Author Archives: ROMPoetry
Episode 133: Church Gum
Episode 132: I Beg Your Pardon
Episode 132: I Beg Your Pardon asks you to consider the rose garden, as Lynn Anderson would so want you to. Well, sort of. Roses and their cliched existence in our history and as symbols in our poetry: That’s what we tackle. Well, sort of. It’s all coming up roses–LISTEN!
Episode 131: Anatomy of a Human Book
Episode 130: Cats Don’t Have Our Tongue
Episode 130: Cats Don’t Have Our Tongue is obvious when you listen as . . . we have a lot to say about cats and deliver a CATastrophic amount of poems about the cats you posted on the WPL Facebook page. Cat-lovers and poetry-lovers everywhere, unite! And . . . please listen.
Episode 129: Poetry in the Wild
Episode 129: Poetry in the Wild begins in a gas station where we ponder the Little Debbie Red Velvet Creme Filled Cakes that we aren’t supposed to eat though the alliteration of “Little Debbie can destroy your diet” is very appealing to us, and it ends with a note about tomatoes to Billy that isContinue reading “Episode 129: Poetry in the Wild”
Episode 128: Poetry at the Post Office & Vet Clinic
Episode 128: Poetry at the Post Office & Vet Clinic includes post-Independence Day thoughts that have us traveling to both a post office and a veterinary clinic. Go figure! Enjoy another 30 minutes of wacky right here!
Episode 127: Prediction Machines, Bigfoot & a Hip Campus
Episode 127: Prediction Machines, Bigfoot & a Hip Campus discusses the brain, the mind, memory and perception and a bunch of things that have to do with our noggins. Oh, and some Emily Dickinson in there, of course. Bill and Shaun are joined by Bill’s great-nephew Evan, who is very good at cutting through theContinue reading “Episode 127: Prediction Machines, Bigfoot & a Hip Campus”
Episode 126: Down the Dirt Roads
Episode 126: Down the Dirt Roads is a different kind of WPL episode, as Bill is out of town, and Shaun welcomes Faith Phillips, author of a book that will be the first one in the poetry museum’s fall CRIME, SHE SAID book club. We discuss growing up and walking down the dirt roads inContinue reading “Episode 126: Down the Dirt Roads”
Episode 125: Swept Away in a Sweeping Sweep
Episode 125: Swept Away in a Sweeping Sweep takes you on a journey through three poems recently left in the museum. Discussions about the muses, the sport of curling, line graphs, and more ensure.
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