What a better way to start a new year than to remember that life is pain? Perhaps a poem that goes Full Moon on you when you least expect it! Nina Prater dug through her back catalogue to find the utter gems when it comes to bad poetry. Hope you enjoy this episode as much as much as these three did.

My Bad Poetry Episode 8.9: "Samsara, Alaska Radio, & Barnacles Feeding (w/Nina Prater)"

End Poem from a Real Poet: "Every Summer" by Nina Prater

Nina Prater works in sustainable agriculture while living in the Ozarks. While you can watch for a full book collection coming in 2027, you can purchase her current published chapbook "Under the Canopy of Unpruned Leaves through Belle Point Press now!

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The show's first ever non-official guest when Aaron and Dave were still figuring everything out, makes her official return! Aaron walked the dog on a very cold day to coax Abbe back with some of her private- and one public- poem from years ago. These memories may have been better forgotten, but here they are for all to hear.

My Bad Poetry Episode 8.8: "Memories & Not Enough (w/Abbe)"

End Poem by a Real Poet: "Woman With A Flower" by Naomi Long Madgett

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Is it enigmatic, melodramatic, or just plain problematic? Listen as Dave and Aaron try to navigate a treacherous imitation of a Joni Mitchell text provided by their guest Erick Garske. Then they all fall into a parallel universe that is either a utopia or dystopia and the lack of clarity may be the reason its on the show!

My Bad Poetry Episode 8.7: "Photo Stock & Parallel Poetry Universe (w/Erick Phillips Garske)"

Erick Phillips Garske is a Pushcart nominated poet, with the published chapbook Terms and Conditions of Endearment and newest book Words Alone.

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