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Wacky Poem Life

Wacky Poem Life

By: Shaun Perkins
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Summary

 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 there with some wacky, then some poetry, then some more wacky. A poetry podcast FOR EVERYONE!Copyright 2021 ROMPoetry. All rights reserved. Art
Episodes
  • Episode 171: Pocket Poems 2026

    Episode 171: Pocket Poems 2026
    Apr 30 2026

    Episode 171: Pocket Poems 2026 is about Poem in Your Pocket Day, where people are encouraged to carry a poem in their pocket all day and share it with others. Two folks shared their poems with us, and we talked about them and Shaun also had some bad jokes that Bill suffered through, and we discussed whether burn piles or poetry coroners would make a better topic for a book.
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    32 mins
  • Episode 170: Turtle Kingdom

    Episode 170: Turtle Kingdom
    Apr 17 2026

    Episode 170: Turtle Kingdom is about Earth Day and turtles, hugging trees, listening to birds, dancing on the earth, carrying your world on your back–all these beautiful things. Let’s be engaged in the world around us–through poetry or anything creative that makes your heart sing and helps you be present. Let’s be people of the earth.
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    29 mins
  • Episode 169: Boy Poet from Corn

    Episode 169: Boy Poet from Corn
    Mar 27 2026

    Episode 169: The Boy Poet from Corn reveals a Grand Prize Co-Winner in the Oklahoma Poem Contest. Third Grader and Corn OK resident Luke Thiessen wrote a prize-winning poem about Oklahoma's state reptile the Eastern Collared Lizard. And that poem inspired another . . . and others. We also discuss how poetry changes the world. Luke knows this. You must listen.
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    33 mins
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