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Poet, Writer, Comics reviewer. Associate Editor of Oddball Magazine. Host of Stone Soup Poetry weekly. My main page is below. http://www.chadparenteaupoetforhire.com
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The Chad Parenteau's Lost Causes newsletter for May 7 is up now at Substack. #poetry #poetrycommunity #artwork #photography #comics

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The last pride piece by Darcie Evans with photography by Jennifer Matthews. #poetry #photography @oddballmagazine.bsky.social

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The first of too prideful flash fictions with writer Liza Olson and artist Robert Fleming. #flashfiction #artwork #pride

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"We're American because we say so! I mean, who needs profiling?" #poetry #haiku #AmericanHaiku #Trump #ICE

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Jammed. #poetry @oddballmagazine.bsky.social

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It's a Tuesday getaway with poet Susan Isla Tepper and photographer W.F. Lantry. #poetry #photography @oddballmagazine.bsky.social

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Comics Spotlight: Alex Soriano. #comics @oddballmagazine.bsky.social

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Low noon. An essay from Grady VanWright with artwork by Richard Spisak. #essay #Trump #artwork

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I'm an Elmer's man until I die. #comics @oddballmagazine.bsky.social

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I'm zero years old finding out Alien Ant Farm also covered "Billie Jean."

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Ode to My Second Appendix Part Fourteen. Read "He Speaks Kitchen Illogical" over at my Patreon. #poetry #poetrycommunity

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A piece of protest from poet Ari Whipple with photography by Edward S. Gault. #poetry @strangenothings.bsky.social #photography @oddballmagazine.bsky.social

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Dr. Melissa Castillo-Garsow is Stone Soup's first special feature for May. #poetry #poetrycommunity

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Proud to have two poems in the latest anthology assembled by poet and publisher Fin Hall. Orange is Not a Colour: Poems Against Totalitarianism is a collection of poetry against the current regime. I'm proud to be part this group. #poetry #poetrycommunity

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Added the epilogue to my Tuesday Poem series on my Patreon. Subscribe for a buck a month to read the whole series. #poetry #poetrycommunity

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A little world of wisdom. #poetry @oddballmagazine.bsky.social

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The Stone Soup Croutons poem from April 24 is now up. Read "Future Support." #poetry #poetrycommunity

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Whatevers wherever. #poetry @oddballmagazine.bsky.social

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It won't go away now. #poetry @oddballmagazine.bsky.social

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From this week's online gathering. Thanks to Toni Rose for a great closing to National Poetry Month. Support Toni via either though Cash App ($ToniRose143) or Venmo (@Antonette-Rose-19). #poetry #poetrycommunity

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Country of Three Hundred Million Rugged Individualists Pretty Sure They Can Wing It Without A Federal Government “I mean, I can like, google salmonella,” said a lady in a diner

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Happy Fifty-Fourth Anniversary, Stone Soup Poetry.

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Just the way I feel.

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The Chad Parenteau's Lost Causes newsletter for April 30 is up now at Substack. #poetry #poetrycommunity #artwork #photography #comics

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Tip of the hat to April. he last Wednesday of National Poetry Month concludes with poetry by new contributor Alyson Bailey and artwork by Mark Blickley. #poetry #artwork @oddballmagazine.bsky.social

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"If you ignore the thing we did to destroy the economy and its effects, we're doing GREAT!"

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Going out with the new for the last day of National Poetry Month with new contributor Devin Rogan. Photography by Glenn Bowie. #poetry #photography @oddballmagazine.bsky.social

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Facebook is being a total dick to my Blogger links. Yes, I use Blogger. What of it? Anyway, I finished NaPoWriMo. Wanna see what I did? Here's a link to everything. Thanks to those who have read my stuff throughout this month. #poetry #NaPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2025

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"And don't forget guys, I can still hurt black people! You asked for that too!" #poetry #haiku #AmericanHaiku #Trump

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>war starts over taxes on trade >insecure young man uncertain about his place in the world turns evil after listening to a pseudoreligous podcast >liberal republican order gets auto-coup'd because it's too hidebound to institutionally respond to both internal & external threats how did he know

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NapoWriMo, Day Thirty, Poem Thirty. #poetry #NaPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2025

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A quick talk with street poet Random Cushing during my last night in New Orleans. #poetry #poetrycommunity

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A place to play. #poetry @oddballmagazine.bsky.social

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I've finished the Tuesday Poem series. Read "The Last Tuesday" over at my Patreon for as little as a buck a month. #poetry #poetrycommunity

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As April sets, here's poet George Freek and photographer Bonnie Matthews Brock to kick off Tuesday. #poetry #photography @oddballmagazine.bsky.social

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NapoWriMo, Day Twenty-Nine, Poem Twenty-Nine. #poetry #NaPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2025

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sigh

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Oddball Stories with Chris Malloy. #nonfiction #essay #wellness

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Mike Mesterton-Gibbons puts on croccodile tears for Elon Musk. #poetry @oddballmagazine.bsky.social

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Last Monday, we were in the middle of a flash flood alert. We were fine, but the water rose pretty high.

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I don't know which parade this group was attached to, but they kept the spirit going whichever group they were either leaving or joining!

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I love multiple panel stories! #comics @oddballmagazine.bsky.social

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Ode to My Second Appendix Part Thirteen. Read "Bandless, On the Run" over at my Patreon. #poetry #poetrycommunity

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Happy Monday. Here's a writer/artist feature for the last week of National Poetry Month as we focus on Oddball's all-star contributor Jennifer Matthews. #poetry #photography @oddballmagazine.bsky.social

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Toni Rose puts April to bed this week at Stone Soup Poetry. #stonesouppoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity

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The Stone Soup Croutons poem from April 24 is now up. Read "2025." #poetry #poetrycommunity

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NapoWriMo, Day Twenty-Eight, Poem Twenty-Eight. #poetry #NaPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2025

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