My Bad Poetry

Though the guest is Schur, Aaron appears unsure about a lot of things when it comes to Matt like his job...and his books... and this is Matt's second time on the show! Perhaps Aaron was unmoored by his missing co-host Dave. Yet one thing is for sure. These three poems are bad for a myriad of different reasons, worthy of exploring. My Bad Poetry Episode 9.4: "Ode to a Brick Wall, The Wreck...

This week we take a break from our normal cringe and clumsy rhymes to enjoy the other type of bad poetry. Kelly Kaur brings her rebellious poems to the show to speak out for women's rights. Sometimes it's good to be "bad"! My Bad Poetry Episode 9.3: "Words from a BediRebel (w/ Kelly Kaur) End Poem from a Real Poet: "Rising Up" by Kelly Kaur Kelly Kaur is a professo...

Season 9's first guest brings sentimental poems from the past that may have forgotten to include the sentiment. Hollay loved boat rides and kittens, but these poems could convince you otherwise... My Bad Poetry Episode 9.2: "Dawn & Plum's Lullaby (w/ Hollay Ghadery)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Night Feed with Aal" by Hollay Ghadery Hollay Ghadery is the founder and...

Dave and Aaron try to remember how to be talk after a summer away from the podcast. Without a guest to anchor them, the co-hosts struggle to stay on topic, but they manage to put to launch season 9 without too many sidetracks. You are invited on the show! If you don't want to talk but still have bad poetry to share, please email the show and let Dave and Aaron handle the rest! Also we want to...

Dave and Aaron are taking a summer hiatus, but not before leaving all their dear listeners with two more strange short poems. My Bad Poetry Episode 8.21: "Untitled document (Season 8 Finale) End Poem from a Real Poet: "The Naughty Preposition" by Morris Bishop A huge thank you to all the guests who appeared on Season 8! If you or someone you know want to come on the show please reac...

Ever wonder what the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a menstrual period, and a raspberry pie have in common... you probably didn't... and this episode probably won't give you a satisfying answer. But Sandra Marchetti tried to tackle that very topic with her first published poem Seeing (finally) the Commonality Between the Chinese Cultural Revolution and My Period, Or Pie. A title so long My B...

The only regret Aaron may have is not checking his microphone before recording. He sounds like he's in a tin can! This episode includes an abandoned poem found on a loose leaf of college lined paper in Aaron's old stuff. It's about love lost or never pursued...for good reason? Or maybe it was left unfinished for a better reason. Dave plays with homophones in his hastily written poem of...

Kristin makes a triumphant return with two timely poems written at a very different time. From a satirical send up of the perfect house wife to a happy (?)... strange and amazing time capsule of the Bush Era, Kristin takes the show on a journey and uses all the swear beeps we have. My Bad Poetry Episode 8.18: "The Domestic Goddess Waltz & ??? (w/Kristin LaTour)" End Poem From a Real...

When it looked like there was no material to be found... As if in a dream around found a single loose leaf paper with this poor excuse of a poem scribbled on it. Dave might have wished for the free afternoon after hearing this pretentious poem that is poeming so hard. My Bad Poetry Episode 8.17: "The Dream" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Night" by Anne Brontë Podcast Email: mybadp...

Aaron surprises Dave with a new poem that he sent via email earlier in the week. Dave's response to the email... radio silence. So we hear it here! The poem itself looks at an funny circumstance in which Aaron and his spouse share more in common than he may have been comfortable with for a moment. My Bad Poetry Episode 8.16: "Prescription Predicament" End Poem from a Real Poet: &quot...

This week Aaron and Dave are exposed to some great "bad Plath girl poetry." Jennifer Sutherland brings three poems spanning the decades to show that Plath like poetry can grow and improve with time. From an "after" poem that is hard to see the resemblance to a mythic exploration of love and hate, Jennifer's got it all! My Bad Poetry Episode 8.15: "Sylvia, Flutter, &amp...

What does one do when they have an embarrassing poem from the 90s set to paper with a typewriter? Dig that thing out and bring it on the show! That's what PJ Temple did this week, and when she was looking for the one that haunted her, she found a forgotten one as well! Dave and Aaron are all the happier for it. Listen as PJ spins wonderful stories about her past and present helping us understa...

Rachel Turney brings practically perfect examples of prose poetry, avant guard, surrealism, alliteration, and purpose...or at least that's what was pretended in this fun episode where Aaron is sarcastic and Dave is confused. But hey, we all learn somethings. My Bad Poetry Episode 8.13: "Office Job, Penguin, and 2009 Journal Entry (w/ Rachel Turney)" Rachel Turney has four books comin...

