Wacky Poem Life

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…

09/12/2025

Find out today if it's true . . . episode 157 coming soon!

09/11/2025

Hey poets and potential poets . . . Write a Route 66 poem for the museum contest! It's free to enter, and the cash prizes are great!

Logo by Alysha Little The Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry is proud to announce the details for its next exhibit, Rhyming on Route 66, an interactive poetry experience on the occasion of the Route 6…

08/29/2025

Episode 156: Wishes and Eyeore . . . . https://wackypoemlife.com/2025/08/29/episode-156-wishes-and-eyeore/

08/21/2025

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08/08/2025

Episode 155: Shake Your Catoosa is a bit about Route 66 attractions and the upcoming poetry exhibit Rhyming on Route 66 and is also about just getting out there and being amongst people, especially people you are not used to. Get out there and shake your catoosa and be alive while you're living your life.

https://wackypoemlife.com/2025/08/08/episode-155-shake-your-catoosa/

08/07/2025

WPL returns tomorrow! Travel stories, news about the museum’s 2026 exhibit, and life updates. Get caught up on past episodes at Apple or anywhere you get podcasts.

Arts Podcast · Updated Weekly · 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…

07/25/2025

It's another 30ish minutes of wacky from your friendly neighborhood podcasters!

Episode 154: Call Me Nightmare explores 4 impromptu poems written by attendees of PopCon Indy in Indianapolis this June 2025. Your co-hosts Shaun and Bill revel in the imagery despite the brain fog…

06/18/2025

WPL this Friday: We talk about dusting limestone rocks, drinking the tonic of wildness, and surviving the magnetic telegraph. NO, seriously, we are going to talk about sitting on pumpkins, being saved by Newfoundland dogs, and exporting ice. NO, seriously, we are going to talk about . . . well, I guess you better just tune in!