Stone Soup Holiday Break

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

 

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 

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 

December 3: g emil reutter 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 3, we welcome the return of Stone Soup alum g emil reutter. 

A writer of poems and stories and on occasion literary criticism, g emil reutter was born in Bristol, Pa., raised in Levittown, Pa. and has lived most of his life in of Philadelphia, Pa. A highly decorated member of the Railroad Police, he retired from a 26 year career in the patrol, anti-crime and criminal investigation division. Prior he worked as a steelworker, tea blender and a number of other jobs. A graduate of Neshaminy High School, he graduated from the New England Institute of Law Enforcement Management, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. He attended Temple University and Penn State University among others. His poetry and fiction have been widely published in the small and electronic press as well as numerous newspapers and magazines. Twenty-one of his collections have been published. He published The Fox Chase Review (2008 – 2015). He is currently a contributing editor at North of Oxford. 

Join us on Wednesday December 3 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 841 9993 1479

Password: stonesoup 

November 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 November 26, Stone Soup has one last open mic for the month before we plunge into Thanksgiving.

 

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

The meeting ID is 873 0435 7178

Password: stonesoup

November 19: john compton 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 November 19, john compton makes his Stone Soup feature debut. 

 

john compton (b. 1987), author of 17 books/chapbooks, is a gay poet/writer who lives in kentucky with his husband josh and their dogs and cats, and mice. his latest full length book is my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store published with Flowersong Press (dec 2024); his forthcoming full length book house as a cemetery will be published with Rebel Satori Press (March 2026). you can find his books, some poems and other things here. 

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

The meeting ID is 880 7967 9182

Password: stonesoup 

November 12: Ryk McIntyre 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 November 12, we welcome back the legendary Ryk McIntyre.

Ryk McIntyre is an actor, content writer, historian, and amateur expert on Lizzie Borden and the famous murders. He is currently the senior tour guide at the Borden House in Fall River, MA, and an amateur paranormal investigator as well. Yes, the Lizzie Borden House is haunted. He is also a published author and performance poet with decades of experience. Tonight, he’s going to be the second thing. 

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

The meeting ID is 872 4044 4404

Password: stonesoup 

November 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 November 5, Stone Soup kicks off November with an all-open mic before a academical of features. 

 

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

The meeting ID is 846 3754 4307

Password: stonesoup 

October 29: Stone Soup's Trilogy of (not really) Terror

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 October 29, we welcome a Trilogy of (not really) Terror as our favorite California poets led by Don "My Birthday is on Halloween" Kingfisher.

Don Kingfisher Campbell received his MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles and taught Writers Seminar at Occidental College Upward Bound for 36 years. He's been a coach and judge for Poetry Out Loud, a performing poet/teacher for Red Hen Press Youth Writing Workshops, an L.A. Coordinator and Board Member of California Poets In The Schools, poetry editor of the Angel City Review, publisher of Four Feathers Press, and host of the Saturday Afternoon Poetry reading series in Pasadena, California. 

Marvin Louis Dorsey was raised in the San Fernando Valley and now resides in the high desert. He worked for decades as a kennel manager for a boxer rescue facility. Marvin has been writing poetry for over twenty years. He is the inventor of the poetic libretto. He has been published in the book Looking Out Of Alhambra and in these print and online publications: The San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly, Spectrum, Poetic Diversity, and Four Feathers Press. He also has produced six books: Desert Prowl, Gathered Pieces of Broken Glass, Masquerades, Casual Conversations, The Poetic Librettos, and Snacky Snacks.

Carl Stilwell (aka CaLokie) is a retired teacher who taught for over 30 years in the Los Angeles Unified school District and participated in UTLA’s teachers’ strikes in 1970 and 1989. He was born during the depression in Oklahoma and came to California in 1959 and has lived here ever since. His pen name was inspired by the Joad's struggle for survival In The Grapes of Wrath and the songs and life of Woody Guthrie. His poems have been published in Altadena Poetry Review, Blue Collar Review, Four Feather’s Press, Lummox, Pearl, Prism, Revolutionary Poets Brigade--Los Angeles, Rise Up, Sequoyah Cherokee River Journal, The Sparring Artists,    ZZyZx WriterZ and The New Verse News.

