Clem kicks off the show with a poem that is nearly the opposite of a "cake poem." No missing title... more

Lori joins the show to bring several poems about disappointing days. Running themes are dead end jobs, let downs, and... more

What sounds does a Nightingale make? Don't ask Aaron and Dave. Aaron digs back into an old external hard drive... more

Maddie makes a triumphant return to the show with three phenomenally different “bad” poems from a one and a half... more

Seth Perry brings a rap song from his short time as a rapper in the Vancouver scene of the early... more

Aaron and Dave are scrapping the bottom of the barrel with one final poem from Aaron's "loose leaf collection". A... more

This week Aaron brings a poem he remembered writing years ago that took months to find. Whether the search was... more

Dave and Aaron couldn't connect this week so Aaron went back through the raw files of season six to pull... more

Aaron finds a choice writing assignment circa 3rd-5th grade that is all about the Bubonic Plague! Why? Probably a book... more

Dave and Aaron are joined this week by the prolific nat raum! nat brings journal poems from highschool that are... more

Hello Silence our old friend. If we thought Aaron's dramatic takes started in the Wolf Journal, prepare to be surprised/disappointed.... more

Megan makes her triumphant return to the podcast with not 1, not 2,... but 4 "bad" poems from journals in... more

With a rescheduled guest, Dave and Aaron return to Aaron's own bad poems. Having been gifted an old box of... more

This week co-host's Dave and Aaron find themselves talking to a person working in the Twin Cities, who has never... more

After nearly two years of DMs to work out a time, the co-hosts of My Bad Poetry get to chat... more

Jay Parr brings their tinkerings with poetry to the show, demonstrating the fun of self referencial poems. While none of... more

Lasara Firefox Allen brings work from their April 30 in 30 project (30 poems written in 30 days). These hastily... more

To say this experience was surreal would be... partially true? william erickson brings some bad poems from an old chapbook... more

The co-hosts forgot to book a guest for this episode. Unfortunately that means Aaron had to dig for another failed... more

Kellie Scott-Reed brings a whole lot of laughter and joy to the show, even when her poems were less than... more

Dave and Aaron return from a short break to interview a new guest! Conor aka C. M. Crockford brings some... more

Michael VanCalbergh returns for maybe our longest episode to date. He brings with him a Sonnet Crown that fails to... more

Aaron and Dave return for Season Six of My Bad Poetry without the Wolf Journal to guide their discussions. So... more

For the Season 5 finally, Dave and Aaron reach the final page of Aaron's high school Wolf Journal. From Truth... more

Aaron dug back through his old external harddrive to find an audio recording he knew existed and found more than... more

A grammatical error misses the mark in more than one way this week as Aaron's old Wolf Journal entries finally... more

Dave and Aaron edge ever nearer to the end of the Wolf Journal this time with a prose poem that... more

Presidential Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco comes on the show to bring his less than stellar work. From "Emily’s Recurring Dream... more

Dave tries to redeem his French in this weeks hastily written poem, but may have offended the entire language. Aaron... more

After an incredible streak of amazing guests, Aaron and Dave dive back into the pages of Aaron's high school Wolf... more

Frances Klein makes such an amazing return to the show that she may have out hosted the hosts. With three... more

Co-Hosts Aaron and Dave took the week off to focus on their day jobs. Enjoy a compilation of the tangents,... more

Kelli Russell Agadon makes her triumphant return to the show after nearly two years since she became the first true... more

The Stick Figure Poet himself joins Dave and Aaron to share an eclectic collection of bad poetry from the 90s.... more

When a poet reaches out to the show with the phrase "I am willing to dive into the old,... more

Dave and Aaron banked an odd episode in case the weekend got busy. Here the co-hosts return to Aaron's high... more

From dark tendrils to spotted slugs and briars of prongs, L.M. Cole's draft folder is full of some strange images.... more

Dave and Aaron find themselves in the presence of the 2023 Omnidawn 1st/2nd Book Prize winner, jason b. crawford! That being... more

While Dave is unable to make it, Aaron and Madeleine carry on a cosmic journey over a silk road to... more

Nicole returns to My Bad Poetry with a high school poem and a college assignment (that earned an A). The... more

Shiksha wants to make it clear that these are the poems of a 16 year old so listeners beware. From... more

Dave and Aaron welcome back the Gorgan writer herself, Raegen Pietrucha. Raegen has done her due diligence and dug up... more

Dave and Aaron return from their holiday breaks with new guest on the show Trapper Markelz. From questionable interpretations of... more

For our podcast's "proof of life" during this extended holiday season, enjoy some bloopers and outtakes from the first six... more

Though originally cut for time, this boardgame conversation seemed to interesting to leave on the cutting room floor. So during... more

CW: Some references to abuse made throughout the episode. Lannie Stabile makes her triumphant return to the podcast as its... more

Content Warning: The final "bad" poem does deal with a death by suicide. Covering 34'-40'. _____ Luke Wortley tries a bold... more

Dave and Aaron return to their normal format after the Thanksgiving break just as previous Aaron seemed to return to... more

Aaron's sister delivers on a hope first expressed in episode 5.1 "Not Long Song...Not Long," providing audio files from a... more

Sickness could not prevent this podcast from being recorded. Though maybe it should have... Dave and Aaron continue to work... more

