26

January 28: Brian Mosher Features at Stone Soup Poetry

Stone Soup Poetry meets every Wednesday online from 7:00-9:00 PM via Zoom. Stay tuned for updates on any future live gatherings. On January 28, we have Brian Mosher close out the month of January.

Brian Mosher writes poetry and fiction from his home in Mansfield, MA. His work has appeared in Blood and Bourbon, Lily Poetry Review, Literary Underground, Nixes Mate, Anomaly Poetry, eMerge, Esoterica, and others. His unpublished short story collection was shortlisted for the Unleash Press 2025 Book Prize, and his short story “Fragments” was a winner of the Nikki Hanna Literary Challenge. He has self-published three books, all available through Amazon. Mosher’s most recent collection, A Muster of Melodious Musings (2025) is published by Metaphysical Fox Press. His poetry chapbook Relict is published by Finishing Line Press.

Join us on Wednesday January 28 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 852 5846 7560

Password: stonesoup 


1/7/26

POSTPONED January 21: Richard Spisak Features at Stone Soup Poetry

 

RICHARD SPISAK'S FEATURE FOR STONE SOUP POETRY IS POSTPONED. JOIN US FOR AN ALL OPEN MIC ON THE SAME ZOOM LINK. 

Stone Soup Poetry meets every Wednesday online from 7:00-9:00 PM via Zoom. Stay tuned for updates on any future live gatherings. On January 21, Richard Spisak returns to take up the podium as a featured reader.

Richard W. Spisak Jr. began life as a professional light artist with Mel Tanner of Lumonics. Then worked with master Lumist Kenven Lyman of Dazzleland Studios. Richard has been a Writer/Producer/Director in Live Theatre, TV, and radio, for 30 years. He has contributed editorial essays and cartoons to a wide array on newspapers and periodicals and e-zines S, he continues to publish his editorial cartoons on the Web. He has published two short story collections Two Small Windows, in a Pair of Mirror Doors, and "Between the Silences". In 2022 Richard published his collected poetry, 7370 Allen Drive. In 2024 he published Stone Poetry and in 2025 his latest poetry collection, “No Noise” has been released into the wild. Richard produces, Poets of the East, a webcast which features poets from Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

Join us on Wednesday January 21 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 833 8640 7356

Password: stonesoup 

 

January 14: Stone Soup's Online Workshop


Stone Soup Poetry meets every Wednesday online from 7:00-9:00 PM via Zoom. Stay tuned for updates on any future live gatherings. On January 14, we return with an online open mic workshop.

Bring one poem no longer than a single page (no smaller than 11 font)

Leave the title off (share it in chat).

If you can't screen share, you can email the workshop head at chadpoetforhire@yahoo.com

 Join us on Wednesday January 14 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.  

The meeting ID is 834 2588 1108

Password: stonesoup 


1/5/26

January 7: Stone Soup Poetry Online All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry meets every Wednesday online from 7:00-9:00 PM via Zoom. Stay tuned for updates on any future live gatherings. On January 7, Stone Soup returns from the holiday break and back to the weekly grind with an all-open mic.
 
Join us on Wednesday, January 7 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 822 5843 2356

Password: stonesoup 

12/22/25

Stone Soup Holiday Break

Stone Soup is taking time off for the rest of December. Enjoy the holiday break. We return on January 7.

 

12/15/25

December 17: Stone Soup's Online Workshop


Stone Soup Poetry meets every Wednesday online from 7:00-9:00 PM via Zoom. Stay tuned for updates on any future live gatherings. On December 17, on the suggestion of one person, we will have our first online open mic workshop.

Bring one poem no longer than a single page (no smaller than 11 font)

Leave the title off (share it in chat).

If you can't screen share, you can email the workshop head at chadpoetforhire@yahoo.com

 Join us on Wednesday December 17 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.  

The meeting ID is 875 4386 8218

Password: stonesoup 



12/7/25

December 10: Anna Geoffroy Features at Stone Soup Poetry

Stone Soup Poetry meets every Wednesday online from 7:00-9:00 PM via Zoom. Stay tuned for updates on any future live gatherings. On December 10, we welcome Garage Poet and Contro-Verse Open Mic co-host Anna Geoffroy to our virtual podium as a special feature.

Anna Geoffroy is a Massachusetts-based poet, propagandist and pope (non-exclusive). She is the co-host of the live-to-tape Contro-Verse open mic in Malden and editor of the Holy Nonsense project. She has performed at festivals, galleries, coffee shops and porch fests from Manchester to Mansfield, and other places not starting with the letter M. Her poetry has been published in Oddball Magazine, The Blood Rag, the Depose Anthology, and the Massachusetts Bards 2025 Poetry Anthology. You can also find her poetry and artwork featured in the 2022 Lines Connecting Lines exhibit at UMA, the Malden Covid Memorial, and a street post near you. 

Join us on Wednesday December 10 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 818 8268 0800

Password: stonesoup