Join us on Wednesday April 16 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 821 9367 6301

Password: stonesoup

October 22: Elliot Gray Boodhan 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 October 22, Elliot Gray Boodhan is our next October feature. 

"A sad philosopher just trying to create something that matters, Elliot Gray Boodhan’s poetry is transformative. His work appears in new words {press}, Poet’s Choice and Queeah. Elliot’s debut chapbook to have survived is now available from Bottlecap Press. Check out his Instagram @apoetgray.

Join us on Wednesday, October 22 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 880 9982 9864

Password: stonesoup 

October 15: 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 October 15 Stone Soup has one more all-open mic interlude for October.

Join us on Wednesday, October 15 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 814 3166 8471

Password: stonesoup 

 

October 8: Tobias Hofacre 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 October 8, Stone Soup welcomes the young trailblazer Tobias Hofacre to their virtual podium.

  

Student by day and poet by night, Tobias Hofacre is a 15-year-old poet phenom who's been writing poetry since 2018, inspired by his Aunt. Tobias Hofacre published his first poetry chapbook titled A Poets Dream in 2024. For nearly two years, he has also been taking part in a challenge where he writes a poem everyday called the Stafford Challenge. In addition to poetry, Tobias spends much of his time playing video games, participating in extracurricular activities such as marching band, watching football and NASCAR, and hanging out with family and friends. Most weeks, you can find him at the Walnut Street Cafe in Lynn Massachusetts, where he originally made his poetry debut. He’s grown up and still lives and writes on the Massachusetts North Shore in Essex County, MA. 

Join us on Wednesday, October 8 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 867 4899 0229

Password: stonesoup 

October 1: 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 October 1, Stone Soup kicks off the new month with an extended open mic.

Join us on Wednesday, October 1 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 858 859 6337 3533

Password: stonesoup 

 

September 24: Donald Fisher 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 September 24, Stone Soup closes out the month of September with poet Donald Fisher.

Don Fisher has been writing poetry, fiction and non-fiction for 40 plus years. His work has been accepted by dozens of literary magazines. In 2021 his first collection of poems On The Edge Of Grace was published by Human Error Press. He is currently working on a screenplay about a private detective in a small town in Massachusetts. He also hosts open mics with featured readers three times a year at the Chicopee Public Library. He lives, writes and reads in Chicopee with his 91-year-old dad who has always encouraged him. He should take more walks.

Join us on Wednesday, September 24 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 899 3344 4180

Password: stonesoup 

 

September 17: Carol Weston 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 September 17, we welcome back Carol Weston, who will be able to join us by video and not just telephone.  

Carol Weston's history as a poet is linked to such figures as Jack Powers, John Wieners, Robert Lowell, Allen Ginsburg, and Carl Solomon (to whom Allen Ginsburg's "Howl" was dedicated). Her credentials include being poetry editor of the Impressions Workshop. She was published in the Farleigh Dickinson Journal, alongside Donald Justice, Phillip Levine, and Anne Sexton. She is also the author of “What the Poet Expects of Himself,” an essay published in the Tufts Review. She taught for ten years at the Chestnut Hill School.

She read alongside Jack Powers and Allen Ginsberg in 1973 in the former Charles Street Universalist Church. In the Winter of 1983, she was asked by Powers to feature in Boston's City Hall along with John Wieners. On May 1, 2011, Carol performed her poem "Peace Fire" alongside musician Jon Voight for Stone Soup Poetry's 40th anniversary celebration and tribute to Jack Powers, Stone Soup's late founder. In 2013, she was one of the panelists for "Stone Soup Poetry: A Retrospective," presented at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival in Salem, Massachusetts.

Her poetry credits include The Farleigh Literary Review, BOMB, Stone Soup Anthology 2003, Spoonful, Stone Soup Presents: Fresh Broth and the anthology dedicated to John Wieners, The Blind See Only This World. Her chapbook, Spirals, Whorls Sutures, Septa, was published by Stone Soup Poetry in 1978.

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

The meeting ID is 816 5390 7685

Password: stonesoup 

 

 

September 10: Mary Jennings 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 September 10, we celebrate the return of Stone Soup alum Mary Jennings. 

