Poetry by Eddie D. Wilcoxen

Eddie D. Wilcoxen is a multi-talented artist and is well known for his accomplishments in southwestern Oklahoma. A noted poet, teacher, storyteller, martial artist and landscape gardener he also hosts a daily morning radio show.

Author of numerous books of poetry, his "Oklahoma Proud, A Centennial book of Poems" was acclaimed for its historical accuracy, and excerpts were serialized in celebration of the Centennial over several months in the Altus Times Newspaper, and presented at the Shortgrass Arts and Humanities Council's Centennial Chautauqua in partnership with the Oklahoma Humanities Council. In 2008 he was chosen as Poet Laureate of the Western Trails Historical Society, and he also was nominated for Poet Laureate of the State of Oklahoma.

Thanks for coming to visit. This site has been a long time coming, and I am so happy you have come to visit me here!

My newest book, Animal ABCs - A Book of Whimsy has just been released! It's my first parent (or grandparent) and child book! A "read to the children" book with wonderful illustrations by Gabriel Reed, it captures your imaginations as you share the rhyming whimsy of these animal characters. You can order your copy here!


My first book of published poetry was Reflections of a Wandering Mind.   Oklahoma Proud — A Centennial Book of Poems a book of stories and poems celebrating the Oklahoma Centennial followed to great reviews. After everyone was so kind in their response to it, I published Volume 2, More Reflections of a Wandering Mind.

In Songbook in My Head — Lyrics in Search of a Melody! you'll find lyrics for some of the one hundred or so songs I've written. I'm looking for a collaborator to help me put music to the lyrics. Contact me if you've got extra tunes running around your head! Please send an MP3 file of you performing them to . I'll be so happy to hear what you hear when you read the lyrics, and will look forward to putting your music here on my web site!