Three Poems by Sudeep Soparkar
Confusion Delirium they call it in ecstasy Failing to understand myself Who am I to judge? Rather why should I? I have tried to calm my brains Medicines are helping [...]
Confusion Delirium they call it in ecstasy Failing to understand myself Who am I to judge? Rather why should I? I have tried to calm my brains Medicines are helping [...]
Photography by Ira Joel Haber.
Art with Bill Wolak.
In here, this I can achieve In here it is about my next act. No call to delve into the soul, its tunnels in opposing directions, dancing city of lights [...]
Of the four or five in the room there is always one who will be the poet. Of the one judge in the courtroom there is always one who is [...]
Poetry and artwork by Bill Wolak as part of a special feature in April focusing on our contributing artists.
Artwork by Ira Joel Haber.
Artwork by Dr. Regina Valluzzi.
Artwork by Cesar Valtierra.
There once was a town it seemed that was always cold. Even when it was warm it still was always cold. The people were mean. The people weren't [...]
© 2013 Ira Joel HaberKissing You Hear as my silence is (PART I) You are the proof of love lives And the end of lonely is the completion of alone You [...]
Everything in this room is movable Except for the pit in my stomach And I sit there wondering what if If you hadn’t met her Her with those blue eyes And [...]
James Van Looy has been, among many things, an open mic regular at Stone Soup Poetry for many years, having performed in the early years of the venue. His open mic [...]
It's relaxing to shuffle on once sulfurous-sored feet my back no longer aching though stiff as this hard oak door. I'm in feed-mode. I see through cataracted lenses. I rend with [...]
Ghost Moose Some people call them “ghost moose.” And no one is sure why. That can lead to exhaustion and death. “If the heart stops beating, it sends a text message [...]
There's too much undead in the room. My boomstick no longer goes boom. My shirt now has a stain that just might be my brain. There's one more undead in the [...]
Roommate Of Zombie Tries To Say I, uh, just ate the plums half-rotting in the fridge which, uh you were probably never gonna eat I'm sorry-- wait what are you d- [...]
Eating Poets Chad Parenteau Similes slobber like intestines from my gut. There's no profound zombie like me. I have been eating poets. The alpha zombie doesn't even have a clue. [...]
While passing through The Albuquerque airport I saw Caravaggio in chains; Thick ones on his wrists, Thin ones that tinkled Around his ankles Hobbling his stride. He was being transported By [...]
I stand at the intersection and listen to the obsessed buzz of the pale walk-light man, a man never known to actually walk, as I scan the streets for my wife. [...]
I love you, Deeper than the roots of mankind Stretching back to when I love you was shown with actions My heart explodes like landmines A site for sore eyes making [...]
Alpha Jesus Alpha Jesus wants us to know he can kick our asses any time he wants to. He's just letting us kill him. Alpha Jesus makes his last phone [...]
Negative Sex Jesus Negative Sex Jesus says he just hasn't met the right girl, but when he says it, it first gets taken as gospel, then misinterpreted. It's one reason [...]
Anti-Matter Jesus Anti-Matter Jesus has never returned to our universe because he cannot touch the positive mattered masses to heal them without causing explosive catastrophe. If Anti-Matter Jesus ever showed [...]
AM-Peace 5:13 - Street lights tick off thinkin’ of all that’s lost time, to change, I’ve wasted who’ve I caused to sin will God ever forgive me when, I overcome shackles clasp, [...]