May 26: Gary Hicks Features at Stone Soup

 

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 May 26, we end our celebration of Stone Soup's 50th anniversary (for now) with the return of Gary Hicks.

Gary Hicks has been active in the politics of the left since the 1960s. He has been at various times, an educator, a community organizer, and a cultural worker. In the early 2000s Hicks worked as a substitute teacher in Boston before retiring to the west coast in 2009. He has been writing poetry since 1983 and is the author of A Pen Is Like a Piece. You Pick It Up. You Use It. 

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

The meeting ID is 841 4477 8933

Password: stonesoup

May 12: John Landry Features at Stone Soup Poetry

 

John Landry with Arlene Stone

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 May 12, we continue our celebration of Stone Soup's 50th anniversary with John Landry, one of Stone Soup's many surviving dignitaries form the days of its founder, the late Jack Powers.

John Landry was born in New Bedford and served as its poet laureate (2007-2010). He ran several poetry reading series there over the decades. He has survived as a quahogger, scallop shucker, factory worker, warehouseman, librarian, health educator, and teacher. He was a regular participant in Stone Soup readings organized by founder Jack Powers from the 1970's through the 1990's. At the invitation of Gwendolyn Brooks, he read at the Library of Congress.

Landry was enlisted as a contributing editor for the 50th anniversary anthology of San Francisco's BEATITUDE in 2009, and for the Spring 2018 Cape Cod Poetry Review. His own work has appeared in a wide array of publications in the US and abroad. During a campaign of civil disobedience concerning homeless services, AIDS awareness, and the Iran-Contra scandal, he was arrested at the Reagan White House. At the time, he was working with the Community for Creative Non-Violence, helping to run the largest homeless shelter in the country (2 blocks from the U.S. Capitol).

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

The meeting ID is 898 0112 6082

Password: stonesoup

May 5: Stone Soup 50th Anniversary 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.

On Wednesday May 5th, following Deta Galloway's amazing feature, Stone Soup continues with an extended all-open mic and invite anyone who missed our May 1st celebration to join in.

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

The meeting ID is 867 4146 6918

Password: stonesoup