Wacky Poem Life

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!

06/06/2025

EPISODE 151: You Smell Really Odd . . . seriously, it's scary.

https://wackypoemlife.com/2025/06/06/episode-151-you-smell-really-odd/

06/05/2025

Mothman (sort of) poem left in the museum--will be the topic of our podcast coming out tomorrow, June 6! In the meantime, catch up with last week's episode if you haven't already:

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05/30/2025

In our latest episode, we discuss loneliness by way of a poem found in a box of auction items . . . and reading . . . and battery jokes . . . and such. It's a good half-hour. Spend it!

https://wackypoemlife.com/2025/05/30/episode-150-populate-your-mind/

05/27/2025

It may not mean much, but we are currently 35 out of 100 on this list of 100 Best Poetry Podcasts. Yippee!

Best Poetry Podcasts to Listen to ⋅ 1. Poetry Unbound ⋅ 2. Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry ⋅ 3. SpeakEasy Cafe - Open Mic Poetry Radio

05/08/2025

Episode 149: Trading Skyway for the Highway is brought to you by a recent visitor to the museum, Michael Jones, who wrote about his own cryptid experience in this wonderful poem. Buzzards and vultures are the topic, and also death, prisons, and keeping poetry alive.

Listen anywhere you get podcasts or at the link below!

https://wackypoemlife.com/2025/05/08/episode-149-trading-skyway-for-the-highway/

04/26/2025

Episode 148: Thunderbird Inspiration begins with an art piece by Roxann Yates in our new Dear Cryptid exhibit, which inspired a poem by a recent visitor, Mandee Chapman Roash. The episode goes into the poetry of place, the specificity that leads to authenticity, and how poetry can save the world. For real.

Link:
https://wackypoemlife.com/2025/04/26/episode-148-thunderbird-inspiration/

04/10/2025

It's Poem in Your Pocket Day so we had to talk about it . . . and a variety of other things, of course. We can't help ourselves.

Episode 147: Is That a Poem in Your Pocket is about Poem in Your Pocket Day and so much more. We discuss binary thinking, haiku, the cathartic nature of poetry therapy (“let it bleed”),…

04/05/2025

In these times, you might find you need to laugh instead of cry so much. Or laugh so hard you cry. We're the podcast for you. We have 146 episodes to choose from. Give us a listen anywhere you listen to podcasts!

03/28/2025

Complete the line . . . "If Winter comes, can Spring . . . " Listen to our spring extravaganza episode for this and more.

https://wackypoemlife.com/2025/03/28/the-body-song-of-spring/

03/25/2025

This Friday, March 28, we will have a WELCOME SPRING episode with spring poetry and trivia and, as always, nonsense. Please comment below on any spring-like items you would like us to discuss or any themes/subjects you want us to write some poetry about. You'll hear from us soon!

03/11/2025

Episode 145: Every Mother is a Wendigo . . .

Wendigo mural art by Bill Guthrie

https://wackypoemlife.com/2025/03/11/episode-145-every-mother-is-a-wendigo/