My Bad Poetry

Aaron and Dave spend the show discussing a day in the life... but not the classic rock song. Aaron's high school poem "Day" barely qualifies as a thought and yet the hosts spent way to much thought on this one. My Bad Poetry Episode 4.11: "Day" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Nostalgia" by Giannina Braschi translated by Tess O'Dwyer 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

Even with somewhat garbled moments Tate Lewis-Carroll's humor and wisdom comes through clearly and they share some pretty good "bad" poems with Aaron and Dave. Common splices, run on sentences, and a third thing, keep the party going with these poems, and a early poet experiments with styles and subjects ranging from passion, sticking it to tradition, and genuine grief. So join us as we all open up a little after kissing the fire eater. My Bad Poetry Episode 4.10 "Kissing the Fire Eater, Beach House, & Wish He Was Here (w Tate Lewis-Carroll)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "I Dreamt Us Having a Pure Son and Father Moment" by Tate Lewis Carroll. "I Dreamt Us Having a Pure Son and Father Moment" can be found in Tate Lewis Carroll's first full length poetry collection "What's Left" through Finish Line Press. Tate also has four Haiku collections and has worked as an editor for Ocotillo Review and Kallisto Gaia Press. When they are not writing they are working on their homestead farm raising chickens and growing crops. You can follow them on Twitter @TPLpoetry. 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

This week Nolcha Fox brings three poems that range in their... quality? Listen to Dave make the most random connection between Nolcha's poem "Gently Used" and the Greek myth of Pandora. Aaron talks about snot and dead caterpillars. Nolcha brings rhyming poems when she normally writes in free verse. This one goes places. Good thing we had Directions! My Bad Poetry Episode 4.9 "Married and Buried, Thought is a Caterpillar, & Gently Used (w/ Nolcha Fox)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Directions" by Nolcha Fox. "Directions "can be found in her third chapbook How to Get Me Up in the Morning from Alien Buddha Press. "Gently Used" was recently published in MasticadoresUSA. "Thought is a Caterpillar" made an appearance in Five Fleas. Her most recent chapbook Why Chicken Explodes in the Microwave can be found through Dancing Girl Press & Studio. You can follow her publications and work through her website. 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

This week's episode features three very different types of "bad" poems. Robert brings to the show: a poem he wants to change to flash fiction, a published poem that he considers "his worst", and a typical angsty poem that carries all the attitude and cringe we have grown to love (or love to groan at). My Bad Poetry Episode 4.8 "PDA, Ugolano...& Masochist (w/ Robert Allen)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Ache" by Robert Allen. Robert Allen is a teacher of poetry who lives in Oakland, California. While his chapbook "Disjointed" had a Sold Out run, you can find his work all across the internet, or conveniently collected right here on his website. His poem "Ugolano, Prince Of Misfits Wherein We Meet Our Cast of Characters" was originally published in 2/04/22 by BULLSHIT Lit Mag and can be found on their website. You can also follow Robert on Twitter: @RobertAllenPoet 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

Laurence brings to the show two rough drafts of works that they are still chipping at to find the statue within the stone... but don't think the poems sink on arrival! Follow Dave, Aaron, and Laurence through the murky current stream of consciousness that is three nerds reflecting on language, structure, lovelorn angst, and all those awkward 20 something moments that may be better as tears lost in the rain. My Bad Poetry Episode 4.7 "A Hillbilly’s Desiderium in Colombia & Reverse Rain (w/ Laurence Foshee)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "No Second Term" by Laurence Foshee. Laurence is an Oklahoma based poet with poems published through Triolobite, eMerge Magazine and many more. Their first book Trionfini is out now! You can follow them on Twitter @LaurenceFoshee 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

Adrian dug through a box of loose leaf works to find poems that span a decade. From middle schooler to NYC apartment dweller, Adrian's previous contexts help pull back the curtain on poems full of mixed metaphors, Greek myths dropped in, and chewy lines to say. Dave and Aaron had a lot to ruminate on and that was before they even got to the chapbook on Teeth! My Bad Poetry Episode 4.6 "Untitled Works & Ganymede in Waiting (w/Adrian Dallas Frandle)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Ode to My Husband's Parasomnia" by Adrian Dallas Frandle found in May's edition of Blue Mountain Review.⁠ Their chapbook, Book of Extraction: Poems with Teeth, can be found through Kith Books Publishing. You can follow them on Twitter @adrianf. 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 find themselves returning to where it all began... the thoughts of a "misunderstood" high schooler. They have walked these halls before and frankly any door would be a good exit from this failed philosophical fluff. Hope none of you all feel as trapped listening to this as Aaron felt when he wrote it back in the day. My Bad Poetry Episode 4.5: "The Hall" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Paths" by Dorothy Parker 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 is late to recording and Dave is early to leave but Paul Lutter puts up with the both of them. While the hosts have had English teachers and college professors on the show, this is the first time they have had a college prof who was one of their teachers. Paul taught Dave and now Dave gets to taunt Paul...if only Paul chose poems that weren't so darn sentimental ;) The three discuss the wonders if fatherhood and children's imagination and how all that might be harder to capture in words than first meets the eye. My Bad Poetry Episode 4.4 "A Walk & Revelation (w/Paul Lutter)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Rain" by Paul Lutter. Paul Lutter is an ELCA pastor who serves in Minnesota as interim pastor who recently finished his MFA in creative writing in 2022. He currently teaches at Augsburg University in the religion department as an adjunct instructor. Paul writes as a poet and essayist. His contribution to Working Preacher can be found here. He has also had articles featured in Living Lutheran and HuffPost, as well as many other publications and journals. 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

