You're the Poet

You're the Poet

Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! This podcast is designed with the goal of building a community of people who love poetry and want to share their poetry with the world. Each episode will feature poetry shared by hosts, and then poetry shared by a guest (YOU!) of the podcast. Contact us at host@yourethepoet.com to find out how to be a guest on the podcast or to provide feedback about the podcast and/or its episodes. Music Credit: Success Resolution Video Game Fanfare Sound Effect.mp3 by FunWithSound -- https://freesound.org/s/456968/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

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September 4, 2026 • 33 mins

Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this eighty-second episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome guest Nijah Wilde from southeast Scotland to You're the Poet and share Alison Cockburn's "The Flowers of the Forest", Matthew Burgio's "Golden Jewels", and Phil Burgio's "I THOUGHT I SAW HER FROM AFAR". Nijah Wilde shares her poems "Sober", "I Would Have Said No", "Our Last Night", and "The Noises Within"...

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Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this eighty-first episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome guest Angie Austin from Alligator, Mississippi to You're the Poet and share Edgar Robert Service's "The Cremation of Sam McGee", Matthew Burgio's "Ice Dragon", and Phil Burgio's "SOME DAY". Angie Austin shares her poems "Patience", "Beautiful Gray", "The Wandering Tide", and "How Do You Lose a Son?" . We h...

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July 28, 2026 • 32 mins

Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this seventy-fifth episode, hosts Matt and Phil Burgio facilitate our You're the Poet: Around the Table 6 and welcome to the table previous You're the Poet guests Katya Rome, Janet Tai, Robin Gittens, and Robert Nolan Clark 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 suppor...

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Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this seventy-ninth episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome back guest Amos Mkubwa who brings his Alpha Generation I student poets to You're the Poet and share Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing", Matthew Burgio's "I Hear Her Breath as One Might Hear a Song", and Phil Burgio's "Lonely Heart". Amos introduces his students and they their poetry with us. We hope ...

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Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this seventy-eighth episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome back guest Janet Tai from Malaysia to You're the Poet and share Edgar Allan Poe's "Lines on Ale", Matthew Burgio's "Sonnet No. 2 for My Love"", and Phil Burgio's "A BREWER'S DILEMA, OR HOW CHUCK THE BREWER SAVES THE BEER". Janet Tai shares her poems "Trouble Trouble Double Trouble", "Heart Beat", and "Wh...

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Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this seventy-seventh episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome guest Natasha Akinfolarin from Newcastle in NE England to You're the Poet and share Shirley Rose's "The Winds I Calmed", Matthew Burgio's "Ice Sculptures", and Phil Burgio's "SENSES". Natasha Akinfolarin shares her poems "Ma's Good Biscuit Tin, "The Slow Disappearance", "Forgotten Love", and "Her Yes" ....

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Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this seventy-sixth episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome guest Ronda McKenzie from Cincinnati, Ohio to You're the Poet and share John Masefield's "Sea-Fever", Matthew Burgio's "Sea Gaze", and Phil Burgio's "I HEARD A SEA CHANTY AWHILE AGO". Ronda Mckenzie shares her poems "10 Million Acorns", "Suicide", and "Just One More Day" . We hope you enjoy the podcast an...

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May 10, 2026 • 49 mins

Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this seventy-fifth episode, hosts Matt and Phil Burgio facilitate our You're the Poet: Around the Table 5 and welcome to the table previous You're the Poet guests Travis Hupp, Gabrielle Myers, Robin Gittens, Luke Austin Daugherty, and Adda Shur to share some poetry and interact within this community of poets. We hope you enjoy what they bring to the table, and we than...

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Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this seventy-fourth episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome guest Robin Gittens from Mississauga, Ontario to You're the Poet and share John Donne's "For Whom the Bell Tolls", Matthew Burgio's "Delay the Sun", and Phil Burgio's "WILD LAWN". Robin Gittens shares his poems "Anger (Be a Good Boy)", "Teatime", and "Tectonic Plates" . We hope you enjoy the podcast and ...