 
Mary Jennings has read regularly with the Stone Soup Poets since their days at T.T. the Bear’s. A job relocation to Western Massachusetts kept her from returning to Stone Soup, except for occasional visits to her home turf. She has established herself in the poetry scene out there, and since the beginning of the pandemic became a regular on online open mics. Since her January 2022 Stone Soup feature, her work has been published in Meat for Tea, Oddball Magazine, and Exist Otherwise, an online literary journal. That same year, she was appointed to the Chicopee Cultural Council, for which she serves as secretary. She started up the Poetry and Spoken Word series at the Chicopee Public Library, which is now moderated by Don Fisher. Mary is putting together her first book of poetry and writing her first mystery novel, which she will read from this Wednesday. Mary and her cat Violet live in Chicopee, Massachusetts.

 

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

The meeting ID is 896 8417 6890

Password: stonesoup 

September 3: 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 September 3, Stone Soup kicks off September with an extended open mic.

Join us on Wednesday, September 3 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 858 8403 9079

Password: stonesoup 

August 28: Stone Soup Poetry Online All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry normally meets every Wednesday online from 7:00-9:00 PM via Zoom. Stay tuned for updates on any future live gatherings. This week, however, we will be meeting on Thursday, August 28 due to scheduling conflicts. 

Join us on Thursday, August 28 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 871 1353 5392

Password: stonesoup 

August 20: 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 August 20, Stone Soup kicks off June with an extended open mic.

Join us on Wednesday, August 20 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 840 9943 9704

Password: stonesoup 

August 13: No Stone Soup This Week

 

 

Stone Soup is taking a week off and will return on August 20. 

 

We are sorry for the late notice. 

 

 

August 6: 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 August 6, Stone Soup kicks off June with an extended open mic.

Join us on Wednesday, August 6 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 827 6749 0665

Password: stonesoup 

July 30: Peter F. Crowley 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 July 30, Peter F. Crowley returns to our virtual state to finish off the long month..

Peter F. Crowley is a prolific writer from the Boston area whose work spans short fiction, op-eds, poetry, and academic essays. His writing has appeared in publications such as Pif Magazine, New Verse News, Common Dreams, The Galway Review, Digging Through the Fat, and The Opiate. He was a finalist in both the short story and poetry categories of Adelaide’s Award Anthologies. He is the author of two poetry collections — Those Who Hold Up the Earth and Empire’s End — as well as a short fiction collection, That Night and Other Stories.

 

Join us on Wednesday, July 30 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 854 7569 2703

Password: stonesoup

 

July 23: Jack Giaour 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 July 23, Jack Giaour is next in our streak of amazing features.  

Jack Giaour (he/him/his) is a queer kinky pisces who lives in an attic in Winthrop, MA. He won the 2023/2024 BOOM Chapbook Contest from Bateau Press with his manuscript hunting the bugs, and his work has appeared or is forthcoming in Nixes Mate Review, the Sonora Review, and Fourteen Hills, among others. 

Join us on Wednesday, July 23 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 854 7569 2703

Password: stonesoup

July 16: M.P. Carver 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 July 16, we have M.P. Carver's much anticipated feature. 

M.P. Carver is a poet and visual artist from Salem, MA. She is Director of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival, miCrO-Founder of Molecule: a tiny lit mag, and teaches at Salem State University. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Paterson Literary Review, Rattle, and Mantis, among others. She has received funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Essex Community Foundation. In 2023 her poem "In Vitro" was named a finalist in the Connecticut River Review's Experimental Poetry Contest, and in 2022 her poem “You & God & I” was awarded the New England Poetry Club’s E.E. Cummings Prize. Her chapbook, Selachipmorpha, was published by Incessant Pipe in 2015, and a chapbook with Lily Poetry Review Books, Hard Up, is available now. 

Join us on Wednesday, July 16 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 821 7292 2711

Password: stonesoup

 

July 9: 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 July 9, Stone Soup kicks off June with an extended open mic.

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

The meeting ID is 831 5624 4108

Password: stonesoup

July 2: Jackie Chou 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 July 2, we are happy to have Jackie Chou help us kick off the month with a full-length feature.

Jackie Chou is a writer from Southern California who has two collections of poetry, The Sorceress and Finding My Heart in Love and Loss, published by cyberwit. Her poem "Formosa" was a finalist in the Stephen A DiBiase Poetry Prize. Besides writing, she loves to watch Jeopardy.

