March 29: Frances Donovan Features at Stone Soup Poetry

Photo by Michelle Schapiro

In addition to online gatherings, Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting in person every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More gallery shows will soon be announced. On March 29, we will be joined online by feature Frances Donovan, who is celebrating the release of her new poetry collection. The next in-person gathering will be on April 12.

Frances Donovan is the author of Arboretum in a Jar (Lily Poetry Review Books, 2023). Her chapbook Mad Quick Hand of the Seashore was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. Donovan’s poems have appeared in Lily Poetry Review, Solstice, Heavy Feather Review, SWWIM, and elsewhere. Her interviews of other poets can be found at The Rumpus and on her website. Donovan holds an MFA in poetry from Lesley University and is a certified Poet Educator with Mass Poetry. In 2019, Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola selected one of her poems to be displayed at Boston City Hall. Donovan’s work deals with themes of home, family, intergenerational trauma, and sexual and gender identity. She remembers fondly the summer of 1998, when she drove a bulldozer in a Pride parade while wearing a bustier.

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

The meeting ID is 885 8926 0791

Password: stonesoup

March 22: Stone Soup In-Person All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry returns for a live show on Wednesday, March 2 from 7:00 to 9:00 at the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located in Boston on 70(a) Sleeper Street, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant. It will be an all-open mic night, and everyone is welcome.

Free admission but donations for features are appreciated.

March 15: Margaret R. Sáraco Features Online at Stone Soup Poetry

In addition to online gatherings, Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting in person every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More gallery shows will soon be announced. On March 15, we welcome you to kick back and join us for multiple online and in-person feature Margaret R. Sáraco joining us on Zoom
 

The next in-person gathering will be on  March 22.

 

Margaret R. Sáraco, author of the poetry collection, If There Is No Wind (Human Error Publishing, 2022), explores themes of family, beauty, love, and activism. Video and audio recordings include the DMQ Review, Poetry of Protest and Struggle, and Quintessential Listening. Recent publications include Meat for Tea (The Valley Review), 26th Annual Ink Anthology (Moonstone Arts), Royal Beauty (Arts by the People), and Windblown II (NatureCulture). She leads writing workshops and enjoys reading and reviewing poetry books. She has written articles and columns on contemporary life, music, health, and feminism. Her Pushcart Prize nominated work is in Lips Poetry Magazine.

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

The meeting ID is 868 2651 5036

Password: stonesoup

March 8: Stone Soup Poetry IN-PERSON with Kaleigh O’Keefe

Stone Soup Poetry returns for a live show on Wednesday, March 8 from 7:00 to 9:00 at the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located on 70(a) Sleeper Street, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant. Our special feature will be poet an Kaleigh O’Keefe .

Free admission but donations for features are appreciated.

Kaleigh O’Keefe (they/them) is a gender outlaw and proud union member living in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Their poetry has appeared in Breaking the Chains: a Socialist Perspective on Women’s Liberation, Kissing Dynamite, Button Poetry, In Between Spaces: an Anthology of Disabled Writers (Stillhouse Press), won the PRIDE Poetry Prize in Passengers Journal, and is featured on indie music legend Ceschi’s album Sans Soleil. Kaleigh is a contributor and editor for Liberation News, co-founder of Game Over Books, and co-organizer of the Liberation Open Mic at the Boston Liberation Center in Roxbury. 

Let Us Know You're Coming Through the Eventbrite page.

March 1: Arthur Stratusfier Williams Features at Stone Soup

In addition to online gatherings, Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting in person every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More gallery shows will soon be announced. On March 1, we hope you help us kick off the new month and welcome back past feature Arthur Stratusfier Williams on Zoom. The next in-person gathering will be on  March 8.

 

Stratusfier is a soul-traveling artist that uses rap and poetry to condense light after exploring his own darkness. His work embraces his Bipolar Disorder and ADHD as a lens to capture the world and acknowledge his experience in it from a neurodivergent perspective. His work, “Country Summer”, is featured in Boston’s Mayor’s Poetry Program Selections for 2021. He has been the featured poet at Stone Soup Poetry and Untitled Open Mic. His work has been published in Oddball Magazine, the Journal Writers Without Margins Volume VI: The Unlocked Edition, and the Journal F(r)iction #19: Arcana. His collection of self-published work can be found on the platform Vocal. Follow him on Instagram or on Facebook.

