The Poet for Hire Welcomes You
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Thank you for visiting my website. I'm always on the search for people who would like to read, publish, or even purchase my work. Maybe you're in one or all three of those categories.
If you wish to know more about me, take a look around. In addition to this website there are links to my social media page. I also maintain a long-time blog here. Oh, and I launched my Patreon Page. And then there's my Bluesky.
I have two collections available: Cant Republic: Erasures and Blackouts and All's Well Isn't You!
12/14/25
"Old Joke with Battered Punchline" is my final poem in dadakuku for 2025.
The Stone Soup Croutons poem from December 12 is now up. Read "Apocalypse and Chill."
My Comic Book Haiku on Captain America #5 (Volume 12) is up at The Ugly Monster.
Watch Stone Soup Poetry's online all-open mic from December 10 with special feature Anna Geoffroy.
The Chad Parenteau's Lost Causes newsletter for December 10 is up now at Substack.
American Haiku: Trump Bails Out Self.
Like a DOGE, Part Twenty-Two: What Did You Learn?. Read it on my Patreon.
It's Later Now, Part Fourteen: Wanted. Read it on my Patreon.
Call for Submissions: The 2025 Christmas Wars.
Buy a mug with my name on it.
Find me in the Poets & Writers directory.
"Old Joke with Battered Punchline" is my final poem in dadakuku for 2025.
The Stone Soup Croutons poem from December 12 is now up. Read "Apocalypse and Chill."
My Comic Book Haiku on Captain America #5 (Volume 12) is up at The Ugly Monster.
Watch Stone Soup Poetry's online all-open mic from December 10 with special feature Anna Geoffroy.
The Chad Parenteau's Lost Causes newsletter for December 10 is up now at Substack.
American Haiku: Trump Bails Out Self.
Like a DOGE, Part Twenty-Two: What Did You Learn?. Read it on my Patreon.
It's Later Now, Part Fourteen: Wanted. Read it on my Patreon.
Call for Submissions: The 2025 Christmas Wars.
Buy a mug with my name on it.
Find me in the Poets & Writers directory.
"Chad's work is perceptive, fresh, and eminently listenable."
Simone Beaubien, SlamMaster, Poetry at the Cantab Longue
"From nimble, spicy haiku and sharp political satire he can leap to the most intimate and subtle craft."
Prabakar T. Rajan, poet, author of A Slice of Water
You have done wonders for Stone Soup. You should be commended."
Doug Holder, founder, Ibbetson Street Press
Simone Beaubien, SlamMaster, Poetry at the Cantab Longue
"From nimble, spicy haiku and sharp political satire he can leap to the most intimate and subtle craft."
Prabakar T. Rajan, poet, author of A Slice of Water
You have done wonders for Stone Soup. You should be commended."
Doug Holder, founder, Ibbetson Street Press
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