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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 192 episodes available.
April 23, 2024Episode 122: Closets I Have KnownEpisode 122: Closets I Have Known is certainly about closets. Would we steer you wrong? Sweep you away? Lock you in? It's also about brooms and witches. And brooms. Sweep. Sweep. Sweep. Poetry and bad jokes, of course, abound....more35minPlay
April 12, 2024Episode 121: Responding to Advice with HorseShaun & Bill are joined by Gallery America's Robert Reid on a journey through couplets, spells, curses, advice, empty truck beds, limericks, and lots of stuff about barns. Also, we offer you tips on how to handle advice from 3-year-old Kate and her tent sign....more52minPlay
March 29, 2024Episode 120: Magical Petri DishEpisode 120: Magical Petri Dish steers you headlong into a discussion of community message boards and the poetry and tragedy therein. Get ready to laugh or suffer or both. ...more36minPlay
March 15, 2024Episode 119: The Mystery of the Second PersonEpisode 199: The Mystery of the Second Person explores the case of the floating, ambiguous, ethereal, significant, impactful, and multifarious "YOU." If you don't know what we mean, YOU are who we mean. Yeah, something like that....more37minPlay
February 29, 2024Episode 118: Cardi B PoetryEpisode 118: Cardi B Poetry isn’t about her, but it’s a shameless attempt to get people to this website to listen to 30-frickin’ minutes of high-class entertainment about cards, not WAP. Yep, you read that right: CARDS. GREETING CARDS. It’s something people used to do. And verse ensued and some poetry, too . . . sometimes, not too often . . . but here and there....more34minPlay
February 17, 2024Episode 117: What the Nose KnowsEpisode 117: What the Nose Knows explores the olfactory element of our lives, as it is found in poetry and in the wild and perhaps in wild poetry. We have a variety of smell tests, some bad couplets, and a few wonderful poems by Crystal Wilkinson, William Carlos Williams, and Emily Dickinson. Follow your nose and let your ears enjoy this 1/2 hour of nasal knowing....more33minPlay
February 01, 2024Episode 116: Bony Sodden HulkEpisode 116: Bony Sodden Hulk features your favorite February furry creature, the groundhog, just in time for Groundhog Day. No, he's not a bony sodden hulk . . . well, not yet anyway. We'll all be there someday. Please to enjoy this entry with groundhog poems and lore and a wonderful impromptu limerick from Bill!...more31minPlay
January 25, 2024Episode 115: Bring on the Belly LaughsEpisode 115: Bring on the Belly Laughs celebrates Global Belly Laugh Day with poems by Billy Collins and a special hairdresser/jill of all trades guest Sandy....more34minPlay
January 12, 2024Episode 114: Poetry Out Loud & ZestyEpisode 114: Poetry Out Loud & Zesty takes you into the world of poetry memorization and recitation, but wait, don’t run away . . . It’s an entertaining episode, too, wherein Shaun cracks Bill up and vice versa and the sublime and the ridiculous interact, as is the way that life is supposed to work after all....more36minPlay
January 05, 2024Episode 113: Boldly Fruity Acts of BarbarismEpisode 113: Boldly Fruity is a potpourri episode where hosts Bill and Shaun walk in not knowing what the other is going to discuss. A paper bag full of gum, a writer's toolkit, various poems and barbarism ensue. ...more41minPlay
FAQs about Wacky Poem Life:How many episodes does Wacky Poem Life have?The podcast currently has 192 episodes available.