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Wacky Poem Life is a 30-minute podcast taped at the Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry. Hosts Bill Guthrie and Shaun Perkins begin with a piece of found poetry someone has left in the museum and go from... more
FAQs about Wacky Poem Life:How many episodes does Wacky Poem Life have?The podcast currently has 193 episodes available.
June 02, 2023Episode 84: Off the Beaten PathEpisode 84: Off the Beaten Path explores the most misunderstood poem in the world, diverges into misunderstood song lyrics, and includes a multitude of poetic ways of seeing what a "path" is and which one you are on. There's a little bit of wacky to satisfy the "wacky" in our name, of course....more37minPlay
May 25, 2023Episode 83: She Seen GunholesEpisode 83: She Seen Gunholes takes us into the wacky world of incident calls reported in our local paper in the POLICE BLOTTER column. Of necessity, the entries are heavy on nouns and verbs and guess what else is . . . poetry. We have found our calling....more34minPlay
May 19, 2023Episode 82:Old Bobi the DogEpisode 82: Old Bobi the Dog is about the oldest living dog and dogs we have loved, dogs that are suitable for poetry . . . or not. Dogs who hide under trailers. Dogs named Toby Keith. Dogs everywhere. Dog Dog. Arf!...more35minPlay
May 12, 2023Episode 81: Plague Doctor Rat TaxidermyEpisode 81: Plague Doctor Rat Taxidermy is precisely what it sounds like, a foray into the world of taxidermy, well, sort of, and literary taxidermy, cool plague doctor rats and all things stuffed or stuffing. ALSO, be sure to enter the Literary Taxidermy Contest and win a free WPL t-shirt! Enjoy!...more36minPlay
May 05, 2023Episode 80: War MonsterEpisode 80: War Monster steps back to let the Poppy Lady speak. She stands in the museum in the theme area about WAR. Write your war experience haunting you on a red poppy card and offer it to her. We read some of the offerings....more41minPlay
April 28, 2023Lizards Will Be RunningEpisode 79: Lizards Will Be Running was originally titled Skinks in May, and it is about skinks and about May and about skinks in May, but it is about so much more, dear listener, so very much more. Enjoy! Opening bird song recorded by Bill Guthrie....more35minPlay
April 21, 2023Episode 78: Reba Has Pockets!Episode 78: Reba has Pockets may or may not mention Reba McEntire, but it is all about pockets, particularly POEM IN YOUR POCKET DAY, and we are quite sure that Reba would stuff a poem in the pocket of one of her pairs of REBA jeans!...more45minPlay
April 14, 2023Episode 77: Hunt and PeckEpisode 77: Hunt and Peck begins with a wonderful ode to typewriters by Zhenya Yevtushenko and proceeds to give you a bunch of useless information about typewriters. Qwerty Qwerty Qwerty . . . Guffaw! Guffaw! Guffaw!...more37minPlay
April 04, 2023Episode 76: 76Episode 76: 76 is not an episode where we couldn't think of a title. It's actually episode #76 about the #76. We have our reasons, both poetic and popular. Then again, we are full of snot and Grenache, too. ...more38minPlay
March 29, 2023Episode 75: Oklahoma BookshelfEpisode 75: Oklahoma Bookshelf delves into a imagery-filled Oklahoma found poem by a local writer and podcast fan and includes numerous bad Chuck Norris jokes and Bill’s attempts to deflect Shaun from continuing to make them. Also, some great poems by some Oklahoma poets now on display in the oklaPOEThoma exhibit in the museum....more39minPlay
FAQs about Wacky Poem Life:How many episodes does Wacky Poem Life have?The podcast currently has 193 episodes available.