My Bad Poetry
Summary: 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!
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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" by Christina Rossetti Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MyBadPoetryThe1 Website: https://www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mybadpoetry-thepodcast/message
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 the line. My Bad Poetry Episode 13 "Ode To Anyone" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Ode to the Sun" by Eloise Bibb Thompson Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MyBadPoetryThe1 Website: https://www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mybadpoetry-thepodcast/message
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: 12/01/05 End Poem from a Real Poet: The Days to Come by Medora C. Addison Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MyBadPoetryThe1 Website: https://www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mybadpoetry-thepodcast/message
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: https://www.youtube.com/c/FDSignifire My Bad Poetry Episode 11: Regret (Full Transcript) End Poem from a Real Poet: Ebb by Edna St. Vincent Millay Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MyBadPoetryThe1 Website: https://www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mybadpoetry-thepodcast/message
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 in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mybadpoetry-thepodcast/message
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 Poet: How Do I Love Thee Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MyBadPoetryThe1 Website: https://www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mybadpoetry-thepodcast/message
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 Amy Lowell Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MyBadPoetryThe1 Website: https://www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mybadpoetry-thepodcast/message
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.thepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MyBadPoetryThe1 Website: https://www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mybadpoetry-thepodcast/message
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 Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MyBadPoetryThe1 Website: https://www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mybadpoetry-thepodcast/message
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: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MyBadPoetryThe1 Website: https://www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mybadpoetry-thepodcast/message
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 (Full Transcript) End Poem from a Real Poet: Birds of Prey by Claude McKay Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MyBadPoetryThe1 Website: https://www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mybadpoetry-thepodcast/message
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 a Real Poet: Silence by Sarah Teasdale Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MyBadPoetryThe1 Website: https://www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mybadpoetry-thepodcast/message
Who am I? The questions a Les Mis obsessed Aaron asked back in 2004. The poem... leaves something to be desired. My Bad Poetry Episode 3: I (Full Transcript) End Poem from a Real Poet: I Believe by Anonymous Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MyBadPoetryThe1 Website: https://www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mybadpoetry-thepodcast/message
Dave and Aaron return to the thoughts of Aaron as a teenager and see if 14 year-olds really do have everything all figured out. My Bad Poetry Episode 2: Life (Full Transcript) End Poem from a Real Poet: Survival Guide by Joy Landon Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MyBadPoetryThe1 Website: https://www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mybadpoetry-thepodcast/message
Aaron and Dave break the binding of an old journal to read the first poem found within its pages. "Truth" from 2004. My Bad Poetry Episode 1: Truth (Full Transcript) End Poem from a Real Poet: Tell all the truth but tell it slant — (1263) by Emily Dickinson Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MyBadPoetryThe1 Website: https://www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mybadpoetry-thepodcast/message
