The Poet for Hire Has News and Events
I'll be updating this site with news concerning my work and readings, as well as including features for Stone Soup Poetry. For slightly more updated news, more personal material, and occasionally more quirky things, you can visit my blog.
NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2020 is Still Happening
National Poetry Writing Month (now also known as Global Poetry Writing Month) has taken place every April for years. I'm a long-time participant, and it's likely there could be more participants then ever this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether you're still working or bunkered down, I hope you join me and poets around the world as we strive to write (at least on average) one poem per day for the entire thirty days of April. If you have a website or blog you'll be sharing your work on, submit it to the NaPoWriMo website, which will also be providing writing prompts for the duration of the event. You can visit this link to see every poem I post for the event. Let's see if I can write thirty poems on time without having to break the Emergency Haiku Glass.
April 8: And Stone Soup Goes On(line)...
Download the Zoom App for free, and Join me Wednesday April 8 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM for an online open mic via this link.
The meeting ID is 762-459-026
The password: stonesoup
Thanks to everyone for their continued support during these times.
The meeting ID is 762-459-026
The password: stonesoup
Thanks to everyone for their continued support during these times.
Help Support the First Cambridge Poetry MashUp in April
Update: Postponed due to COVID-19-related gallery shutdown. New date to be announced.
Toni Bee's newest project for National Poetry Month event starts on April 8, with other events throughout the month, including April 18th, which will be hosted in part by myself and other members of Stone Soup Poetry. I encourage you to support this event by attending as many dates as you can and supporting Toni through her GoFundMe page. Please help make real Toni's vision of a poetry festival that is truly diverse and truly represents Cantabrigians from all walks of life.
Toni Bee's newest project for National Poetry Month event starts on April 8, with other events throughout the month, including April 18th, which will be hosted in part by myself and other members of Stone Soup Poetry. I encourage you to support this event by attending as many dates as you can and supporting Toni through her GoFundMe page. Please help make real Toni's vision of a poetry festival that is truly diverse and truly represents Cantabrigians from all walks of life.
Know Her Worth: Genie Santiago at Stone Soup on April 22
Update: Cancelled due to COVID-19-related gallery shutdown. New date to be announced.
I've wanted Genie Santiago to perform at Stone Soup since seeing her at last April's Amazing WoMen Poetry Showcase at the Dudley Cafe. Genie keeps a busy performance schedule, and we are thrilled that she is coming to Stone Soup on April 22. Please spread the word to your friends and to all fellow poets. This is her first time at Stone Soup's regular home, and we want to make the night memorable.
I've wanted Genie Santiago to perform at Stone Soup since seeing her at last April's Amazing WoMen Poetry Showcase at the Dudley Cafe. Genie keeps a busy performance schedule, and we are thrilled that she is coming to Stone Soup on April 22. Please spread the word to your friends and to all fellow poets. This is her first time at Stone Soup's regular home, and we want to make the night memorable.
May 27: James Van Looy Closes Out Stone Soup's 49th Anniversary
Stone Soup Poetry closes out its anniversary month the only way we could, with a feature by James Van Looy, who will perform Edgar Allen Poe's "A Descent Into The Maelstrom" as he has done in recent months for other audiences. James has been with Stone Soup for so many years, it's only fitting he close out our anniversary month as we begin our slow journey to year 50 for Stone Soup and whatever that will bring.
June 10: Stone Soup Welcomes Back Alexis Ivy!
Alexis Ivy first owned the podium back in June 2013. Seven years later, Alexis returns on June 10 to do it all over again. She has many more accomplishments under her belt, including a new book, Taking the Homeless Census, which she'll be reading from. Alexis is another exciting addition as we count down to our fiftieth year as an open mic spoken word venue. Regardless of who is on our stage, we want all of you to be a part of this historical year in Stone Soup's history.
This is Stone Soup Stagecoach
Stone Soup Stagecoach is the new brand name/imprint for anytime Stone Soup Poetry has an event, a workshop, or a special guest appearance outside of our regular weekly gathering. As a Mass Poetry Representative of Suffolk County, I am hoping to extend Stone Soup from its current Cambridge home to Boston proper (where Stone Soup got it's start), as well as wherever else we are invited. I hope to make an announcement soon regarding our first Stagecoach "outing." If you are someone who would like to be part of a stagecoach gathering in any form, a regular presence at Stone Soup will definitely help you stick out as a prospect (that doesn't mean you show up every week, don't worry, I'm fair, but it helps if you are there to help advertise your work to me and to people interested in having us). Of course, contacting me at chadpoetforhire@yahoo.com will also help. More news coming soon.
