Wacky Poem Life

01/09/2026

We're bringing to you a reprise of our very first episode, our maiden voyage of WPL, which Bill originally wanted to call Poetry Dish (petri dish), which actually, was a pretty good idea. Anyway, here's some talk of poetry and dog farts for your listening pleasure.

https://wackypoemlife.com/2026/01/09/bonus-maiden-voyage/

12/30/2025

Take the daily haiku tonic!

https://wackypoemlife.com/2025/12/30/episode-164-haiku-tonic/

12/12/2025

The power of a 7-year-old's poem, the power of poetry, the device of repetition that lays a pattern in your soul, the beauty of the world and the dangers. . . . Yeah, we jump right in on all of that. LISTEN!

https://wackypoemlife.com/2025/12/12/episode-163-repeat-after-me/

11/28/2025

Did you miss our Route 66 Burma Shave Poetry episode? Then, go listen now!

https://wackypoemlife.com/2025/11/21/episode-162-burma-shave-roadside-bait/

11/21/2025

Episode 162: Burma Shave Roadside Bait is a light episode of little ditties from back in the day and today, as we celebrate the roadside sign verse from the Burma Shave company. In the Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry’s upcoming exhibit Rhyming and ROMPing on Route 66, we will have a feature on these unique and quirky verses and a way to interact and create your own.

https://wackypoemlife.com/2025/11/21/episode-162-burma-shave-roadside-bait/

11/13/2025

The latest episode of the podcast is out now! Heifers Get Into Everything! Jerry Koelsch, local dairy farmer, inadvertently gave us this title. It's about that and so much more. Just listen: You'll see what we mean!

https://wackypoemlife.com/2025/11/13/episode-161-heifers-get-into-everything/

11/11/2025

Wacky Poem Life, episode 161, will be out this Thursday! We are talking about this lovely autograph book poem and the new edition of the compilation that Roxann Yates created for the museum's gift shop in 2026!

10/30/2025

In this, our 4th anniversary episode Things That Frighten You, we begin with a dark poem and conversation about what makes a poem scary. It ‘s not all werewolves and vampires and haunted houses. Sometimes it’s the dread of a terminal disease, the fear of losing a child, the very real possibility of racial violence. A scary poem is specific about the evils we cannot control or that we humans do to one another. A scary poem is about . . . life.

https://wackypoemlife.com/2025/10/30/episode-160-things-that-frighten-you/

10/16/2025

We discuss poetry and performance!

Podcast Episode · Wacky Poem Life · 10/11/2025 · 36m

10/11/2025

Latest episode . . . check it out anywhere you get podcasts or at the link in comments!

09/26/2025

We spent a great afternoon talking to and listening to Tom Henry tell stories and sing songs. It's all poetry in motion, rural lives, childhood memories--the good, the bad, and the ugly. You must listen and share, please. And thank you, Tom!

https://wackypoemlife.com/2025/09/26/episode-158-sing-to-the-sky-tom-henry/

09/12/2025

Be the verb . . . or the noun . . . or the adjective. The poetry will flow from that.

Episode 157: Tom Holland is Not Squalid covers 10 vocabulary words, a host of short and diabolically pithy poems, and Shaun having allergy sneezes, while Bill attempts to keep his papers dry and cl…