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

The meeting ID is 886 5273 8240

Password: stonesoup

June 25: Nina LaNegra 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 June 25, Nina LaNegra closes out Stone Soup for June and welcomes us to summer.

Nina LaNegra is a proud Nana to three grandsons—including a newly minted Boston Latin School graduate—and a multi-talented creative force with decades of impact across media, education, and the arts. A former professor, award-winning journalist, and producer/director of seven television and radio series, Nina also founded and hosted the longest-running open mic in Dudley (now Nubian) Square, which ran for 13 years and became a beloved hub of expression and community. A published writer, poet, and visual artist, Nina is a fierce advocate for truth, transformation, and cultural celebration. After facing devastating health issues, she spent the last year courageously relearning how to walk and talk—a journey that only deepened her commitment to healing and creative resilience. Now, Nina channels her magic into making art, speaking truth, and nurturing life—whether in her storytelling, her mentorship, or her budding organic garden. She is also known as a longtime superhero to grassroots nonprofits, bringing equal parts heart and humor to every space she enters.

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

The meeting ID is 879 4543 7412

Password: stonesoup

 

June 18: Marvin Louis Dorsey 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 June 18, we welcome Marvin Louis Dorsey to his first Stone Soup feature.

Marvin Louis Dorsey was raised in the San Fernando Valley and now resides in the high desert. He worked for decades as a kennel manager for a boxer rescue facility. Marvin has been writing poetry for over twenty years. He is the inventor of the poetic libretto. He has been published in the book Looking Out Of Alhambra and in these print and online publications: The San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly, Spectrum, Poetic Diversity, and Four Feathers Press. He also has produced six books: Desert Prowl, Gathered Pieces of Broken Glass, Masquerades, Casual Conversations, The Poetic Librettos, and Snacky Snacks.

Join us on Wednesday, June 18 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 819 5343 1395

Password: stonesoup

 

June 11: Lee Varon 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 June 11, Lee Varon is our first June feature.

Lee Varon is a social worker and writer. Her latest poetry collection, The Last Bed, was published in 2024. She is author of two children’s books, My Brother is Not a Monster: A Story of Addiction and Recovery (2021), and A Kids Book About Overdose (2024).  

Join us on Wednesday, June 1 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 810 7599 6600

Password: stonesoup

 

June 4: 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. This Wednesday, Stone Soup kicks off June with an extended open mic.

Join us on Wednesday, June 4 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 881 8694 4746

Password: stonesoup

May 28: Black Byrd 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 May 28, we conclude our fifty-fourth anniversary month with the return of Stone Soup friend Black Byrd.

 

Black Byrd gives us her bio below:

"Stone Soup Poetry was the first place to ever have me as a featured Artist and because of people like Chad Parenteau I have had many opportunities to perform and be featured in various places like Poe-Therapy 2 and Dudley Cafe as well as open mics at Cantab Lounge, The Jungle, Haley House and If You Can Feel It You Can Speak It."

"I am truly happy to come back and I am coming with A POETRY ALBUM called Welcome 2 My Journey Volume I." 

"I am also an actress involved in The Oscar Mischeaux Family Theatre (www.Theomtc.com) under the ownership of Haywood Fennell and A Common Thread Teatre Company (info@commonthreadtheatre.org) from Framingham under the direction of Jill Butler Mack. I’ve been involved in several plays with both of them including The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Nighttime as Mrs Alexander and with the Oscar Mischeaux Family Theatre's Harlem Renaissance Revisited With a Gospel Flavor. Because of these two theaters I am praying they can sponsor me on my upcoming play called I Am Me.  Just building my brand as Black Byrd and Isabel Alexandre the actress and Assistant Stage Manager."

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

The meeting ID is 849 6331 2195

Password: stonesoup

May 21: 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. This Wednesday, Stone Soup continues its fifty-fourth anniversary celebration with an all-open mic.

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

The meeting ID is 830 5384 2115

Password: stonesoup

May 14: Doug Holder Features for Stone Soup Poetry's Fifty-Fourth Anniversary

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 May 14, past Stone Soup president Doug Holder returns to feature during this special anniversary month.

