1/18/22

January 26: Mary Jennings Features at Stone Soup Poetry

Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

Join us on January 26 as we welcome  Mary Jennings all the way from Western, Mass.

Mary Jennings has read regularly with the Stone Soup Poets during the early years 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. Nonetheless, she established herself in the open mic scene in Western Mass, including hosting an open mic poetry venue in Amherst for two years. She has gone from writing free-form narrative poetry to writing cinquains, an antiquated short poetic form she has found appropriate in succinctly expressing the human condition. Her poetry can be found on the Facebook page, The Poetry of Mary Jennings, and her illustrated cinquains can be found on Instagram @mkjennings121. Mary lives in Chicopee, Massachusetts with her cat Violet.

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

The meeting ID is 821 8160 8935

Password: stonesoup 

1/17/22

No Stone Soup on January 19

Due to pandemic issues, Stone Soup will be off this week. Stone Soup will resume on Janauary 26 with Mary Jennings.


1/4/22

January 12: Megha Sood Features at Stone Soup Poetry

Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

Join us on January 12 as we welcome Megha Sood, an author we've come to know well since the start of the pandemic. 

Megha Sood is an Award-winning Asian American Poet, Editor, Author, Literary Activist from New Jersey, USA. Recipient of 2021 Poet Fellowship from MVICW ( Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creating Writing) and a 2020 National Level Winner for Poetry Matters Project. Recipient of “Certificate of Excellence” from Mayor, Jersey City, New Jersey. Associate Poetry Editor Literary Journals Mookychick(UK), Life and Legends (USA), and Literary Partner with “Life in Quarantine”, Stanford University. Member of National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW), Women’s National Book Association, and United Nation Association-US Chapter. Works widely featured in journals, Poetry Society of New York, PBS American Portrait, NPR, Rising Phoenix Review, Kissing Dynamite, and many more. Author of Chapbook (My Body is Not an Apology, Finishing Line Press, 2021) and Full Length (My Body Lives Like a Threat, FlowerSongPress,2022). 

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

The meeting ID is 895 6209 8472

Password: stonesoup

January 5: Open Mics (Hopefully Not) Forever!

Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

Join us on Wednesday, January 5,, as we have our first open mic of the year--right before our first feature of the year next week!

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

The meeting ID is 827 4978 2367

Password: stonesoup

 

12/29/21

December 29: Final Revenge of the Last Minute Stone Soup All Open Mic

Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

Join us on Wednesday, December 29, as we have one more last minute open mic before we say goodbye to 2021.

Join us on December 29 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.  

The meeting ID is 815 4602 4695

Password: stonesoup

 

12/22/21

December 22: No Stone Soup Tonight

Stay tuned to see if Stone Soup will be held tomorrow on December 23 or next Wednesday.

12/15/21

December 15: Son of the Last Minute Stone Soup All Open Mic


Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

Join us on Wednesday, December 15, as we have another last minute open mic while we continue to figure out the end of the year and 2022 at Stone Soup Poetry.

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

The meeting ID is 865 5586 0824

Password: stonesoup

 

12/8/21

December 8: Another Last Minute Stone Soup All Open Mic

Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

Join us on Wednesday, December 8, as we have a last minute open mic while we figure out the end of the year and 2022 at Stone Soup Poetry.

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

The meeting ID is 868 4279 3279

Password: stonesoup

 

12/1/21

December 1: No Stone Soup Tonight

Due to illness, Stone Soup will take a week off and resume on December 7. Stay tuned for more news.

11/22/21

November 23: Last Minute Stone Soup All Open Mic


Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

Join us on Tuesday, November 23, as we have a last minute open mic before the start of the Thanksgiving rush.

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

The meeting ID is 839 7589 9867

Password: stonesoup

11/15/21

November 17: Stone Soup All Open Mic Tonight

Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

On Wednesday November 17, we continue with an all open mic night.

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

The meeting ID is 898 4893 7810

Password: stonesoup


11/8/21

November 10: Stone Soup All Open Mic Tonight

 
 
Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

On Wednesday November 10, we continue with an all open mic night.

