Episodes

Dave and Aaron find a Friday in the summer to record a season seven wrap up episode! We started this season with the Silence Saga poem but what we may have all forgotten is that Aaron wrote a second poem that same day. The hosts return to this text with... nostalgia? They also look back over another incredible season of guests! My Bad Poetry Episode 7.20: "The Return of Pain" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Childhood Memories" by William Saphier Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Blu...

Mitchell Nobis makes his triumphal return on the week of his debut poetry collections publication! In honor of this momentous occasion, Mitch thought it would be nice to bring a few poems that didn't make the cut for this debut... It's hard not to see why. My Bad Poetry Episode 7.19: "I Hear Trees Are Good Metaphors & Symbols & Such (w/ Mitchell Nobis) End Poem from a Real Poet: "So You'd Better Pay Attention" by Mitchell Nobis Mitchell Nobis is an english teacher from Detroit. He is a ...

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: “...

For proof that this show is not on permanent hiatus, Aaron shares some fun poems written by him and his daughter on Father's Day. How do you think we all did? This mini episode was inspired by "Dino Poet: A Graphic Novel" by Tom Angleberger. My Bad Poetry Episode 7.17.5: "Four Hastily Written Poems (A Mini Episode)" Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram & Threads: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mybadpoetry...

Dave brings his first ever "poem" from youth/yesteryear to the show and it's kind of clear how Aaron and Dave became such good friends. A pop parody of Plato's Apology? ...priceless My Bad Poetry Episode 7.17: "You Can Throw Me a Huge Party" End Poem by a Real Poet: "The Hour of Departure..." -Apology by Plato. Line 42 Translation: Jowett Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram & Threads: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

If one can get past the blasphemous title... you are met with a pretty blanned poem. Dave and Aaron are back to the old swing of things with a dug up poem from Aaron's past. And of all the ones found... this probably should have remained lost. An epic fail of an epic poem for a freshman college class. Enjoy! My Bad Poetry Episode 7.16: "The Word of God (written by Aaron)"End Poem from a Real Poet: "Jesus in the WIlderness" by Malika Booker Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Bl...

Dave and Aaron learn that good sonnets do not always make for great poems. While these poems may be technical to a tee, Taylor cringes at missed opportunities, as one may flinch at their own distorted reflection in the Bean. You know that famous art work in Chicago? My Bad Poetry Episode 7.15 "What You Wanted, In the Winter, God Shows Off, & Double Barrier (w/ Taylor Byas)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "After the Mona Lisa" by Taylor Byas Taylor Byas is a nominee for multiple Pushcart and Be...

Katie brings some really fun poems to the show that frankly aren't bad at all! Embarrassing...maybe... but even that is up for debate. What isn't up for debate is the phallic shape... found in both?? Katie also teaches Aaron and Dave the word "majusculation," which is a very fancy word for a pretty common thing! My Bad Poetry Episode 7.14 "A Prayer & Coupling with Big Ben (w/ Katie Manning) End Poem from a Real Poet: "On the Origin" by Katie Manning Katie Manning is a professor of writi...

Though Dave had to duck out early Matthew brought enough nerdiness for the both of them. MEH makes a triumphant return with poems from the cutting room floor. They are random, they are obscure, they are just the right kind of quirky for Aaron's taste. Do you think they should be revived? My Bad Poetry Episode 7.13: "life is bigger than you, if we're being honest (w/ Matthew E. Henry)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Job confronts Maggie Smith at a conference" by MEH Matthew E Henry publicat...

The two titles combined kind of of speak for themselves, when describing the topics of these poems. Dave and Aaron are graced with the presence of a friend who (having listened to the show before it was a show) finally took a turn in the hot seat with some of her works from college. Though Emily claims she has never been a poet, these poems... beg to differ?? Hey, at least they're better than 99% of what Aaron wrote in high school. My Bad Poetry Episode 7.12: "Graceful & Awkward (w/ Emily) ...

If ever you need to find bad poetry Ariel suggests long ago posts on the old social media sites. Even if you have deleted Live Journal and Myspace, don't worry you may have left something on the good old notes pages on Facebook. Dave and Aaron discuss with Ariel the deep lyricism of Dashboard Confessional and the cliches of chick flicks. My Bad Poetry Episode 7.11: "It's Surreal to be Hit Gently with a Rose (w/ Ariel Treece) Ariel Treece is an assistant librarian making her a true hero! Su...

