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.

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This episode's intro poem recited by Travis Hupp

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Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this forty-first episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome back guest Travis Hupp to You're the Poet and share Jules Verne's "The Evening Bell", Matthew Burgio's "A Christmas Tree in June", and Phil Burgio's "PENSIERI SPONTANEI". Travis Hupp shares his poems "It's Not Too Late", "What All I Like", and "Whoever You Are" from his fourth coming third poetry collection American Entropy. We hope you enjoy the poetry shared here, and we welcome you to join us for future episodes.

This episode's intro poem recited by Douglas Ray Jaffe

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Thank you to all of our You're the Poet supporters. If you would like to help the podcast continue to grow, you can contribute at our patron site:

www.buymeacoffee.com/yourethepoet

Visit our website at www.yourethepoet.com and find us on Facebook. To contact us about being a guest on the podcast and/or to send us feedback on this episode, send us an email to host@yourethepoet.com.

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Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this fortieth episode, hosts Matt and Phil Burgio introduce You're the Poet: Around the Table and welcome to the table previous You're the Poet guests A. Benedict, James Bryant, Jodi Harsh, Simon Drake, and K.M. Weldon to share some poetry and interact within this community of poets. We hope you enjoy what they bring to the table, and we thank you for your support as we continue to grow our community!

Poetry Outline:

2:03- A. Benedict, "Labyrinth"

6:00- K.M. Weldon, "Homicide"

10:00- Simon Drake, "Tears and Silence"

13:20- Jodi Harsh, "Brutal Like Me"

20:00- Guest Update

30:45- Phil Burgio, "What Muse Should I Choose?"

34:30- James Bryant, "Rollercoaster"

37:05- Matthew Burgio, "Bring a Friend"

Thank you to all of our You're the Poet supporters. If you would like to help the podcast continue to grow, you can contribute at our patron site:

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We welcome you to join us for future episodes. Visit our website at www.yourethepoet.com and find us on Facebook. To contact us about being a guest on the podcast and/or to send us feedback on this episode, send us an email to host@yourethepoet.com.

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