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

The meeting ID is 844 7860 5491

Password: stonesoup

 

11/3/21

November 3: Stone Soup All Open Mic Tonight

Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

On Wednesday November 3, we continue with an all open mic night.

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

The meeting ID is 894 6096 5625

Password: stonesoup

 

10/27/21

October 27: No Stone Soup Tonight

Due to inclement weather, we are unable to have tonight's Zoom call. We'll see you next week.


10/20/21

October 20: Stone Soup All Open Mic Tonight

Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

On Wednesday October 20, we continue with an all open mic night.

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

The meeting ID is 893 8019 2125

Password: stonesoup

 

10/13/21

October 13: Stone Soup All Open Mic Tonight

Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

On Wednesday October 13, we continue with an all open mic night.

Join us on October 13  from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 863 1871 6415

Password: stonesoup

10/4/21

October 6: Kevin Gallagher Features at Stone Soup Poetry

 
 
Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

On Wednesday October 6, we kick off the new month with poet, author and past Stone Souper Kevin Gallagher.

Kevin Gallagher is a Boston area poet, publisher, and political economist.  His newest book of poems, And Yet it Moves is out this fall from MadHat Press.  Gallagher edits spoKe, a Boston-based annual of poetry and poetics.  He works as a professor of global development policy at Boston University.

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

The meeting ID is 870 0814 6493

Password: stonesoup


9/10/21

September 29: Denise Washington Features at Stone Soup Poetry


Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

On Wednesday September 29, we close out September with poet and organizer Denise Washington.

Denise Washington, was born and raised in Roxbury, Massachusetts. She was a METCO student who graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Television Production / Creative Writing from Emerson College and her Master of Science degree in Early Childhood Education from Wheelock College. 

For quite some time she lived in North Hollywood and worked as the assistant to the producer for the WB sitcom "The Wayan Brothers Show" and as a production coordinator and worked her way up to a team writer for the HBO sitcom "Arli$$. 

She is an Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts alumni, a voice student of the late John Andrew Ross and Ed Bullins is her playwright mentor.

Currently, she is an educator in the Boston Public School System nurturing souls on a daily basis. She also enjoys teaching meditation, Yoga & Zumba to the children, their families and school staff! 

Denise is the Founder, CEO and Producer of #Pop-Up Poetry series, A Denise Plays Hard Event, coming to a neighborhood near you!” This concept was birth with her second grade class students at the Mather Elementary School. 

On April 22, 2018, to commensurate National Poetry Month, her first #Pop-Up Poetry series was in a garden. Her students, their families and people from the community came. Haywood Fannell was the Guest Poet, a host of students, their family members, friends and poets from the community dropped a verse and a rhyme. 

Since April 22nd 2018, Poetry has been popping up across the City of Boston and beyond! Denise has met so many talented people along the way, of different ages, and walks of life that have a love for poetry, and enjoy using this platform to share their poems! 

This is also a health & wellness venture! Did you know there are some health benefit to listening and writing poetry? It improves cognitive mood, well being and stress, just to name a few.

Join us on September 29 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is  844 6603 4534

Password: stonesoup

9/9/21

September 22: Stone Soup All Open Mic Tonight

Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

On Wednesday September 22, we we continue with an all open mic night.

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

The meeting ID is   890 5176 0630

Password: stonesoup

 

8/24/21

September 15: Sam Cha Features at Stone Soup Poetry

 


Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone's participation.

On Wednesday September 15, we invite you to a special feature with Sam Cha.

Sam Cha is from Korea. He earned an MFA at UMass Boston. A 2017 recipient of the St. Boltoph’s Club Emerging Artists Prize, his work has appeared in apt, Assay, Best New Poets 2016, Boston Review, DIAGRAM, Memorious, and Missouri Review. His chapbook, American Carnage, was published by Portable Press @ Yo-Yo Labs in 2018. His full-length collection of cross-genre work, The Yellow Book, was published by [PANK] Books in 2020. Sam lives and writes in Cambridge, MA.

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

The meeting ID is  829 9463 6404

Password: stonesoup