A Limerick, Haiku, and Song, O My! (w/ the co-founders of Scribente Maternum)

Rachel Berg Scherer, Elizabeth Doerr, and Carla Du Pree,grace My Bad Poetry with their incredible presence.  The co-founders of Scribente Maternum talk about how they each “write like a mother” and have created a space for moms of all types to do the same.  Each bring poems of different styles and degrees of “bad” for Aaron and Dave to sift through.  From multiple children’s potty humor to an old journal entry of budding poet finding her way this episode has it all. 

My Bad Poetry Episode 7.18: “A Limerick, Haiku, and Song, OMy! (w/ the co-founders of Scribente Maternum)”

End Poem From a Real Poet: “My Momma moved among the days” by Lucille Clifton

Scribente Maternum is a community of writers who identify as mothers with a goal to embrace the tension that exists between motherhood and writing. You can learn more about this group at https://www.scribentematernum.com/

Also check out https://www.citylitproject.org/to learn more about Carla Du Pree’s organization that nurtures the culture of literature in Baltimore and throughout Maryland.

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