Episodes

Adrian dug through a box of loose leaf works to find poems that span a decade. From middle schooler to NYC apartment dweller, Adrian's previous contexts help pull back the curtain on poems full of mixed metaphors, Greek myths...

Aaron and Dave find themselves returning to where it all began... the thoughts of a "misunderstood" high schooler. They have walked these halls before and frankly any door would be a good exit from this failed philosophical f...

Aaron is late to recording and Dave is early to leave but Paul Lutter puts up with the both of them. While the hosts have had English teachers and college professors on the show, this is the first time they have had a college...

What do Dave and Aaron do when a fellow Les Misérables enthusiast and Luther Seminary alumn comes on the show? Talk about basically everything else. From the complex rhyme structures of limericks to the nuanced, highly sophis...

Aaron and Dave find themselves trying to solve the mystery of Candice Kelsey's Murdered worms and what else She Wrote about. From a red pocket folder emerge poems much like how worms appear on a sidewalk after a spring rain, ...

How do Dave and Aaron decide to get back into the habit after a long break from recording? They drag along a new friend! Alex Carrigan joins the co-hosts for the first episode of Season 4 and carries the show with his energy,...

Dave and Aaron receive a mysterious voicemail from a Ms. Roberta Spaghettio (who is definitely in no way Tiffany M Storrs). Roberta tries to clear up the pronunciation of a certain press to ...some success. Hear the definiti...

For their last guest episode of the season, Dave and Aaron get a master class on the evolution of poems from the amazing Julia Guez. Julia brings two examples of "bad" poems that have evolved over time through edits and revi...

Dave and Aaron had to do their best not to waste time because they had a precious 40 minutes to speak with the great Jared Beloff during his lunch break. While they would have been thrilled to spend the whole time talking ab...

From a concrete poem that might have benefited from it's own Hulk Smash to a emo-laced exploration of that thing called "Love," Michael VanCalbergh's high school poems live up to this show's title. Dave and Aaron find anoth...

Dave and Aaron breath a sigh of relief after finishing the final typed collection from Aaron's high school years. While there are still more episodes to come it felt like a good time to reflect and wrap up most of Season 3. ...

Just when you thought you had heard the last of the " Silence Saga ", the very end of high school Aaron's third anthology throws one more in the mix. An untitled poem musing on the need and lack of silence seems to be a fitt...

If the Silence Saga wasn't enough Aaron's previous self decided to write a second "My Words" without any acknowledgment of the first. Dave and Aaron work through this poem that seems to be reflecting on the Wolf journal entr...

Start of 2023 with a new blooper reel! Or maybe don't... We won't judge. Aaron and Dave continue to struggle with all things recording in this collection of gaffes, tangents, and conversations cut for time. Want to enjoy a r...

With the holidays and vacations, Dave and Aaron decided to try their hand at a new format for this special episode. With randomly generated words, chance styles, and five minutes the two co-hosts attempt to write poems for t...

Dr. MEH and us tell each other fairy tales... or really just share some bad poetry. Aaron and Dave are delighted to have Mathew E Henry on the show to share some of his first ever poems which were heavily influenced by the g...

When should a writer take the title and theme of their work as the best advice? Perhaps when they continue to work with "Silence." With a recording scheduled that spanned a week, Aaron and Dave return once more to the endle...

In this weeks episode Dave and Aaron talk a while on a perfect topic for an auditory medium like podcasting... silence. Dave channels his inner troll for his starter poem and Aaron's poetry feels like trolling in its own rig...

Dave and Aaron break up the silence (and by that we mean the recording of two poems on Silence from Aaron's journals) with another amazing guest episode. Frances Klein not only brings her quick wit and sense of humor to the ...

From the cutting floor of "Realization," comes the shocking revelation on the true tipping point for the show's existence! A moment that Dave is perhaps still reeling from. Hear this truly terrifying and mystifying reveal...a...

Dave and Aaron have multiple realizations during this episode. 1. Dave should maybe not record with a fever. 2. Aaron doesn't understand commas. 3. This show is so lucky to have guests willing to speak with us. 4. Giving a ...

This week's episode is often in direct conversations with our previous episode 3.7 " Alive. " Aaron's high school self brings his notable style of subtlety to this week's poem. And by that we mean, the title tells you exactl...

When scheduling conflicts and unseen events prevented a Halloween weekend recording with Lauren Theresa it seems like some of the magic may have been lost to time. Thank goodness for Daylight Savings which gave everyone anot...

When life got in the way of recording this week, we dove into the crypt of cut pieces to Frankenstein together something "new" for our October 31st episode. While the bloopers aren't necessarily frightening, we hope you enjo...