Chad Parenteau
@chadpoetforhire.bsky.social
Poet, writer, comics reviewer. Associate Editor of Oddball Magazine. Host of Stone Soup Poetry weekly. Main page updated regularly.
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BROWNOUT ~ Chad Parenteau
Pour gravyon green beans to hide factthat someone brought ingreen beans on the oneday when everythingis made brown and grey andonly the daring could pourenough gravy to gag a glutto the gills and s…
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I was so busy with everything else, I didn't realize the last issue of Instant Noodles for 2025 came out. It's their gravy themed issue for the holidays! Thanks to the team for including my poem "Brownout" and Robert Fleming in particular for pushing me to submit. #poetry #poetrycommunity
You ready for the end of the year? I'm not! But at least we're getting great poetry out of it. Thanks again to g emil reutter for ringing in the new month. Be sure to grab a copy of his latest book, Distance to Infinity. #poetry #poetrycommunity
December 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
You ready for the end of the year? I'm not! But at least we're getting great poetry out of it. Thanks again to g emil reutter for ringing in the new month. Be sure to grab a copy of his latest book, Distance to Infinity. #poetry #poetrycommunity
The Chad Parenteau's Lost Causes newsletter for December 3 is up now at Substack. #poetry #poetrycommunity #flashfiction #artwork #photography #comics
Chad Parenteau's Lost Causes, 12-3-25
Into the dull grey yonder
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December 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Chad Parenteau's Lost Causes newsletter for December 3 is up now at Substack. #poetry #poetrycommunity #flashfiction #artwork #photography #comics
Strange facts. Check out today's fantastic flash fiction by Timothy Gager with amazing artwork by Ira Joel Haber as we conclude our themes of fictional characters and death. @timothygager.bsky.social #flashfiction #artwork @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
Flash Fiction by Timothy Gager - oddball magazine
Artwork by Ira Joel Haber
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December 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Strange facts. Check out today's fantastic flash fiction by Timothy Gager with amazing artwork by Ira Joel Haber as we conclude our themes of fictional characters and death. @timothygager.bsky.social #flashfiction #artwork @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
"Tens of billions burned at the altar. Tens of billions sacrificed in the temple. All to feed our new God. The new God is hungry, and she will never eat her fill, because she has never hungered. You cannot fill a belly that doesn’t exist." @commandersterling.bsky.social
Execucult Of The Techno God
YouTube video by Stephanie Sterling
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December 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Tens of billions burned at the altar. Tens of billions sacrificed in the temple. All to feed our new God. The new God is hungry, and she will never eat her fill, because she has never hungered. You cannot fill a belly that doesn’t exist." @commandersterling.bsky.social
My Comic Book Haiku on Captain America #4 is up now at The Ugly Monster. #comics #haiku #marvelcomics
Captain America: The Win Some, Lose Lots Issue?
Comic Book Haiku: Captain America — Our Secret Wars Part 4
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December 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My Comic Book Haiku on Captain America #4 is up now at The Ugly Monster. #comics #haiku #marvelcomics
Mixing fiction. A nice combination of poems under one broad theme. With more than a little touch of death. First, a poem by newcomer Amalia Castillo-Morrison with photography from our own Edward S. Gault. #poetry #photography @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
Poem by Amalia Castillo-Morrison - oddball magazine
Photography by Edward S. Gault
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December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Mixing fiction. A nice combination of poems under one broad theme. With more than a little touch of death. First, a poem by newcomer Amalia Castillo-Morrison with photography from our own Edward S. Gault. #poetry #photography @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
I was so busy with everything else, I didn't realize the last issue of Instant Noodles for 2025 came out. It's their gravy themed issue for the holidays! Thanks to the team for including my poem "Brownout" and Robert Fleming in particular for pushing me to submit. #poetry #poetrycommunity
BROWNOUT ~ Chad Parenteau
Pour gravyon green beans to hide factthat someone brought ingreen beans on the oneday when everythingis made brown and grey andonly the daring could pourenough gravy to gag a glutto the gills and s…
instantnoodleslitmag.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I was so busy with everything else, I didn't realize the last issue of Instant Noodles for 2025 came out. It's their gravy themed issue for the holidays! Thanks to the team for including my poem "Brownout" and Robert Fleming in particular for pushing me to submit. #poetry #poetrycommunity
Like a DOGE, Part Twenty-One: New Theory. Read it on my Patreon. #poetry #poetrycommunity
Like a DOGE, Part Twenty-One: New Theory | Chad Parenteau
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December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Like a DOGE, Part Twenty-One: New Theory. Read it on my Patreon. #poetry #poetrycommunity
Rising. A poem by Susan Isla Tepper with photography by new contributor Diane Perpetua herald this Tuesday. #poetry #photography @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
Poem by Susan Isla Tepper - oddball magazine
Photography by Diane Perpetua
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December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Rising. A poem by Susan Isla Tepper with photography by new contributor Diane Perpetua herald this Tuesday. #poetry #photography @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
Comics Spotlight: Robert Christopher Weissenberg. #comics @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
Comics Spotlight: Robert Christopher Weissenberg - oddball magazine
Featuring comics from creators all over
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December 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Comics Spotlight: Robert Christopher Weissenberg. #comics @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
Jacques Fleury looks at the latest theatre production based off of the work of Alison Bechdel in today's Act Three. #drama @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
Act Three with Jacques Fleury: Serious Playtime at Huntington Theater's Fun Home November 14 – December 14, 2025 - oddball magazine
Jacques Fleury Delves into drama in the Boston area
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December 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Jacques Fleury looks at the latest theatre production based off of the work of Alison Bechdel in today's Act Three. #drama @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
Anne Skove provide her own winter's tale in her latest comic. #comics @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
She Who Laughs Lasts: Hell Freezes Over - oddball magazine
Let's see what this week's Annefesto is, shall we?
