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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.
January 13, 2023Episode 64: Rodeo ClownEpisode 64: Rodeo Clown has us tripping through the land of Couplets and Clowns, of the rodeo kind, in particular. Learn about the history of the rodeo clown, the joys of the couplet and hone your clown joke skills, while riding in a barrel through the 30 luxurious minutes of this episode. You know you want to....more38minPlay
January 06, 2023Episode 63: Wooly-Headed DeclineEpisode 63: Wooly-Headed Decline takes its name from a computer-generated poem about loss. Never fear: Real poems are also a part of this episode, along with restless shadows, brain dissection, losing one's marbles and general cluelessness involving the meaning of the lyrics in Steely Dan's "Rikki Don't Lose That Number."...more37minPlay
December 29, 2022Episode 62: Abject TerrorEpisode 62: Abject Terror takes its title from Professor Darren Hick’s response when he realized his students were using a program that writes essays for them. Thus, this is not a Halloween episode or a Poe or King story, but it could be–depending on your sensibilities. Bill and Shaun discuss computers writing poetry and the end of the world as we know it....more39minPlay
December 24, 2022Episode 61: Fish are Biting TodayEpisode 61: Fish are Biting Today details the inner workings of the fish mind, a wonderful poem by a visitor to the museum and a wonderful poem by Elizabeth Bishop, a memory of floating turds and various and sundry other memories. Do tell. ...more37minPlay
December 16, 2022Episode 60: Being NobodyEpisode 60: Being Nobody begins with Chuck Norris, goes into Bruce Lee, and ends with a lovely Christmas poem, and in between we have a poem about just existing and Emily Dickinson sits in the corner and does her Nobody act for all the world to see. Or something like that....more36minPlay
December 09, 2022Episode 59: How StillEpisode 59: How Still is about the Brady Bunch, paper dolls, asses, and Mrs. Santa Claus. Actually, it’s about a perfectly lovely Matsuo Basho haiku sent to us on a postcard from Japan in the year 2013. And it’s also about the Brady Bunch, paper dolls, asses . . ....more35minPlay
December 02, 2022Episode 58: Antique DollEpisode 58: Antique Doll is about dolls. And Ukraine. And candles in the window. Tickle Me Elmo jokes. Dolls vs Action Figures. It’s about all of these things and more. It’s about life. And poetry. . . . And stuff like that....more35minPlay
November 26, 2022Episode 57: Sibling SituationsEpisode 57: Sibling Situations dives into the sibling battles and joys and times your sister tied a bully to the tree or locked the other sisters in the cellar. Oh, not your experience? Well, enjoy these sibling poems and situations vicariously then!...more35minPlay
November 19, 2022Episode 56: Mushroom MessageEpisode 56: Mushroom Message relays the messages and dream interpretations one might associate with that friendly fungus, the mushroom. Shroom, shroom, shroom. Someone left us a great mushroom poem in the museum, so here we go.......Opening music from Walter Jahn's YouTube channel....more36minPlay
November 10, 2022Episode 55: Poems in MoviesEpisode 55: Poems in Movies is not a regular Wacky Poem Life episode, as Shaun flies solo and talks about a trio of movies in which poems play some sort of role. It’s a bit rough, a bit philosophical, a bit personal and doesn’t really go anywhere . . . but maybe you’ll like it anyway!...more28minPlay
FAQs about Wacky Poem Life:How many episodes does Wacky Poem Life have?The podcast currently has 193 episodes available.