Wacky Poem Life

Episode 44: Some Creepage highlights a magnet poem and a defense of magnetic poetry against elitism. Attorney Shaun puts on an insanity defense in this episode’s POETRY COURT.

Episode 43: Cow Path describes a wonderful little poem left by a teenager in the doll’s eye closet at the museum. Much talk of cow patties, poison, and fraudulent poems then ensues.

Episode 42: Forbidden Ukrainka describes another postcard the poetry museum received from the Ukraine with an inspiring poet on it. In Poetry Court, Judge Guthrie gets overwhelmed by "babies." An episode of tragedy and comedy.

Episode 41: A New Sensation is a workout of poetry and exercise--and Shaun has a surprise for Bill, who gets new freedom. POETRY COURT passes judgment on entwined memories of yesterday.

Episode 40: Moon and Sun describes a sister poem about the ways the moon and the sun are perhaps two sisters or are perhaps golden apples or silver apples,  and Bill attempts to defend a very bad love poem in Poetry Court.

Episode 39: Yard Kill describes a wonderful haiku and the 2nd session of Poetry Court, wherein Judge Bill decimates the criminal poem with an excellent decision from the bench.

Episode 38: A Lesser Divide describes a one-line poem that inspires the reading of some one-line poems by Joe Brainard and also includes the first installment of Poetry Court where Shaun overuses the gavel and Bill makes a valiant defense.

Episode 37: Poetry Parks is not really about parks but includes poems by the Parks' family who left their work in the museum.  The family that writes poetry together . . . well, they're just cool.

Episode 36: Got Stuck is a mildly wacky episode about the poems that have gotten stuck in our heads through the years, the ones haunting us, such as David Baker's "Haunts," and William Stafford's "Traveling Through the Dark." Also some bad jokes, as usual.

Episode 35: Dog Dog reveals a post-it note poem to a magnificent dog of yesteryear. Dog jokes and stories ensue.