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December 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Anne Skove provide her own winter's tale in her latest comic. #comics @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
It's Later Now, Part Thirteen: Basic. Read it on my Patreon. #poetry #poetrycommunity
It's Later Now, Part Thirteen: Basic | Chad Parenteau
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December 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's Later Now, Part Thirteen: Basic. Read it on my Patreon. #poetry #poetrycommunity
Finally, a funnier verse about other gunshots courtesy of Mike Mesterton-Gibbons. #poetry @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
Poem by Mike Mesterton-Gibbons - oddball magazine
Finally, a funnier verse about other gunshots
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December 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Finally, a funnier verse about other gunshots courtesy of Mike Mesterton-Gibbons. #poetry @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
Earlier today while I was away, my poem "Whitepilled" was published by Roberta Beach Jacobson her her mini-poetry journal Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry). Much thanks to her. #poetry #poetrycommunity
Afternoon of November 29, 2025
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November 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Earlier today while I was away, my poem "Whitepilled" was published by Roberta Beach Jacobson her her mini-poetry journal Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry). Much thanks to her. #poetry #poetrycommunity
Sage(wood) wisdom. #poetry @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
Wise Words with Bruce Wise - oddball magazine
A litany of voices from the mind of Bruce Wise
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November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Sage(wood) wisdom. #poetry @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
Reposted by Chad Parenteau
A new verse from returning contributor Curt Linderman:
hope is
a bag of wet cement
with feathers
— Curt Linderman
𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘋𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 & 𝘓𝘦𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯
hope is
a bag of wet cement
with feathers
— Curt Linderman
𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘋𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 & 𝘓𝘦𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯
…
hope isa bag of wet cementwith feathers — Curt Linderman after Emily Dickinson & Les Nessman
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November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A new verse from returning contributor Curt Linderman:
hope is
a bag of wet cement
with feathers
— Curt Linderman
𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘋𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 & 𝘓𝘦𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯
hope is
a bag of wet cement
with feathers
— Curt Linderman
𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘋𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 & 𝘓𝘦𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯
Ever-changing. The post-Thanksgiving Bamboozled No More! is up now. #poetry @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
Bamboozled No More! With Truths, Memories and Whatevers Collide with Full Moons and Shooting Stars - oddball magazine
Politics, social commentary from Janet Cormier
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November 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Ever-changing. The post-Thanksgiving Bamboozled No More! is up now. #poetry @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
A time when empathy wasn't (always) seen as weakness. This week's poem column James Van Looy is perfect for Thanksgiving. #poetry @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
It's All One Thing #614: Homeless Children Art Project 1999 - oddball magazine
Missives, musings and music from a performing mime at large
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A time when empathy wasn't (always) seen as weakness. This week's poem column James Van Looy is perfect for Thanksgiving. #poetry @oddballmagazine.bsky.social
From this week's online gathering. Hope you enjoyed this Thanksgiving Day respite. #poetry #poetrycommunity
Stone Soup Poetry All Open Mic, 11-26-25
YouTube video by Chad Parenteau
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November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
From this week's online gathering. Hope you enjoyed this Thanksgiving Day respite. #poetry #poetrycommunity
Thanks to everyone out who came out on Thanksgiving Eve. Have you self a good day however you choose or have to spend it. Be back next week for g emil reutter's feature. #poetry #poetrycommunity
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Thanks to everyone out who came out on Thanksgiving Eve. Have you self a good day however you choose or have to spend it. Be back next week for g emil reutter's feature. #poetry #poetrycommunity
Happy Thanksgiving. Let's repost my one Thanksgiving poem "Hand Turkey Jesus!"
A Jesus Poem for Thanksgiving
(because I'm feeling blasphemous this Thanksgiving day). "Hand Turkey Jesus," permanent marker and highlighter Hand Turkey Jesus T...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Happy Thanksgiving. Let's repost my one Thanksgiving poem "Hand Turkey Jesus!"
This day has been a total edgelord to me.
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This day has been a total edgelord to me.