April 5: Karen Friedland Features 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 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.

Karen Friedland’s poems have been published in the Lily Poetry Review, Nixes Mate Review, One Art, and others. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, received the 59th Moon Prize from Writing in a Women’s Voice, and had a poem hanging on the walls of Boston’s City Hall. Her books of poems are Places That Are Gone and Tales from the Teacup Palace. She lives in the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston with her husband and three pets. Karen is living with incurable, inoperable ovarian cancer.

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

The meeting ID is 814 4713 1214

Password: stonesoup

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. 

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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."

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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

 

No Stone Soup Tonight

We are unable to gather tonight. Stay tuned for new Stone Soup features to be announced.

January 11: Stone Soup Poetry IN-PERSON with David P. Miller

Stone Soup Poetry returns for a live show on Wednesday, January 11 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 David P. Miller.

Free admission but donations for features are appreciated.

David P. Miller’s collection, Bend in the Stair, was published by Lily Poetry Review Books in 2021. Sprawled Asleep was published by Nixes Mate Books in 2019. His poems have appeared in Meat for Tea, Denver Quarterly, The Poetry Porch, subTerrain, Muddy River Poetry Review, Constellations, Lily Poetry Review, Caustic Frolic, Clementine Unbound, and Nixes Mate Review, among others. He lives with his wife, the visual artist Jane Wiley, in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.  

 

January 4: 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 4, the first open mic of 2023! The next in-person gathering will be on January 11.

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

The meeting ID is 856 6483 7996

Password: stonesoup

 

December 28: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live 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 December 28, the last open mic of the year! The next in-person gathering will be on January 11.

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

The meeting ID is 880 7118 4596

Password: stonesoup

 

December 21: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

 

 

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live 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 December 21. The next in person gathering will be on January 11.

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

The meeting ID is 839 7906 8110

Password: stonesoup

 

December 14: Stone Soup Poetry LIVE with Deborah M. Priestly

Stone Soup Poetry returns for a live show on Wednesday, December 14 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 Deborah Priestly, who returns to Stone Soup after being away for almost five years.

Free admission but donations for features are appreciated.

Deborah M. Priestly is co-founder of the Out of the Blue Art Gallery along with Tom Tipton. For years, she ran the gallery's Saturday Night reading series called Open Bark. Her publication credits include Ibbetson Street, Spare Change, Poesy, Fresh!, Boston Poet, The Boston Herald, The Boston Girl Guide and Out of the Blue Writers Unite (which she also co-edited). She is the author of The Woman Has A Voice from Ibbetson Street Press, an eclectic combination of healing poetry and images of women in transition.

Eventbrite Page forthcoming.

 

December 7: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on December 7. The next live gathering will be on December 14.

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

The meeting ID is 828 0081 8566

Password: stonesoup

November 30: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on November 30 The next live gathering will be on December 14.

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

The meeting ID is 873 3449 8391

Password: stonesoup

November 23: No Stone Soup Poetry Tonight

 

 

Stone Soup Poetry will be taking the night off as we prepare for the holiday tomorrow whether it's hunkering down with supplies or traveling to be with others. We'll see you all again for our next online gathering on November 30.

November 16: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on November 16 The next live gathering will be on December 14.

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

The meeting ID is 889 7385 3497

Password: stonesoup

 

November 9: Stone Soup Poetry LIVE with Gloria Monaghan

Stone Soup Poetry returns for a live show with special feature Gloria Monaghan on Wednesday, November 9 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.

Free admission but donations for features are appreciated.

Gloria Monaghan is a Professor at Wentworth University. She has published five books of poetry. Her poems have appeared in Alexandria Quarterly, NPR, Poem-a-Day, Lily Poetry Review, Mom Egg Review, among others. She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, the Massachusetts Book Award, and the Griffin Prize. Her sixth collection is coming out in March under Lily Review.

 

Eventbrite Page forthcoming.

 

November 2: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on November 2 The next live gathering will be on November 9.

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

The meeting ID is 811 2563 8230

Password: stonesoup

 

October 26: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

 

 

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on October 5. The next live gathering will be on November 9.

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

The meeting ID is 843 1551 2004

Password: stonesoup

 

October 19: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on October 5. The next live gathering will be on November 9.

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

The meeting ID is 845 2299 0084

Password: stonesoup

 

October 15: Stone Soup and Fort Point Open Studios

This year, Stone Soup Poetry is part of the Fort Point Arts Open Studios. Join the group of poets as they gather on Saturday October 15 at the FPAC Gallery on 300 Summer Street from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. 

Hosted by Edward S. Gault. 

Special thanks to Duane Lucia for making this gathering possible.

 

October 12: Stone Soup Poetry LIVE with Carla Schwartz

Photo by Mark Ostow

Stone Soup Poetry returns for a live show on Wednesday, October 12 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.

Free admission but donations for features are appreciated.

Filmmaker and photographer Carla Schwartz’s poems have been widely published, including in “The Practicing Poet” (Diane Lockward, Ed) and in her collections Signs of Marriage and Intimacy with the Wind. Her CB99videos youtube channel has 2,400,000+ views. Find her on Twitter, or Instagram @cb99videos. Recent publications appear in The Ear, Channel, The MacGuffin, and Leon. She lives part time in New Hampshire on an island in Lake Winnipesaukee and the rest of the time in the Boston area.Watch the promo video for her latest book here.

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October 5: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on October 5. The next live gathering will be on October 12.

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

The meeting ID is 842 4049 1132

Password: stonesoup

 

September 28: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on September 28. The next live gathering will be on October 12.