Shaawan brings three interesting poems to the podcast. With no real titles to work with, the hosts and guest sort through words from Shaawan's high school journals. Maybe he could have wrote a song... but he most definitely wrote these!!! End Poem from a Real Poet: "There will always be another horror..." by Shaawan Francis Keahna published on pg. 8 of Mayday. Shaawan Francis Keahna is an artist, archivist, filmmaker, writer, composer, and poet living in Baltimore, Maryland. His first chapboo...

Alina Ștefănescu, brings three very different examples of "bad" poetry. One struggling with voice, another structure, and one context. Without Dave, Aaron and Alina work through these varying verses to see how ideas sometimes rightly remain in the drafts folders for a later day or a note to something new. My Bad Poetry Episode 7.9: "Asterisk, Etiologies, & Octave with Line from a Lullaby (w/Alina Ștefănescu)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Tonight as You Pace the Garden" by Alina Ștefănescu ...

Dave and Aaron and overjoyed to have another guest on the show! Risha brings poems from Jr. High that have been shared in classrooms, Watt pad, and Tumbler, but now have found there way to My Bad Poetry. How bad could they be? My Bad Poetry Episode 7.8: "Broken hearted and numb, Dark Skies, & Where I'm From (w/Risha Nicole)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "The Spring of Love" by Risha Nicole Risha Nicole is a poet in Kent, Ohio. Her full length poetry collection Without a Sound is available...

After a last minute change in plans, Aaron and Dave find themselves recording with only one hastily written poem prepared to share. Working with what they've got, the show struggles along. What is a sonnet really? Are Reels real? Why watch what one hates? These are the big questions that may made a boiling brain plip-plop. My Bad Poetry Episode 7.7: "An Ode to Rage Bait" End Poem from a Real Poet: "There was an Old Man from Quebec" by Edward Lear Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.co...

Aaron and Dave try to keep the show light hearted as they dig into a high school assignment about the Vietnam War. Did a high school Aaron give the proper weight and respect to such a severe situation as the draft that effected so many families and young adults? Obviously not... but...the poem could have been worse. My Bad Poetry Episode 7.6: "The Draft" End Poem from a Real Poet: "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Sara Teasdale Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Bluesky: @mybadpoet...

While this poem was already shared with the world way back in 2004, now some 21 years later Amelia brings this wonderful LiveJournal entry to Aaron and Dave for our dear listeners to hear. An emo work that asks the deep questions. My Bad Poetry Episode 7.5: "What If? (w/ Amelia McCracken) Since Amelia McCracken has left her emo poetry writing days in the past, she has moved onto entrepreneur and mentor. You can follow her work onLinkedIn or learn more about her work atMent Services. End...

Probably should have stayed Off the show Even with a format to go by My oh my oh my.... Aaron found an old acrostic poem from an external hard drive. Dave seeks to destroy said hard drive and shares his newest hastily written poem "Cophiskey". My Bad Poetry Episode 7.4 "me" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Acrostic" by Lewis Carroll Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram & Threads: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mybadpo...

For the first time in the shows history Dave's poem is in the hot seat. Without a "bad" poem on hand Dave and Aaron use Dave's weekly hastily written poem as fodder. This ode to "brown bean water" is chalk full of terms needing to be defined, and expressions about espresso needing to be explored. My Bad Poetry Episode 7.3: "How I Like My Coffee" End Poem from a Real Poet: A poem without title/without known author ("O Cloacina") Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Bluesky: @mybadpo...

What does one do when you run out of English poems? Aaron decided to dig up some old German poems from his high school German class. Did he just take his previous emo poetry from the Wolf Journal and translate it to German...? Probably. Either way, it's a new nightmare for poor Dave. Dave also provides one of Aaron's favorite hastily written poem for the week, with a spot on impersonation (?) of a conversation presented as a found poem. My Bad Poetry Episode 7.2: "Ein Alptraum" End Poem from a...

It's a new season, and Dave and Aaron return from their break with a return to the most talked about topic on the show. That topic being Silence...in that Aaron's previous self wrote 5 different poems about it over several years. The two hosts read through all five previous poems in chronological order before Aaron drops the latest entry into the fray. My Bad Poetry Episode 7.1: "After the Silence Saga of My Youth" End Poem from a Real Poet: "TWO TONS OF DEAD LIGHTNING ON YOUR CROWN for My...