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Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this seventy-third episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome back guest Tara Hicks to You're the Poet in our short-episode feature called You're the Poet Guest Sketch. The twofold purpose of the Guest Sketch is to highlight a previous guest of You're the Poet and to provide the listeners with content when a full length episode is not coming out in a given week. We ...

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Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this seventy-second episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome back guest Loris Loren from Northumberland, England to You're the Poet and share Henry David Thoreau's "The Thaw", Matthew Burgio's "The Peepers' Lament", and Phil Burgio's "FOR THE LOVE OF CUISINE". Loris Loren shares his poems "A Stroll Through Memory Lane", "Wandering in Crisis", and "Nostalgia" . We ...

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Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this seventy-first episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome guest Michael Jarvis from South Manchester, England to You're the Poet and share Wilfred Owen's "Greater Love", Matthew Burgio's "Sunshine and Tears", and Phil Burgio's "A NOD TO RENE". Michael Jarvis shares his poems "Long Walk on the Beach", "Forever Home", and "Strangers with Memories" . We hope you en...

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Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this seventieth episode, The 2nd Anniversary Special, hosts Matt & Phil Burgio celebrate the second anniversary of Episode 1- The Pilot being released and welcome back to You're the Poet previous guests from the podcast to share one of their poems and update us on what they've been up to in the world of poetry. We hope you enjoy what they bring to the episode, and...

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March 19, 2026 • 30 mins

Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this sixty-ninth episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome guest Adda Shur from Cincinnati, Ohio to You're the Poet and share Alfred Lord Tennyson's "The Eagle", Matthew Burgio's "Spring Peepers", and Phil Burgio's "THE EAGLE". Adda Shur shares her poems "Free of Fear", "Two Songs for Illumination", "Poem of Loss and Redemption", and "Dream Fragments from Sleep No....

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Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this sixty-eighth episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome back guest Tara Hicks from Scappoose, Oregon to You're the Poet and share Queen Elizabeth I's "On Monsieur's Departure", Matthew Burgio's "Forbidden Love", and Phil Burgio's "TIME TRAVEL". Tara Hicks shares her poems "Sequins for Earth", "Miss Universe", "Galactic Proportions", and "We Can All Be Brandi" ....

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Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this sixty-seventh episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome guest Brandon Whitten from Frederick, Maryland to You're the Poet and share Richard Francis Burton's "The Polar Quest", Matthew Burgio's "Inspire Me", and Phil Burgio's "BEGGING". Brandon Whitten shares his poems "Spirits in the Material World", "Dream On", and "The Nonprofit Prophet". We hope you enjoy t...

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Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this sixty-sixth episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome back returning guest Jodi Harsh from Lima, Ohio to You're the Poet and share Christina Rossetti's "No Thank You, John", Matthew Burgio's "The Ditch", and Phil Burgio's "Our Times". Jodi Harsh shares her poems "My Momma's Hug", "Imagine", and "Human Christmas Lights". We hope you enjoy the podcast and the po...

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February 16, 2026 • 27 mins

Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this sixty-fifth episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome guest Linda Davenport from Harrison, Tennessee to You're the Poet and share Robert Frost's "The Oven Bird", Matthew Burgio's "Ohio's Weather", and Phil Burgio's "The King of the Yard". Linda Davenport shares her poems "Nutritional Analysis", "Untitled", "Survival", and "Until Now". We hope you enjoy the pod...

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February 9, 2026 • 28 mins

Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this sixty-fourth episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome guest Elias Kayne from northeast UK to You're the Poet and share G.K. Chesterton's "The Convert", Matthew Burgio's "Feathered Fireworks", and two of Phil Burgio's untitled haiku. Elias Kayne shares his poems "One Way Ticket", "Missing Reflection", and "I Walk Alone". We hope you enjoy the podcast and the p...

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January 26, 2026 • 20 mins

Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this sixty-third episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome guest Mike Defendant from Springfield, Ohio to You're the Poet and share Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Retrospect", Matthew Burgio's "Forever Bound", and Phil Burgio's "BELIEVING IN AMERICA". Mike Defendant shares his poems "Skeleton VS. The Grave Robber", "It Stands in the Shadows", and "Squatchin' Ain't Easy"...

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