My Bad Poetry
Aaron and Dave dive into an old private journal to read poems written in high school. Along the way the two have found themselves joined by some incredibly amazing people, all willing to share some of their own bad poetry. Experience a mix of self-reflection, humor, self-deprecation, great conversations and just maybe a half decent poem!
Recent Episodes
Dec. 16, 2024
Perched Rock, Flask of Salt (w/ Clem Flowers)
Clem kicks off the show with a poem that is nearly the opposite of a "cake poem." No missing title there. With the other two, Aaron and Dave may find themselves with more familiar styles yet still end up lost in the pregnant…
Dec. 2, 2024
Thursday, Toil and Trouble (w/ Lori D'Angelo)
Lori joins the show to bring several poems about disappointing days. Running themes are dead end jobs, let downs, and meh moments shine through in these rough poems from her past. Aaron and Dave commiserate with the sentimen…
Nov. 25, 2024
Birds
What sounds does a Nightingale make? Don't ask Aaron and Dave. Aaron digs back into an old external hard drive to find a writing assignment from 2007. One would think that writing for a school assignment may make the poetry …
Nov. 18, 2024
JEANS, Rain and umbrella, at my wedding (w/ Madeleine Corley)
Maddie makes a triumphant return to the show with three phenomenally different “bad” poems from a one and a half year span when she was graduating college. Aaron forgets about basic sentence structure making his critiques, …
Nov. 11, 2024
Dope Prowl (w/ Seth Perry)
Seth Perry brings a rap song from his short time as a rapper in the Vancouver scene of the early 00s. In hearing this artifact from time , Dave and Aaron find themselves in the presence of the one and only Professor Lungz…
Nov. 4, 2024
The Deerfly
Aaron and Dave are scrapping the bottom of the barrel with one final poem from Aaron's "loose leaf collection". A loosely affiliated group of poems found in a box full of Aaron's school memorabilia. This riddle of a poem fai…
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