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Though the guest is Schur, Aaron appears unsure about a lot of things when it comes to Matt like his job...and his books... and this is Matt's second time on the show! Perhaps Aaron was unmoored by his missing co-host Dave. Yet one thing is for sure. These three poems are bad for a myriad of different reasons, worthy of exploring. My Bad Poetry Episode 9.4: "Ode to a Brick Wall, The Wreck of the Schooner O'Malley, & rosemont overture (w/ Matt Schur)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Adamah" by Matt Schur Matt Schur is synodically authorized minister and author living in Nebraska. His newest book Even This is Holy Ground can be found here. He is also the author of Imperfectly Perfect and Cross Sections. Podcast Email: [email protected] Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mybadpoetry.com

This week we take a break from our normal cringe and clumsy rhymes to enjoy the other type of bad poetry. Kelly Kaur brings her rebellious poems to the show to speak out for women's rights. Sometimes it's good to be "bad"! My Bad Poetry Episode 9.3: "Words from a BediRebel (w/ Kelly Kaur) End Poem from a Real Poet: "Rising Up" by Kelly Kaur Kelly Kaur is a professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary. She is an award winning author of Letters to Singapore and Howdy I’m Singh Hari. Her newest book My Love is a Durian will be available on October 15th through University of Calgary Press. Podcast Email: [email protected] Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mybadpoetry.com

Season 9's first guest brings sentimental poems from the past that may have forgotten to include the sentiment. Hollay loved boat rides and kittens, but these poems could convince you otherwise... My Bad Poetry Episode 9.2: "Dawn & Plum's Lullaby (w/ Hollay Ghadery)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Night Feed with Aal" by Hollay Ghadery Hollay Ghadery is the founder and senior publicist of River Street a leading press in Canadian literature representation. She is an award winning author including the Canadian Bookclub Award and a Giller Finalist for her debut novel The Unraveling of Ou. You can read all about her here: https://www.hollayghadery.ca/about Podcast Email: [email protected] Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mybadpoetry.com

Dave and Aaron try to remember how to be talk after a summer away from the podcast. Without a guest to anchor them, the co-hosts struggle to stay on topic, but they manage to put to launch season 9 without too many sidetracks. You are invited on the show! If you don't want to talk but still have bad poetry to share, please email the show and let Dave and Aaron handle the rest! Also we want to know what color our logo should be for this season. Email the podcast your suggestion and see if it becomes the official color of the season! My Bad Poetry Episode 9.1: "We're Back! (Season 9 Premiere) End Poem from a Real Poet: "Morning Star" by C. D. Wright Podcast Email: [email protected] Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mybadpoetry.com

Dave and Aaron are taking a summer hiatus, but not before leaving all their dear listeners with two more strange short poems. My Bad Poetry Episode 8.21: "Untitled document (Season 8 Finale) End Poem from a Real Poet: "The Naughty Preposition" by Morris Bishop A huge thank you to all the guests who appeared on Season 8! If you or someone you know want to come on the show please reach out... we would love to hear from you. Podcast Email: [email protected] Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mybadpoetry.com My Bad Poetry Will Return for Season 9 in... September (hopefully)

Ever wonder what the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a menstrual period, and a raspberry pie have in common... you probably didn't... and this episode probably won't give you a satisfying answer. But Sandra Marchetti tried to tackle that very topic with her first published poem Seeing (finally) the Commonality Between the Chinese Cultural Revolution and My Period, Or Pie. A title so long My Bad Poetry couldn't even use it all for the show's title- and normally the show is named for multiple poems a guest brings. All this to say Sandra brought a great one for the show! My Bad Poetry Episode 8.20: "Seeing (finally) the Commonality Between...(w Sandra Marchetti)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Crotch" by Sandra Marchetti Sandra Marchetti is the author of DIORAMA (Stephen F. Austin State UP, 2025); Aisle 228 (SFA UP, 2023); and Confluence (Sundress Publications, 2015) as well as four chapbooks of poetry and lyric essays. You can find out so much more at sandramarchetti.net.  Podcast Email: [email protected] Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mybadpoetry.com

The only regret Aaron may have is not checking his microphone before recording. He sounds like he's in a tin can! This episode includes an abandoned poem found on a loose leaf of college lined paper in Aaron's old stuff. It's about love lost or never pursued...for good reason? Or maybe it was left unfinished for a better reason. Dave plays with homophones in his hastily written poem of the week. My Bad Poetry Episode 8.19: "No Regrets" End Poem from a Real Poet: "The Riddle of Strider" by Bilbo Baggins (translated by J. R. R. Tolkien from The Red Book of Westmarch) . or ... by Tolkien in The Fellowship of the Ring . Podcast Email: [email protected] Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mybadpoetry.com