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

 

The meeting ID is 878 2203 1814

Password: stonesoup

 

Rescheduled: February 22: Stone Soup Poetry IN-PERSON with Black Byrd

Stone Soup Poetry returns for a live show on Wednesday, February 22 from 7:00 to 9:00 at the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located on 70(a) Sleeper Street in Boston, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant. Please come to our rescheduled feature with poet and author Black Byrd.

Free admission but donations for features are appreciated.

"My name is Isabel Alexandre also known as Black Byrd, The Poet. My first collection of poems that I've written over the years from when I was 15 years old. Poetry/Spoken Word was an escape from a hard life as a teenager living with an alcoholic mother. I have since found freedom and confidence in myself to be able to share my thoughts and words to you all who may have a copy of this book. I truly appreciate your support in taking the time to relax and listen some beautiful and some sad poems all written by me. I want to thank my husband for motivating me to continue to write and to show the world how talented I am with words. I want to thank my Heavenly Father for giving me this gift and I never want to take that for granted. Thank you again for your support. Now sit back and relax and let my words take you through a journey, rather relatable or unique. Welcome 2 My Journey."

Stay Tuned for the Eventbrite page!

February 15: Skoot Mosby Features Online at Stone Soup Poetry

In addition to online gatherings, Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting in person every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More gallery shows will soon be announced. On February 15, we welcome you to kick back and join us for multiple online and in-person feature Skoot Mosby, returning to us this time by way of Zoom.

The next in-person gathering will be on  March 8.

Skoot Mosby is a heavy hitting poet. As the Poetry Club president and the face of Roxbury Community College, he has created many successful events, such as No Filter, Man vs Police,” and What That Mouth Do. Skoot is taking the poetry world by storm with his freestyle abilities on the mic. Skoot has featured at Rapping With The Writers, Comic Con, Roxbury Rocks, Art is Life Itself, Hope Inc., Verbalization, Lizard Lounge, and Stone Soup. In a major addition to his features, Skoot has been a 3x Semi finalist National Slam Team. Skoot has also served as a member of the Compassionate Poets and an assistant facilitator for Writers Without Margins. 

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

The meeting ID is 895 4787 5792

Password: stonesoup

CANCELLED--February 8: Stone Soup Poetry IN-PERSON with Black Byrd

 We apologize that Black Byrd won't be able to make it tonight. We will reschedule as soon as we can.

Stone Soup Poetry returns for a live show on Wednesday, February 8 from 7:00 to 9:00 at the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located on 70(a) Sleeper Street, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant. Our special feature will be poet and author Black Byrd.

Free admission but donations for features are appreciated.

"My name is Isabel Alexandre also known as Black Byrd, The Poet. My first collection of poems that I've written over the years from when I was 15 years old. Poetry/Spoken Word was an escape from a hard life as a teenager living with an alcoholic mother. I have since found freedom and confidence in myself to be able to share my thoughts and words to you all who may have a copy of this book. I truly appreciate your support in taking the time to relax and listen some beautiful and some sad poems all written by me. I want to thank my husband for motivating me to continue to write and to show the world how talented I am with words. I want to thank my Heavenly Father for giving me this gift and I never want to take that for granted. Thank you again for your support. Now sit back and relax and let my words take you through a journey, rather relatable or unique. Welcome 2 My Journey."

Let Us Know You're Coming Through the Eventbrite page.

February 1: Dr. Tara Betts Features Online at Stone Soup Poetry

 

 

In addition to online gatherings, Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting in person every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More gallery shows will soon be announced. Until then, we welcome you to kick back and hear online feature Dr. Tara Betts on February 1 and purchase her latest poetry collection, Refuse to Disappear. The next in-person gathering will be on February 8.

Dr. Tara Betts is the author of Refuse to Disappear, Break the Habit, and Arc & Hue. In addition to her work as a teaching artist and mentor for young poets, she has taught at Rutgers University, University of Illinois-Chicago, Northwestern University and at Stateville Prison via the Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project. She is the Inaugural Poet for the People Practitioner Fellow at University of Chicago. Betts currently teaches at DePaul University and serves as Poetry Editor at The Langston Hughes Review. She is also founder of the nonprofit organization The Whirlwind Learning Center on Chicago's South Side.

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

The meeting ID is 816 9397 0650

Password: stonesoup

January 25: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting in person every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More gallery shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on January 25, the first open mic of 2023! The next in-person gathering will be on February 8.

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

The meeting ID is 840 7213 1225

Password: stonesoup