Summary: <p>Shiksha wants to make it clear that these are the poems of a 16 year old so listeners beware. From "school is a prison," to a personified Death, Shiksha takes Dave and Aaron through the ringer of cliche high school poems. They all find a little solace in the fact that we all tend to need the same things, and in the end isn't that a sweet piece of cake to consider?</p> <p>My Bad Poetry Episode 5.9: "The Jail I Enrolled Into, The Fallen god, & Chocolate Cake (w/Shiksha Dheda)" </p> <p>End Poem from a Real Poet: "Can I Please Stop Growing Now" by Shiksha Dheda recently published with <a href="https://monologging.org/2-poems-by-shiksha-dheda/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>Monologgging.</em></a></p> <p>Shiksha's poetry collections <em>Washed Away: a collection of fragments, The Tragedy of Touch, </em>and <em>We are All Pretty Bizarre: Ramblings About the Movies, </em>are all available for purchase online.</p> <p>Look for her newest essay collection dropping on soon through Anxiety press!</p> <p> Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram & Threads: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: https://www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetry/ </p> <p> </p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mybadpoetry-thepodcast/message
