Hello
Maybe you’ve seen my work online. Maybe you haven’t. My name is Chad Parenteau. I am a poet and writer of many other things besides poems. I am also an attention seeker, which is partly why I edit journals like Oddball Magazine and host a weekly reading series. I enjoy featuring other voices and sharing my own thoughts when I can. I’ve contributed pieces to places like The Ugly Monster and PMP Magazine over recent years and am always looking for ways to branch out and share my projects.
Why This, Why Now
Substack is the latest way I’m latching onto. I enjoy the idea of newsletters and sending dispatches to what readership I have. Around the time of the pandemic, I created a newsletter using only Yahoo! Mail and a lot of personal moxie. It was fun while I was able to keep it up, which sadly wasn’t long after society started opening up again.
I’d like to try again.
I Want You
If you’re interested in the arts and outlooks different from the mainstream, I can offer you both. I honestly have never learned how to write to any specific audience enough to even try to sell out. I write poetry, political pieces, humor, comics and media commentary and whatever else I am interested in at the moment. If you’re one of the people who has gotten behind my work—or thinks they can get behind it—than this new project of mine is for you.
What to Expect
I would like to post updates, notification of pieces I publish outside of Substack, news on events I either host or perform at, but most of all I would love to publish pieces exclusive to here. Pieces too quirky to send out elsewhere. Poems? Maybe. Rants and observations? Yes please. I will do my best not to spam you needlessly with a million haiku missives.
Join Me
To seal the deal, here’s a picture of my Mom’s French bulldog over the holidays. I will likely share more photos that similarly embarrass good ol’ Twig.
Now click the subscribe button and wait for this next thing to start up.