Episodes
Love
Aaron and Dave encounter a love poem so cliché they basically talked about similar songs for an hour and just remembered they were doing a podcast near the end. My Bad Poetry Episode 2.3: "Love" End Poem by a Real …
Tempt Me Not
Dave and Aaron may have been tempted to skip this one. Discussions around shame and purity culture seek to understand the root cause of this bad poem. My Bad Poetry Episode 2.2: "Tempt Me Not" End Poem from a True …
Season Two Premiere
Dave and Aaron return from a short break to discuss the season ahead. Hear all the titles found in "Thoughts of a Boy...and other sad stories" and wonder with us... are any of them good? Will any of the rhyme? …
Bloopers of the Misunderstood (Season 1 Bloopers)
A "Season One: Thoughts of a Misunderstood" bonus episode with a some cut stuff from the second half of the year. Hopefully you can enjoy and laugh along the stuff that wasn't good enough or too tangential for the edited …
Season One Finale
Dave and Aaron reach the end of the first batch of poems from the Wolf Journal and decide to put a proverbial bow on it. Aaron reveals the title his former teenage self gave to a Word document "anthology" containing …
Epilogue to a Prologue
Teenager Aaron's pretentious title does more to confound and confuse Dave than perhaps any previous poem on this podcast. Assumptions are questioned, friendships challenged, and no solutions are found. My Bad Poetry Episode ...
The Key
While looking for the right words to write. Aaron decided the right approach was to write. Was he right about writing? Or writing about the right thing? You alone may hold the key to rightly deciphering this writing. Also D...
My Words
Are the words of a 16 year old boy from 2006 so true and pure and passionate that no mortal tongue could possibly read them correctly??? Well Aaron's previous self sure thought so. Judge for yourself, as Dave and Aaron …
Identity
Reading a poem from January 31st 2006, Dave and Aaron try to sympathize with a now 16-year-old Aaron's identity crisis. Who knew being old enough to drive could rattle the soul so much? My Bad Poetry Episode 20 End Poem …
Holiday Special (Seven Poems Wrapped into One)
What do you do when you find a string of poems so similar they aren't worth an episode. You take the string and make a nice bow! As we wrap up the year, we hope this episode isn't too....off putting. …
Poem of 12/19/05 (These Words...)
A fifteen-year old Aaron lamented that these words would not be heard. Dave and Aaron may lament the opposite... My Bad Poetry Episode 18: Poem of 12/19/05 (These Words...) End Poem from a Real Poet: "Life of a Writer" by …
Beyond the Binding: Guest Poem from Fall 2006
After Dave and Aaron have multiple hitches and setbacks in scheduling and recording...they call in a sub. Our first Special Guest episode featuring a poem not from Aaron or the Wolf journal! My Bad Poetry Episode 17: Beyond...
Poem from 12/05/05 (To Dream of You...)
Aaron's 15-year-old self was pulling out all the clichés to express an infatuation. Dave is pulling out all his hair trying to hold back his frustration... For those of you with discerning ears...technical issues meant Dave ...
Thanksgiving Leftovers (Holiday Blooper Special)
With no new episode being recorded this week, here is some leftover content from the first batch of episodes. Extended cuts from conversations too-off-the-rails or nerdy for the streamline, concise, and always on-point conver...
Rage
If you haven't rage quite on us yet, have we got a show for you! Dave and Aaron discuss the second of three poems from December 5th 2005. My Bad Poetry Episode 15 "Rage" End Poem from a Real Poet: …
Why
The poem asks "why?" and Dave and Aaron ask "why?" in return without a really good answer. Hopefully you won't ask the same of them... My Bad Poetry Episode 14 "Why" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Thread of Life" …
Ode To Anyone
Aaron and Dave discuss what it may mean to be blessed... and it for sure it not having to hear this poem. Also an extended conversation on "the" got cut for time, but who knows it may pop up down …
Poem from 12/01/05
Dave and Aaron try to look past the clouds to see the cheese filled lemons on this one. Also when Aaron references "Untitled Melody" he clearly meant "Unchained Melody." I know it bugs me too. My Bad Poetry Episode 12: …
Regret
Aaron finds reading this "poem" a regrettable experience. Dave is less than surprised by this? When discussing "aggrieved entitlement" Aaron references F. D. Signifier's brilliant video essays. Here's a link to his work: htt...
My Bad Poetry- Introductions
Dave and Aaron take a second to say hello and give just a little background to this podcast. Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MyBadPoetryThe1 Website: https://www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetry/ --- Send...
Two Poems From 11/30/05
Dave and Aaron try and tackle two poems in one go. Two for the price of one... and yet it's still a bad deal?? My Bad Poetry Episode 10: Two Poems From 11/30/05 (Full Transcript) End Poem from a Real …
Obsession?
Why is the (?) there? Better question why does this poem exist at all? Dave and Aaron may not find the answer... My Bad Poetry Episode 9: Obsession? (Full Transcript) End Poem from a Real Poet: A Fixed Idea by …
The ______.
Apologies for this apologetic verse. Perhaps it could have been worse? My Bad Poetry Episode 8: The _____. (Full Transcript) End Poem from a Real Poet: God's Grandeur by Gerard Manly Hopkins Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodc...
The Room
The third poem from November 7th, 2005 proves three is not always a magic number... My Bad Poetry Episode 7: The Room (Full Transcript) End Poem from a Real Poet: First Song Progress of the Soul by John Donne Podcast …