3/26/25

April 2: Jason Wright 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 April 2 we welcome back Jason Wright to kick off National Poetry Month.

Jason Wright is the publisher and founder of Oddball Magazine. He is author of three books, A Letter to the World, Train of Thought: Poems from the Red Line, and Train of Thought 2: Almost Home. He is also the host of The Oddball Show, a podcast advocating for mental wellness.

Join us on Wednesday, April 2, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 868 4642 9954

Password: stonesoup


3/24/25

March 26: 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 February 19, Stone Soup has an all-open mic one week before February's closing feature.

Join us on Wednesday March 26 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link. 

The meeting ID is 869 4191 8826

Password: stonesoup 



3/13/25

March 19: Lee Eric Freedman 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 March 19, our virtual podium welcomes north shore poet Lee Eric Freedman.

Lee Eric Freedman is the 3rd Poet Laureate of Swampscott, Massachusetts, United States (2016-2018). Since 2011 he's been affectionately entitled as the Renegade Poet Laureate of Swampscott (2011- Forever) When Lee isn't busy being any type of Laureate he leads the Tin Box Poets of Swampscott Workshop Group, co-hosts the online video podcast series In Other Words with his friend and SpoFest founder James Bryant, and regularly performs at open-mics and readings all over the place. He’s been published in numerous poetry anthologies and journals including publications from Netherlands, Ireland, India, South Africa, Bangladesh, and Scotland. In March of 2025, Lee’s poetry was published in the Vagabond Lunar Collection Anthology (Vagabond Books) that was included in the Lunar Codex Project and which landed on the moon aboard the Intuitive Machines/NASA Nova-C Lunar Lander Athena. Lee is the former host of First Friday Open Mic at ReachArts, Swampscott, his poetry’s been translated into American Sign Language and he’s a three-time winner of the Naomi Cherkofsky Memorial Poetry Contest. 

Join us on Wednesday March 19 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 891 9608 4462

Password: stonesoup

 

3/10/25

March 12: 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 March 19, Stone Soup has an all-open mic one week before February's closing feature.

Join us on Wednesday March 12 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 849 7864 9818

Password: stonesoup


2/24/25

March 5: Nike Truth Featues 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 March 5, we kick off the month with a feature from one of our newest open mic contributors, Nike Truth.

Nike Truth is a writer hailing from Michigan. With a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing and experience in self-publishing, they enjoy exploring the complicated dynamics between people through storytelling. Their short story "Let The Dead Sleep" was recently published by Alien Buddha Press.

Join us on Wednesday March 5 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 891 2892 9933

Password: stonesoup

 

2/2/25

February 26: Megha Sood 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 26, we close the month out with Megha Sood reading from her newest collection

Megha Sood is an award-winning Asian-American author, poet, editor, and literary activist. A Literary Partner with “Life in Quarantine”, at Stanford University. Her four poetry collections include the award-winning My Body Lives Like a Threat, (FlowerSong Press, 2022), My Body is Not an Apology (Finishing Line Press, 2021), and Language of the Wound is Love, (FlowerSong Press, 2025). She has received support from VONA, Pen Women, Dodge Foundation, Kundiman, and Martha’s Vineyard Writing Institute. Her 900+ works have been featured in print, online journals, public exhibits, and anthologies including the Poetry Society of New York, MS Magazine, NYPL, Pen Magazine by American Pen Women, PBS American Portrait, NPR, WNYC Studio, etc, and numerous universities including Stanford University, Howard University, George Mason, CUNY, etc. Her poems and anthology The Medusa Project and other works have been selected to be sent to the moon in three separate rocket missions in 2025 as part of the historical LunarCodex Project in collaboration with NASA/SpaceX. She co-edits the annual Brownstone Poets anthology and lives with her son and husband in New Jersey. 

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

The meeting ID is 813 3708 0372

Password: stonesoup


February 19: 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 February 19, Stone Soup has an all-open mic one week before February's closing feature.

Join us on Wednesday February 19 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 879 0757 0332

Password: stonesoup 


February 12: Ari Whipple 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 12, Stone Soup features Ari Whipple for Valentine's Day week.
 
Ari Whipple is the author of several books, that they will be reading selections from on feature night including their first work, Full of Now, and their most recent work, Beachfront Property. The past year, they have been working on their most recent work, tentatively titled, The Dark Water Affair, while finishing up their master's degree in creative writing online at Southern New Hampshire University. Though it's unrelated, they have a cat named Larity who would be thrilled if you gave their books a read, for free on their ko-fi.

Join us on Wednesday February 12 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 813 3708 0372

Password: stonesoup 

 

2/1/25

February 5: 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 February 5, Stone Soup kicks off the month of February with an all-open mic.

Join us on Wednesday February 5 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 865 0830 1474

Password: stonesoup