Clem kicks off the show with a poem that is nearly the opposite of a "cake poem." No missing title there. With the other two, Aaron and Dave may find themselves with more familiar styles yet still end up lost in the pregnant stars. Clem then pulls what may be a My Bad Poetry first, having brought an end poem written specifically for the show.

My Bad Poetry Episode: 6.23 "Perched Rock, Flask of Salt (w/Clem Flowers)

End Poem from a Real Poet: "If you think I'm stupid now//you should see me when I'm high// And I'm smarter than I look "

Clem Flowers is a southern-transplant living and writing in Utah with a prolific collections of chapbooks available through kith publishing, Alien Buddha press, Bullshit lit, Cowboy Jamboree and more! Their newest two works are KUDZU and I Know Nothing But the Night.

Lori joins the show to bring several poems about disappointing days. Running themes are dead end jobs, let downs, and meh moments shine through in these rough poems from her past. Aaron and Dave commiserate with the sentiments but still, the poems... are worthy of this show.

My Bad Poetry Episode 6.22 "Thursday, Toil and Trouble (w/ Lori D'Angelo)"

End Poem from a Real Poet: "Barriers" by Lori D'Angelo

Lori D'Angelo a grant recipient, flash fiction, and poetry author whose works have appeared various literary journals including BULL, Moon City Review, Reed Magazine, and Rejection Letters. Her latest short story collection "The Monsters are Here" is available now! You can follow her work on her website.

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What sounds does a Nightingale make? Don't ask Aaron and Dave. Aaron digs back into an old external hard drive to find a writing assignment from 2007. One would think that writing for a school assignment may make the poetry better... and at least younger Aaron thought so. To top it all off Birds is the spiritual sister of an early entry in the Wolf Journal titled "Sing".

My Bad Poetry Episode 6.21: "Birds"

End Poem from a Real Poet: "In the Forest" by Oscar Wilde

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Maddie makes a triumphant return to the show with three phenomenally different “bad” poems from a one and a half year span when she was graduating college.  Aaron forgets about basic sentence structure making his critiques, questions, and interpretations of these poems, less than stellar.  Luckily, Maddie gave a Master class on linguistics and Dave could help make up for Aaron’s lack of understanding the English language. 

My Bad Poetry Episode 6.20: "JEANS, Rain and umbrella, at my wedding (w/ Madeleine Corley)"

End Poem from a Real Poet: "I Remember" by Madeleine Corley"

You can follow Madeleine Corley's many projects @madelinksi. Make sure to check our her songs on Spotify or Instagram and visit her website ⁠https://madelinksi.com⁠. 

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Seth Perry brings a rap song from his short time as a rapper in the Vancouver scene of the early 00s. In hearing this⁠ artifact from time⁠, Dave and Aaron find themselves in the presence of the one and only Professor Lungz. Did they know that was Seth's rap name before this interview... no... but were they still thrilled to find themselves under his tutelage...sure! They were more interested in the journey from Lungz to Perry and Seth did not disappoint.

My Bad Poetry Episode 6.19: "Dope Prowl (w/ Seth Perry)

End Poem from a Real Poet: "⁠We Are More⁠" by Shane Koyczan

Seth Perry is an ELCA pastor, blogger, and mental health recovery educator. His educational work and musings can be found on his YouTube Channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ourstigma⁠ or through his blog: ⁠ourstigma.com⁠

Aaron and Dave are scrapping the bottom of the barrel with one final poem from Aaron's "loose leaf collection". A loosely affiliated group of poems found in a box full of Aaron's school memorabilia. This riddle of a poem fails to take off, much like the ill fated fly who meets an untimely end... Silly old fool!

My Bad Poetry Episode 6.18: "The Deerfly"

End Poem from a Real Poet: "The Fly" by William Blake

This week Aaron brings a poem he remembered writing years ago that took months to find. Whether the search was worth it is up to the listener. Dave and Aaron discuss the odd way previous Aaron tried to use sing songy rhymes to critique incredibly harmful and dangerous theology such as Prosperity Gospel and Christian Nationalism. It definetaly was a choice. Also ...nation.

My Bad Poetry Episode 6.17 "I Want Jesus Back"

End Poem from a Real Poet: "A Prodigal" by Emily Pauline Johnson AKA Tekahionwake

Dave and Aaron couldn't connect this week so Aaron went back through the raw files of season six to pull some of the cut conversations. Some were cut for time, others... well it's pretty obvious once you hear them. Listen carefully to catch some of our amazing guest's laugh for share a story as well!

My Bad Poetry Episode 6.16: "The Cutting Room Floor (Season Six Bloopers So Far...)"

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Aaron finds a choice writing assignment circa 3rd-5th grade that is all about the Bubonic Plague! Why? Probably a book called "Battle for the Castle" and a certain poem about invading rats. Dave on the other hand reveals a far deeper knowledge on the subject and completely schools past and present Aaron on the finer details of this deadly plague.

My Bad Poetry Episode 6.15: "The Plague"

End Poem from a Real Poet: From "The Uncured World" by Elisabeth Frost

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Dave and Aaron are joined this week by the prolific nat raum! nat brings journal poems from highschool that are broad and vague at times, yet deeply ernest in the cringiest ways. Laugh along with us as nat shares their poems and stories as well as their incredible insights and knowledge (as well as some hot takes on obituaries?).

My Bad Poetry Episode 6.14: "Unfinished Business, Bittersweet, Death. (w/nat raum)"

nat raum is the founder and editor-in-chief of fifth wheel press , "an independent community-focused publisher of art and writing by queer, trans, and gender variant creatives." To keep up with nat's own works you can follow them through their website here: https://www.natraum.com/. For more information on the book random access memory they were discussing near the end of the show (past works revamped, collected, and edited) you can find that book here.