The show is visited this week by a host of another poetry reading show (A Hundred Pitchers of Honey), demonstrating a duality in poetry. Donna talks about good poems on her show, on this show... not so much. Donna brings three poems that fail in different ways, only to demonstrate how each one of those failures can be remedied with a final poem that legit made Dave cry.

My Bad Poetry Episode 8.4: "I Find Your Photo..., After Life, and Duality (w/ Donna Vorreyer)"

End Poem From a Real Poet: "Finding Tongues in Trees" by Donna Vorreyer

Donna Vorreyer is an author, artist, and retired middle school teacher, who has multiple published chapbooks and full length collections. Her most recent book Unrivered is available now. You can find her work and a more complete bio here.

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The show continues its streak of choral lyricists with Devondra Banks... but the works she brings to the show don't quite sing. To be honest, Dave and Aaron actually enjoy most of these contributions as good poems but it's also understandable why Devondra may find these... cringe.

End Poem From a Real Poet: "Sage" by Devondra Banks

My Bad Poetry Episode 8.3: "Sharin' Ain'T Carin', Libras Rule, & F.I.U.G. (w/ Devondra Banks)

Devondra Banks is a poet and lyricist who has had multiple works set to choral arrangements including "Alleluia, For This Day" and "Joy Never Leaves". She also has two published poetry collections titled Gems and Debris, and Chamomile Clouds.

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Aaron and Dave both bring somewhat macabre poems to the podcast this week. Dave wrote an "After" poem based on Tony Silvestri's old opening lines to a sonnet and Aaron is inspired by an unexpected web search. The name of the poem kind of describes itself... but the suggestions might surprise you.

My Bad Poetry Episode 8.2: "How to Euthanize a Butterfly"

End Poem from a Real Poet: "Wesley's Theory" by Kendrick Lamar

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Dave and Aaron return after a short hiatus for Season 8 of My Bad Poetry with a new guest! He brings to the show a long forgotten start to a sonnet and sings (!) a failed attempt at a fifth and final verse of the Star Spangled Banner.

My Bad Poetry Episode 8.1: "A Fifth Anthem Verse (w/ Tony Silvestri)"

End Poems from a Real Poet: "Sleep" and "For Such As Me" by Tony Silvestri

Charles A Silvestri (Tony) is a world renown lyristis who has worked with some of the most influential choral composers of our time...and it all started with a rush job for a friend. You can find his works and watch for future projects through his website: https://www.charlesanthonysilvestri.com/Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Bluesky: @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social Instagram & Threads: @MyBadPoetry_ThePod Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mybadpoetry.com

Dave and Aaron find a Friday in the summer to record a season seven wrap up episode! We started this season with the Silence Saga poem but what we may have all forgotten is that Aaron wrote a second poem that same day. The hosts return to this text with... nostalgia? They also look back over another incredible season of guests!

My Bad Poetry Episode 7.20: "The Return of Pain"

End Poem from a Real Poet: "Childhood Memories" by William Saphier

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Mitchell Nobis makes his triumphal return on the week of his debut poetry collections publication! In honor of this momentous occasion, Mitch thought it would be nice to bring a few poems that didn't make the cut for this debut... It's hard not to see why.

My Bad Poetry Episode 7.19: "I Hear Trees Are Good Metaphors & Symbols & Such (w/ Mitchell Nobis)

End Poem from a Real Poet: "So You'd Better Pay Attention" by Mitchell Nobis

Mitchell Nobis is an english teacher from Detroit. He is a the host of Wednesday Night Sessions, the KickstART Farmington reading series and the co-founder of NAWP. You can learn more about NAWP at their website https://notatawp.com/. Mitchell's debut poetry collection The Size of the Horizon, or, I Explained Everything to the Trees is available through Match Factory Editions and can be purchased here.

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Rachel Berg Scherer, Elizabeth Doerr, and Carla Du Pree,grace My Bad Poetry with their incredible presence. The co-founders of Scribente Maternum talk about how they each “write like a mother” and have created a space for moms of all types to do the same. Each bring poems of different styles and degrees of “bad” for Aaron and Dave to sift through. From multiple children’s potty humor to an old journal entry of budding poet finding her way this episode has it all.

My Bad Poetry Episode 7.18: “A Limerick, Haiku, and Song, OMy! (w/ the co-founders of Scribente Maternum)”

End Poem From a Real Poet: “My Momma moved among the days” by Lucille Clifton

Scribente Maternum is a community of writers who identify as mothers with a goal to embrace the tension that exists between motherhood and writing. You can learn more about this group at https://www.scribentematernum.com/

Also check out https://www.citylitproject.org/to learn more about Carla Du Pree’s organization that nurtures the culture of literature in Baltimore and throughout Maryland.

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For proof that this show is not on permanent hiatus, Aaron shares some fun poems written by him and his daughter on Father's Day. How do you think we all did?

This mini episode was inspired by "Dino Poet: A Graphic Novel" by Tom Angleberger.

My Bad Poetry Episode 7.17.5: "Four Hastily Written Poems (A Mini Episode)"

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