What do Dave and Aaron do when a fellow Les Misérables enthusiast and Luther Seminary alumn comes on the show? Talk about basically everything else. From the complex rhyme structures of limericks to the nuanced, highly sophisticated, and informed opinions of high school boys, Matt's typewritten poems from 93' do not disappoint. My Bad Poetry Episode 4.3 "Elegy & A Limerick (w/Matt Schur)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Disguised in Plain Sight" by Matt Schur found in his newest published book Imperfectly Perfect. His first book of poetry, Cross Sections, was published in 2021. You can find his website here. 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 find themselves trying to solve the mystery of Candice Kelsey's Murdered worms and what else She Wrote about. From a red pocket folder emerge poems much like how worms appear on a sidewalk after a spring rain, and much like the worms they may have been better left uncovered... Candice brings a perfect self deprecating humor and wit to the show that hopefully translates well to your ears! My Bad Poetry Episode 4.2 "Worms and I Sense the Presence of a True Believer (w/Candice M. Kelsey)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Reading about Chat GPT I miss my brother" by Candice M. Kelsey found in her newest published book "The Poet Dreams of Driving a Ding-a-Ling Ice Cream Truck & Other Means of Escape" from Pine Row Press. Her latest chapbook "Choose Your Own Poem" just dropped with Cherry Press Chapbooks and her 2022 full length book "A Poet" was published with Alien Buddha Press. You can follow Candice on Twitter @CandiceKelsey1 and you can find her website here. 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

How do Dave and Aaron decide to get back into the habit after a long break from recording? They drag along a new friend! Alex Carrigan joins the co-hosts for the first episode of Season 4 and carries the show with his energy, creativity, and of course his bad poetry. From a Gotye inspired breakup poem to a haiku heavy ode for a baker...as well as an extra little erasure poem that might have been better simply erased, Alex did not fail the assignment! My Bad Poetry Episode 4.1 "Flipped Coin & Lottie (w/Alex Carrigan)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Farrah Moan Doesn’t Emphasize, She Highlights" by Alex Carrigan first published in Sage Cigarettes and soon to be found in Now Let's Get Brunch from Querencia Press Alex Carrigan is an editor, poet, critic, and the author of May All Our Pain Be Champagne published by Alien Buddha Press. You can find his website here and follow him on Twitter @carriganak. Look for Now Let's Get Brunch dropping in 2023! 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 receive a mysterious voicemail from a Ms. Roberta Spaghettio (who is definitely in no way Tiffany M Storrs). Roberta tries to clear up the pronunciation of a certain press to ...some success.  Hear the definitive pronociation here and shout out to Roi Fainéant for being the fun filled press that they are! My Bad Poetry Episode 3.21 "A Call (w/ Roberta Spaghettio)  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

For their last guest episode of the season, Dave and Aaron get a master class on the evolution of poems from the amazing Julia Guez.  Julia brings two examples of "bad" poems that have evolved over time through edits and revisions to become completely different works of art.  From collapsing couplets to exploring expansions this episode focuses on the art of writing and rewriting and rewriting and...  My Bad Poetry Episode 3.22 "Meditation at Callicoon & On the Occasion of Our Tenth Anniversary (w/ Julia Guez)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Still Life With Vicodin" by Julia Guez published in In an Invisible Case Which Is Also a Frame published by Four Way Books in 2019. Julia Guez's bio, publications, and other works can be found at her website: https://juliaguez.net/.  Julia is a writer, translator, and teaches creative writing at NYU and Rutgers. Her new work The Certain Body features the latest version of "Meditation at Callicoon" which was read on the show and can be purchased here.  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 had to do their best not to waste time because they had a precious 40 minutes to speak with the great Jared Beloff during his lunch break.  While they would have been thrilled to spend the whole time talking about Jared's new book, Jared did not disappoint with two amazing poems form his days at a 10th grader.  From moss to Sasquatch, Jared's poems seem to have always sought to capture the glory of nature, just with way more skill and subtly nowadays.  My Bad Poetry Episode 3.21 "My Light at Last & Behold the Glory (w/ Jared Beloff)"  End Poem from a Real Poet: "Playing With Climate Models" by Jared Beloff published in Who Will Cradle Your Head. Coming on Feb. 9th 2023.  Jared Beloff's bio, publications, and other works can be found here.  Jared Beloff is a high school English teacher and a peer reviewer for Whale Road Review.  He is also one fourth of the The New Sledder a literary newsletter.  You can follow Jared on Twitter @Read_Instead.     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

From a concrete poem that might have benefited from it's own Hulk Smash to a emo-laced exploration of that thing called "Love,"  Michael VanCalbergh's high school poems live up to this show's title.  Dave and Aaron find another fast friend with this week's guest as Michael brings the perfect energy to a rare evening recording.  Be warned however the final poem hits hard as it carefully explores the loss of a parent through a unique lens.  Note: When discussing the End Poem Aaron references a song that he thought was sung by Lewis Capaldi when in fact it's a song by Dean Lewis.  My Bad Poetry Episode 3.20: "The Green Machine & The Disease (w/ Michael VanCalbergh)  End Poem from a Real Poet: "Instructions for My Father's Mortician" by Michael VanCalbergh  Michael VanCalbergh can be found on Twitter @MVCpoet.  You can find his work published with Parenthesis Journal, autofocus Lit, Atticus Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, Beaver Magazine, and many other spaces.  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