Doug Holder is the founder of the Ibbetson Street Press, arts editor for The Somerville Times, and on the Board of Directors for the New England Poetry Club, as well as the Friends of the Longfellow House. Holder teaches creative writing at Endicott College, and taught college writing at Bunker Hill Community College for many years. For over 30 years he ran poetry groups for psychiatric patients at McLean Hospital and was the president of Stone Soup for one year. ( late 1990s). His poetry and prose have appeared in the Lowell Review, Worcester Review, Rattle, Cafe Review, and many other places. The "Doug Holder Paper Collection" is housed at the University at Buffalo. His latest book is the Essential Doug Holder(Big Table Books).

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

The meeting ID is 891 0950 3067

Password: stonesoup

 

May 7: Melissa Castillo-Garsow Features for Stone Soup Poetry's Fifty-Fourth Anniversary

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 May 7, poet, author, doctor and Stone Soup friend Melissa Castillo-Garsow features at the top of Stone Soup Poetry's fifty-fourth anniversary month.

Dr. Melissa Castillo-Garsow is an Associate Professor of English at Lehman College and the CUNY graduate center PhD program in English specializing in Latinx Literature and Culture. She is the author/ editor of 7 books including editor of ¡Manteca!: An Anthology of Afro-Latin@ Poets, and author of A Mexican State of Mind: New York City and the New Borderlands of Culture which examines the creative worlds and cultural productions of Mexican migrants in New York City. Her second book of poetry, Chingona Rules was a Gold Medal Winner of the Juan Felipe Herrera Best Poetry Book Award, International Latino Book Awards (2022).

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

The meeting ID is 894 8978 6353

Password: stonesoup

April 30: Toni Rose 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 30, Stone Soup closes out National Poetry Month with a special feature by returning performer Toni Rose.

Who is Toni Rose? Well, that depends on who you ask. Trouble to some, Faithful friend to others, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Victim, Survivor, Lover, Fighter, Champion, Confidant, Artist, and Poet. Toni’s poetry has a strong emphasis on the struggles of life. She paints a picture with words that can be heart wrenching truths. Toni Rose is the founder of The Blue Rose, a movement that empowers others to find their voice, speak up and be heard. Toni ‘Blue’ Rose is a spoken word artist who became a maters level clinician who believes in Healing Through Art Therapies. Toni pushes through the dark times, sometimes stumbling, sometimes doubting, but never gives up hope and never gives up the fight. Those that are willing can listen and feel that glimpse into her soul with a gritty, real, heart wrenching and perfect in its imperfection and purpose.

Join us on April 30 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 854 3628 5454

Password: stonesoup

April 24: 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. This week, Stone Soup continues National Poetry Month with a late open mic on Thursday, April 24. We are sorry for the confusion.

Join us on Thursday, April 24 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is  825 3565 0634

Password: stonesoup

April 16: Carl Stilwell (aka CaLokie) 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 16, we have another surprise feature from the west coast for National Poetry Month in the form of Carl Stilwell (aka CaLokie).

Carl Stilwell (aka CaLokie) is a retired teacher who taught for over 30 years in the Los Angeles Unified school District and participated in UTLA’s teachers’ strikes in 1970 and 1989. He was born during the depression in Oklahoma and came to California in 1959 and has lived here ever since. His pen name was inspired by the Joad's struggle for survival In The Grapes of Wrath and the songs and life of Woody Guthrie. His poems have been published in Altadena Poetry Review, Blue Collar Review, Four Feather’s Press, Lummox, Pearl, Prism, Revolutionary Poets Brigade--Los Angeles, Rise Up, Sequoyah Cherokee River Journal, The Sparring Artists,    ZZyZx WriterZ and The New Verse News.

Join us on Wednesday April 16 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 885 5976 6144

Password: stonesoup

April 9: Don Kingfisher Campbell 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 9 Stone Soup has a surprise feature from Don Kingfisher Campbell, who has another collection, The Three Paths, coming soon.

 

Don Kingfisher Campbell received his MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles and taught Writers Seminar at Occidental College Upward Bound for 36 years. He's been a coach and judge for Poetry Out Loud, a performing poet/teacher for Red Hen Press Youth Writing Workshops, an L.A. Coordinator and Board Member of California Poets In The Schools, poetry editor of the Angel City Review, publisher of Four Feathers Press, and host of the Saturday Afternoon Poetry reading series in Pasadena, California. 

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

The meeting ID is 867 0231 3702

Password: stonesoup

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

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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 

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

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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 the 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

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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

 

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

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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

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