Other People's Poems

01/04/2025

Friends! Two folks who were at the show last night have let me know that they tested positive for Covid today. So please take care of yourselves and be on the lookout in case you are feeling unwell! Thanks. ❤️

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01/04/2025

Look at this beautiful basket that Nancy Mackinnon brought as an offering to the poets! 😍😍😍 It is full of bundles of juniper and hanging birdpops of suet and birdseed!
Thank you, Nancy! We love you! ❤️

08/12/2024

As Alua Arthur of Going with Grace End of Life Planners said...
GOOD GOOGLY MOOGLY!

08/02/2024

THANK YOU to LINDSAY VIGUE PHOTOGRAPHY for these beauuuutiful photos from our second birthday! 🥳

(i dunno why Facebook won't let folks tag... Will post on my personal page, too!)

See you tonight for the 25th OPP! 🥰

07/29/2024

OPP vol. 25 is THIS FRIDAY!
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07/04/2024

OPP fans!!! Hartford Flavor Company has opened their MIND-BLOWINGLY BEAUTIFUL new parlor on Pratt Street!!!

Celebrate by TREATING YOURSELF: https://tables.toasttab.com/restaurants/e825b048-7402-4e9c-b4dd-2a588eeddd94/findTime?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2lIT9kXV9wsoXwvSZfwJrr_tNkZvl5KaEBDwY7nC0DrZuqhXsZmizfE48_aem_sA6HXQXDAPjC2d9Oo92ApQ

06/08/2024

Here is OPP Vol. 23!
(feel free to send corrections)

Thank you to everybody who read a poem that they love!

NEXT MONTH IS OUR SECOND BIRTHDAY! See you at Hartford Flavor Company on July 5! 🎂

-Chion Wolf - “Baseball“ by B.A. Van Sise
-Yani - “Basic Teachings of Johnisms“ / “Confucianism is“
-Carissa Teff - “On Children“ by Khalil Gibran
-Russell - “Say I Am You“ by Rumi
-Judy Garfinkel - “What Do You Want To Be?“ By Steven Lewis
-Theodora Ruhs - “The Tide Rises, The Ride Falls“ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
-Pamela Morrison-Wolf - “If“ by Rudyard Kipling
-Stephanie Silver - “At Seventy“ by Judith Viorst
-Kate Byroade - “Love Poem With Apologies For My Appearance“ by Ada Limón
-Allison Kane - “That's How You Know“ by Lori McKenna
-Laura Martineau - “At The Smithville Methodist Church“ by Stephen Dunn
-Margaret Rousseau - “No Ordinary Sun“ by Hone Tuwhare
-Michael Veillette - “Heaven“ by Julie Gold
-Toni - “There Are No More Memories In The Making“ by Sara Rian
-Erin Lemkin - “It's Not Me“ by Chris Cheney
-Aaron Scott - “For The Straights Who Don't Mind G**s But Wish They Weren't So Blatant“ by Pat Parker
-Abby Bunz - “Looking At The Cat's Balls“ by Charles Bukowski
-Casey Rousseau - “A Time To Talk“ by Robert Frost
-Daniel Rodriguez-Schlorff - “Prayer For The Living“ by Tess Baumberger
-Krista - “Your Life“ by Andrea Gibson
-Bob - “Coney Island Of The Mind #9“ by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
-B - “Dear Mom Love Me For Me“ by Space Gay 17
-Julia - “How To Be A Good Ally“

05/31/2024

We are ONE WEEK AWAY from OPP Vol. 23! Do you have your poem yet?

UPDATE: To avoid having a sleepover at Hartford Flavor Company (although that would be cool), we will wrap at 9:15pm! So please keep your time at the mic to 3 minutes or less, so we can get to as many wild cards as possible. Thank you! 🙏

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04/26/2024

We are ONE WEEK AWAY from OPP!
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04/01/2024

OPP Volume 21 is THIS FRIDAY! 🥳
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