Season 1

Feb. 7, 2022

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 …

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Jan. 31, 2022

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 …

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Jan. 24, 2022

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 ...

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Jan. 17, 2022

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...

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Jan. 10, 2022

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 …

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Jan. 2, 2022

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 …

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Dec. 27, 2021

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. …

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Dec. 20, 2021

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 …

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Dec. 13, 2021

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...

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Dec. 6, 2021

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 ...

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Nov. 26, 2021

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...

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Nov. 22, 2021

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: …

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Nov. 15, 2021

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" …

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Nov. 8, 2021

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 …

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Nov. 1, 2021

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: …

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Oct. 25, 2021

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...

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Oct. 17, 2021

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...

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Oct. 17, 2021

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 …

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Oct. 9, 2021

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 …

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Oct. 3, 2021

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...

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Sept. 25, 2021

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 …

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Sept. 19, 2021

Shadows

Dave reveals there is more than one way to nerd... oh and an old is poem discussed. My Bad Poetry Episode 6: Shadows (Full Transcript) End Poem from a Real Poet: A Picture by Olivia Ward Bush Banks Podcast Email: …

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Sept. 15, 2021

Sing

A gap in the poems entries may prove to be a turning point in Aaron's early poetic prowess... or perhaps this is only a mirage. A journal entry "helps" bridge the jump in time. My Bad Poetry Episode 5: Sing …

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Sept. 15, 2021

Silence

The longest of our episodes yet... on perhaps a poem that should have reflected its title better. Plus we hear a journal entry that may give us some context?? My Bad Poetry Episode 4: Silence (Full Transcript) End Poem from …

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