My Bad Poetry

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

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…
Oct. 28, 2024

I Want Jesus Back

This week Aaron brings a poem he remembered writing years ago that took months to find. Whether the search was worth it is up to the listener. Dave and Aaron discuss the odd way previous Aaron tried to use sing songy rhymes …
Oct. 21, 2024

The Cutting Room Floor (Season Six Bloopers So Far...)

Dave and Aaron couldn't connect this week so Aaron went back through the raw files of season six to pull some of the cut conversations. Some were cut for time, others... well it's pretty obvious once you hear them. Listen ca…
Oct. 14, 2024

The Plague

Aaron finds a choice writing assignment circa 3rd-5th grade that is all about the Bubonic Plague! Why? Probably a book called "Battle for the Castle" and a certain poem about invading rats. Dave on the other hand reveals a f…
Oct. 7, 2024

Unfinished Business, Bittersweet, Death. (w/nat raum)

Dave and Aaron are joined this week by the prolific nat raum! nat brings journal poems from highschool that are broad and vague at times, yet deeply ernest in the cringiest ways. Laugh along with us as nat shares their poems…
Sept. 30, 2024

Silence & Pain

Hello Silence our old friend. If we thought Aaron's dramatic takes started in the Wolf Journal, prepare to be surprised/disappointed. Turns out a 5th grade assignment produced around the same level of emo energy and gave us …