Another failed song from the pages of the Wolf Journal has Dave all kinds of frustrated. Too short, bad rhymes,... more

Welcome to Season 5! Dave and Aaron turn the page in the Wolf Journal to find a new genre of... more

Feeling nostalgic and a little crunched for time after 100 episodes, Aaron gives up on a blooper reel and finds... more

Dave and Aaron reach 100 episodes of the podcast and are somehow still dealing with Wolf Journal entries. High-schooler Aaron... more

"Look at Old Photographs/ Everytime we do it makes us laugh." Megan brings so many gems to the show, yet the... more

Having covered all of the typed poems from Aaron's high school anthologies, Dave is sad to learn that the Wolf... more

Though Dave had to bow out to be a good parent to sick kids, Aaron and Emily take a break... more

Dave and Aaron discuss the last of the "poems without a home" from Aaron's typed out high school anthologies. The... more

The co-hosts are honored to have a two time "Wakefield Prize" winning poet on this week's show. Aside from made... more

Ken, the self described blue collar poet and poet laureate of the Cleveland sewer system, joins Dave and Aaron for... more

Aaron and Dave are fated with the task of diving back into the old works of a high school Aaron... more

My Bad Poetry returns from its midseason hiatus with a teacher ready to teach. Jessica Cuello brings her rejects to... more

Dave and Aaron were unable to find the time to record this week. So Aaron dug through the back catalogue... more

Aaron and Dave spend the show discussing a day in the life... but not the classic rock song. Aaron's high... more

Even with somewhat garbled moments Tate Lewis-Carroll's humor and wisdom comes through clearly and they share some pretty good "bad"... more

This week Nolcha Fox brings three poems that range in their... quality? Listen to Dave make the most random connection... more

This week's episode features three very different types of "bad" poems. Robert brings to the show: a poem he wants... more

Laurence brings to the show two rough drafts of works that they are still chipping at to find the statue... more

Adrian dug through a box of loose leaf works to find poems that span a decade. From middle schooler to... more

Aaron and Dave find themselves returning to where it all began... the thoughts of a "misunderstood" high schooler. They have... more

Aaron is late to recording and Dave is early to leave but Paul Lutter puts up with the both of... more

What do Dave and Aaron do when a fellow Les Misérables enthusiast and Luther Seminary alumn comes on the show?... more

Aaron and Dave find themselves trying to solve the mystery of Candice Kelsey's Murdered worms and what else She Wrote... more

How do Dave and Aaron decide to get back into the habit after a long break from recording? They drag... more

Dave and Aaron receive a mysterious voicemail from a Ms. Roberta Spaghettio (who is definitely in no way Tiffany M... more

For their last guest episode of the season, Dave and Aaron get a master class on the evolution of poems... more

Dave and Aaron had to do their best not to waste time because they had a precious 40 minutes to... more

From a concrete poem that might have benefited from it's own Hulk Smash to a emo-laced exploration of that thing... more

Dave and Aaron breath a sigh of relief after finishing the final typed collection from Aaron's high school years.  While... more

Just when you thought you had heard the last of the "Silence Saga", the very end of high school Aaron's... more

If the Silence Saga wasn't enough Aaron's previous self decided to write a second "My Words" without any acknowledgment of... more

Start of 2023 with a new blooper reel!  Or maybe don't... We won't judge.   Aaron and Dave continue to struggle... more

With the holidays and vacations, Dave and Aaron decided to try their hand at a new format for this special... more

Dr. MEH and us tell each other fairy tales... or really just share some bad poetry.  Aaron and Dave are... more

When should a writer take the title and theme of their work as the best advice?  Perhaps when they continue... more

In this weeks episode Dave and Aaron talk a while on a perfect topic for an auditory medium like podcasting...... more

Dave and Aaron break up the silence (and by that we mean the recording of two poems on Silence from... more

From the cutting floor of "Realization," comes the shocking revelation on the true tipping point for the show's existence! A moment... more

Dave and Aaron have multiple realizations during this episode.  1. Dave should maybe not record with a fever. 2. Aaron... more

This week's episode is often in direct conversations with our previous episode 3.7 "Alive." Aaron's high school self brings his notable... more

When scheduling conflicts and unseen events prevented a Halloween weekend recording with Lauren Theresa it seems like some of the... more

When life got in the way of recording this week, we dove into the crypt of cut pieces to Frankenstein... more

Dave and Aaron encounter a poem that may actually be poetic? "Alive" deals a bit more with mental health issues... more

Aaron and Dave run into an odd "poem" from the Wolf Journal where the concept might not actually be as... more

Aaron and Dave find themselves chatting with the founder of the Southern Collective and editor-in-chief of Blue Mountain Review, Charles... more

With "Hocus Pocus II" dropping this week, why not revisit a sequel in Aaron's high school poetry collection?  Dave could... more

Your mind is not deceiving you.  There was a poem titled "Love" which the podcast covered back in Season 2... more

What does a 16 year old boy have to say about life?  Apparently quite a bit!  Dave and Aaron try... more

Dave and Aaron return to the microphones after a week off to start season three with a new friend.  Fizza... more

Dave and Aaron discuss the donation drive "Bad Poetry for Good Causes" that occurred during the week after National Bad... more