Michael VanCalbergh makes an historic third appearance on the show, bringing one from his past that he just can't seem to put down. A college professor's sweater vest becomes an inside joke to a class and young Michael just had to make it... awkward. Good thing Dave and Aaron are the most mature of hosts or this episode would have just become one long sophomoric gigglefest... It isn't...

This week Dave and Aaron welcome Todd Dillard on the show. Though they could have probably done a whole half an hour discussing snow and shovels, they did end up discussing Todd's weird poems. What the hosts could never have expected was how That Thursday turned into the Present Tense. Enjoy the ride! End Poem from a Real Poet: "Present Tense" by Todd Dillard Todd Dillard is a poet f...

Although this episode started out mainly as a book recommendation list the hosts eventually got back on track. In between the last episode and this one, Aaron had a birthday. So this week Aaron and Dave dive into a punny poem about aging, that actually got published! What star puns did Aaron miss? My Bad Poetry Episode 8.10: "Body and Sol" "Body and Sol" is found on Roi Fainean...

What a better way to start a new year than to remember that life is pain? Perhaps a poem that goes Full Moon on you when you least expect it! Nina Prater dug through her back catalogue to find the utter gems when it comes to bad poetry. Hope you enjoy this episode as much as much as these three did. My Bad Poetry Episode 8.9: "Samsara, Alaska Radio, & Barnacles Feeding (w/Nina Prater)&quo...

The show's first ever non-official guest when Aaron and Dave were still figuring everything out, makes her official return! Aaron walked the dog on a very cold day to coax Abbe back with some of her private- and one public- poem from years ago. These memories may have been better forgotten, but here they are for all to hear. My Bad Poetry Episode 8.8: "Memories & Not Enough (w/Abbe)&q...

Is it enigmatic, melodramatic, or just plain problematic? Listen as Dave and Aaron try to navigate a treacherous imitation of a Joni Mitchell text provided by their guest Erick Garske. Then they all fall into a parallel universe that is either a utopia or dystopia and the lack of clarity may be the reason its on the show! My Bad Poetry Episode 8.7: "Photo Stock & Parallel Poetry Universe...

The poems started out as one may expect...then Dave and Aaron found themselves faced with a poem of a very different nature. They kind of forgot the original goal was to record this episode on Halloween... but Kristin didn't! :) My Bad Poetry Episode 6.8: "The Doves, Waterline, & Fall is the Best Season (w/Kristin LaTour)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Easter Sestina" by...

After an unplanned hiatus Dave and Aaron return with Rory Philstrom aka the Dungeon Master Pastor. But rather than lead the podcast through a campaign, Rory leads them through three poems spanning nearly 20 years. All in the 21st Century though. My Bad Poetry Episode 8.5: Counter-Me, The 21st Century, and a Draft of a Eulogy (w/Rory Philstrom) End Poem from a Real Poet: "I live my life in widening...

The show is visited this week by a host of another poetry reading show (A Hundred Pitchers of Honey), demonstrating a duality in poetry. Donna talks about good poems on her show, on this show... not so much. Donna brings three poems that fail in different ways, only to demonstrate how each one of those failures can be remedied with a final poem that legit made Dave cry. My Bad Poetry Episode 8.4:...

The show continues its streak of choral lyricists with Devondra Banks... but the works she brings to the show don't quite sing. To be honest, Dave and Aaron actually enjoy most of these contributions as good poems but it's also understandable why Devondra may find these... cringe. End Poem From a Real Poet: "Sage" by Devondra Banks My Bad Poetry Episode 8.3: "Sharin' Ain...

Aaron and Dave both bring somewhat macabre poems to the podcast this week. Dave wrote an "After" poem based on Tony Silvestri's old opening lines to a sonnet and Aaron is inspired by an unexpected web search. The name of the poem kind of describes itself... but the suggestions might surprise you. My Bad Poetry Episode 8.2: "How to Euthanize a Butterfly" End Poem from a Real...

Dave and Aaron return after a short hiatus for Season 8 of My Bad Poetry with a new guest! He brings to the show a long forgotten start to a sonnet and sings (!) a failed attempt at a fifth and final verse of the Star Spangled Banner. My Bad Poetry Episode 8.1: "A Fifth Anthem Verse (w/ Tony Silvestri)" End Poems from a Real Poet: "Sleep" and "For Such As Me" by Tony...