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

The meeting ID is 885 5328 3128

Password: stonesoup

 

September 21: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on September 21. The next live gathering will be on October 12.

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

The meeting ID is 862 5993 3518

Password: stonesoup

September 14: Stone Soup Poetry LIVE with Miriam O'Neal

Stone Soup Poetry returns for a live show on Wednesday, September 14 from 7:00 to 9:00 at our old home, the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located on 70(a) Sleeper Street, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant. 

Free admission but donations for features are appreciated. 

No online component will be available for this reading.

Join us for an evening of  poetry with Miriam O'Neal. 

 Miriam O'Neal's, The Half-Said Things was published by Nixes Mate Books in 2022. The Body Dialogues (Lily Poetry Review Books, 2020) was nominated for a Massachusetts Center for the Book Award. Her first collection, We Start With What We’re Given, was published by Kelsay Books in 2018. A 2019 Pushcart nominee, she was also a finalist for the 2019 Disquiet International Poetry Prize and the 2020 Princemere Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in Blackbird Journal, The Galway Review, North Dakota Quarterly, The Waxed Lemon, and other journals.

September 7: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on September 7. The next live gathering will be on September 14.

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

The meeting ID is 875 9697 0012

Password: stonesoup

 

August 31: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on August 31. The next live gathering will be on September 14.

Join us on August 31 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 811 2324 4580

Password: stonesoup

August 24: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on August 24. The next live gathering will be on September 14.

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

The meeting ID is 883 1225 0750

Password: stonesoup

August 17: Stone Soup All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. We welcome you to participate in an online open mic on August 17. The next live gathering will be on September 14.

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

The meeting ID is 838 3802 5423

Password: stonesoup

August 10: Stone Soup All-Open Mic--No Live Show Tonight

Due to extenuating circumstances, Stone Soup is unable to meet live this Wednesday on August 10. We instead present an all-open mic online as we prepare for upcoming features. Our live gatherings will resume on September 14.

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

The meeting ID is 810 1339 1307

Password: stonesoup

August 3: Stone Soup Poetry's Online All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. Until the next live gathering on August 10, we welcome you to participate in an online open mic on August 3.

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

The meeting ID is 871 7941 8328

Password: stonesoup

July 27: Stone Soup Poetry's Online All-Open Mic

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced. Until the next gathering on August 10, we welcome you to participate in an online open mic on July 27.

Join us on July 27 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 821 5759 1575

Password: stonesoup

July 20: The Lastest of Last Minute Open Mics

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced for the summer. Until the next open mic on August 10, we welcome you to participate in an online open mic tonight. Sorry for the short notice!

Join us on July 20 from 8:00 to 10:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 814 9401 4218

Password: stonesoup

 

July 13: Stone Soup Poetry LIVE with The Garage Poets

Stone Soup Poetry returns for a live show on Wednesday, July 13 from 7:00 to 9:00 at our old home, the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located on 70(a) Sleeper Street, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant. 

Free admission but donations for features are appreciated. 

Join us for an evening of The Garage Poets.

Taking form in a dilapidated garage in Malden, MA after starting an online open mic together during the COVID lockdown, Garage Poets are a surrealists blending of Ethan Mackler's improvised bass guitar and the spoken word of poets Anna Geoffroy and Jeff Taylor.

Join via the Eventbrite page.

We are attempting a Zoom link to watch and possibly participate in the event. Join it by clicking here.

The meeting ID is 861 1246 1064

Password: stonesoup

July 6: No Stone Soup Tonight

Due to a personal emergency, there is no Stone Soup tonight. Stay tuned for more news.

June 22: Stone Soup Meets Again Online

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced for the summer. Until the next open mic on July 13, we welcome you to participate in an online open mic on June 22.

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

The meeting ID is 885 9457 1167

Password: stonesoup

 

June 15: Stone Soup All-Open Mic Tonight

Stone Soup Poetry is now meeting live every second Wednesday of the month at Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery. More live shows will soon be announced for the summer. Until then, welcome an online open mic this Wednesday on June 15 while we figure out our regular meeting schedule moving forward.

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

The meeting ID is 883 7322 2155

Password: stonesoup

 

June 8: Stone Soup Poetry LIVE with Jim Dunn

Stone Soup Poetry returns for a live show on Wednesday, June 8 from 7:00 to 9:00 at our old home, the Fort Point Arts Community's Assemblage Gallery, located on 70(a) Sleeper Street, just across from the Barking Crab restaurant. 

Free admission but donations for features are appreciated. 

Join us on June 8 as Jim Dunn celebrates the release of his new collection, This Silence is a Junkyard.

Jim Dunn is the author of Soft Launch (Bootstrap Press/Pressed Wafer, 2008), Convenient Hole (Pressed Wafer, 2004), and Insects In Sex (Fallen Angel Press, 1995). His work has appeared in Castle Grayskull, Blazing Stadium, can we have our ball back?, Bright Pink Mosquito, The Process, eoagh, Gerry Mulligan, Cafe Review, Meanie, and the anthology in tribute to John Wieners, The Blind See Only In This World. He edited the John Wieners Journal, A New Book From Rome with Derek Fenner and Ryan Gallagher of Bootstrap Press.

Join via the Eventbrite page.

We are attempting a Zoom link to watch and possibly participate in the event. Join it by clicking here.

The meeting ID is 856 3037 1397

Password: stonesoup 

June1: 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.

Stone Soup stands on the precipice of more change. Tonight on Wednesday June 1, we gather one more time online before these changes begin to take effect.

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

The meeting ID is 843 0870 2501

Password: stonesoup