Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry
Poetry of the People
Musings on poetry and such
We have these stories about the perfect place. That first Biblical story of the land of love and fruit created in the image of the fruit-maker, the lover of all things sensory, all things finite and mortal. Potential blossomed on the vines trailing across the garden paths.
Paradise in the stories where people go to find the lost world of hope and opportunity, where the streets glisten with welcome and the seasons adopt the human to nurture through change. Continue reading “This World is Open”
I just submitted a grant application for a project I’ve been thinking about . . . maybe all my life. Poem Town. There’s some inspiration there from Edgar Lee Masters who created Spoon River Anthology, a collection of poems from former residents of Spoon River talking from the grave. When I taught high school, we always created a town and emulated Spoon River by collaborating on a cast of characters and then writing poems to go with each one. Imagining a town and its inhabitants and the stories that intertwine and create the community is an exciting, inspiring act. Continue reading “Poem Town”
The pocket poetry case in the museum is full, with pocket poems overflowing into the shelves below it. So I am going to move some of them. I took some pictures first to share here. Continue reading “Ode to a Kleenex and Other Pocket Poems”
I was sweeping in the museum today and noticed this post-it note folded up and sticking out the bottom of the Secret Box.
This wooden box is in the Secret Corner of the museum. A very comfortable chair sits in the corner. It is surrounded by poetry and secrets that people have made un-secrets. Continue reading “Happier Ignorant”
I bought this book in a flea market because of the last page in it, a poem “To One Who Does Not Care For Poetry,” which I love. (Read it below) Of course, then I had to investigate who Tony Wons was–check out that snazzy photo of him! Continue reading “Radio Show about Poetry: Those Were the Days”
Got a scary poem in you? Let it come out. The Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry is hosting a Scary Poem Contest that includes a reading of your poem at the Oct. 25 Dark & Scary event at the museum. Cash prizes for the top 3 winners!
Anyone can send in a poem, but winners must be present: We need to hear you tell us your poem around the campfire in the dark . . . where the sasquatch and coyote might be lurking. Continue reading “Fair warning: Get your scary poem on!”
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