Kristin makes a triumphant return with two timely poems written at a very different time. From a satirical send up of the perfect house wife to a happy (?)... strange and amazing time capsule of the Bush Era, Kristin takes the show on a journey and uses all the swear beeps we have. My Bad Poetry Episode 8.18: "The Domestic Goddess Waltz & ??? (w/Kristin LaTour)" End Poem From a Real Poet: "Tucson Snow" by Kristin LaTour Kristin LaTour is a teacher at Joliet Jr. College and the founder of the Aurora Writers Workshop. Her works have appeared in the journals like Rhino, Oven Bird, and Escape into Life. Her poetry book What Will Keep Us Alive is available through Sundress Publications. Podcast Email: [email protected] Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mybadpoetry.com⁠

When it looked like there was no material to be found... As if in a dream around found a single loose leaf paper with this poor excuse of a poem scribbled on it. Dave might have wished for the free afternoon after hearing this pretentious poem that is poeming so hard. My Bad Poetry Episode 8.17: "The Dream" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Night" by Anne Brontë Podcast Email: [email protected] Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mybadpoetry.com

Aaron surprises Dave with a new poem that he sent via email earlier in the week. Dave's response to the email... radio silence. So we hear it here! The poem itself looks at an funny circumstance in which Aaron and his spouse share more in common than he may have been comfortable with for a moment. My Bad Poetry Episode 8.16: "Prescription Predicament" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Sertraline" by Emily Nason Podcast Email: [email protected] Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mybadpoetry.com

This week Aaron and Dave are exposed to some great "bad Plath girl poetry." Jennifer Sutherland brings three poems spanning the decades to show that Plath like poetry can grow and improve with time. From an "after" poem that is hard to see the resemblance to a mythic exploration of love and hate, Jennifer's got it all! My Bad Poetry Episode 8.15: "Sylvia, Flutter, & Admetus Mummified (w/Jennifer Sutherland)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Alcestis as a Hon, but not the Kitschy, Cute Kind" as Jennifer Sutherland Jennifer Sutherland is a poet, essayist, and attorney from Baltimore. You can find her work at https://jenniferasutherland.com/. Her newest book House of Myth and Necessity is out now from River River Books. Podcast Email: [email protected] Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mybadpoetry.com

What does one do when they have an embarrassing poem from the 90s set to paper with a typewriter? Dig that thing out and bring it on the show! That's what PJ Temple did this week, and when she was looking for the one that haunted her, she found a forgotten one as well! Dave and Aaron are all the happier for it. Listen as PJ spins wonderful stories about her past and present helping us understand these works. My Bad Poetry Episode 8.14: "Abyss & The Sofa and You (w/ PJ Temple)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Elements of Collective Mourning" by PJ Temple PJ Temple is a psychologist and writer who tells stories exploring her conservative Christian upbringing, immigration, and womanhood. You can find her works at pjtemple.com! Podcast Email: [email protected] Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mybadpoetry.com

Rachel Turney brings practically perfect examples of prose poetry, avant guard, surrealism, alliteration, and purpose...or at least that's what was pretended in this fun episode where Aaron is sarcastic and Dave is confused. But hey, we all learn somethings. My Bad Poetry Episode 8.13: "Office Job, Penguin, and 2009 Journal Entry (w/ Rachel Turney)" Rachel Turney has four books coming out in 2026. You can follow all her on Insta @Turneytalks and watch Poetry (In Brief) on Youtube @TurneyTalks. Podcast Email: [email protected] Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mybadpoetry.com

Michael VanCalbergh makes an historic third appearance on the show, bringing one from his past that he just can't seem to put down. A college professor's sweater vest becomes an inside joke to a class and young Michael just had to make it... awkward. Good thing Dave and Aaron are the most mature of hosts or this episode would have just become one long sophomoric gigglefest... It isn't that is it?? O dear. Episode 8.12 "I named it after your favorite clothing (w/ Michael VanCalbergh)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Nicole Asks Me for a Poem and I Write About Ariadne Instead" Michael is a poet, essayist, and lecturer living in Illinois. You can find his works in Parenthesis Journal, autofocus Lit, Atticus Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, and monthly writings here: https://widely-read.ghost.io/ You can follow him on social media @MVCPoet and check out his open mic poetry readings in Normal, IL. Podcast Email: [email protected] Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram & Threads: @MyBadPoetry_ThePodWebsite: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mybadpoetry.com

This week Dave and Aaron welcome Todd Dillard on the show. Though they could have probably done a whole half an hour discussing snow and shovels, they did end up discussing Todd's weird poems. What the hosts could never have expected was how That Thursday turned into the Present Tense. Enjoy the ride! End Poem from a Real Poet: "Present Tense" by Todd Dillard Todd Dillard is a poet from Texas now living in Pennsylvania. He is the author of Ways We Vanish and the chapbook Ragnarök at the Father-Daughter Dance. You can follow Todd on Instagram and Bluesky. Podcast Email: [email protected] Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mybadpoetry.com