Episode 50: Darkness Descends

Have you ever worn sackcloth? Or just wanted to torture yourself for whatever reason? Me neither. But some people do and then sometimes the material is rent asunder by the light of hope. Or something like that . . .

Episode 50: Darkness Descends describes how one can almost get lost in depression and darkness, but light can shine through with pinpricks that grow and enlarge, as hope does. Poetry Court takes on an Instagram poem with both prosecution and defense equally prepared! Cast your vote below.

Episode 49: Slightly Used

Ever feel slightly used? Somewhat used? Overwhelmingly used? Never? No. Just me? Don’t we all have secrets? Well……take a listen.

Episode 49: Slightly Used has Shaun and Bill reminiscing about dust and the patination of all things over time, including the skin off Shaun’s arm. Weigh in on Poetry Court in the comments below to tell us who won–prosecution or defense!

Episode 48: This Hand

We measure a horse by hands. The hands of the clock tick away. Our hands explain us. Our hands reveal . . . mystery. Take a listen.

Episode 48: This Hand takes an almost-concrete poem about devastating loss that was left on the museum’s “wall of love.” For all of us who have lost our animal friends, this poem strikes home.
The Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry wall of hands. This is part of an exhibit on themes in poetry, and this wall is about LOVE. The quilt was a wedding present made for ROMP Director Shaun Perkins for her wedding in 1988 by her grandmother Ruby Wilkinson. The “hands” can be moved and touched and grasped. The prompt asks you to trace your hand and then put a poem about love on the hand and tape it to the wall.

Episode 47: Oklahoma Acrostic

Episode 47: Oklahoma Acrostic is about a Louisiana poet who sent us a card in the actual postal mail with an Okie poem on it, a form mastered by Arnold Schwarzenegger, maybe. Who knows? OK!

Episode 47: Oklahoma Acrostic is a poem on a postcard sent through the postal mails, which recalls Oklahoma memories and weird state “flowers.” Obvious Bill resees poetry, invents rhyme-sniping, and Shaun has her work cut out for her in Poetry Court.

Episode 46: Super Cowboy

Do you know a super cowboy or want to know what being one entails? Are you one looking for that special cowgirl? . . . We shall give you all the answers to these questions in this episode . . . maybe.

Episode 46: Super Cowboy is about a poor ole cowpoke doing all his chores and always hoping a cowgirl will show up somewhere on the range. Jim Reeves starts us out and a really bad poem rounds us out . . . or up.

Episode 45: On the Way

Are your pockets full of treasure? Full of memories . . . or lint or fried chicken?

Episode 45: On the Way takes a road trip poem left in the museum years ago and we explore anthimeria and treasures to behold far beyond a pirate’s bounty. Bill creates a brilliant podcast convention poem.

Vote on who prevailed in poetry court in this episode in the COMMENTS below.

Episode 44: Some Creepage

Magnet poetry. Yeah or Nay? Are you a creepy curmudgeon or a free spirit?

Episode 44: Some Creepage highlights a magnet poem and a defense of magnetic poetry against elitism. Attorney Shaun puts on an insanity defense in this episode’s POETRY COURT.