Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this forty-second episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome guest J. Michaelsen from Norway to You're the Poet and share Ellen Sturgis Hooper's "I Slept and Dreamed That Life Was Beauty", Matthew Burgio's "Where You End and I Begin", and Phil Burgio's "Not Today". J. Michaelsen shares his poems "My Darkest Thoughts Now" (in Norwegian and English) and "Transformation". We hope you enjoy the poetry shared here, and we welcome you to join us for future episodes.

Find J. Michaelsen on Instagram: @the_norwegian_artist79

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This episode's intro poem recited by Travis Hupp

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