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