Welcome to You're the Poet, the poetry podcast featuring you! In this fifty-ninth episode hosts Matt & Phil Burgio welcome back guest A. Benedict to You're the Poet and share John Greenleaf Whittier's "Some How Not Only for Christmas", Matthew Burgio's "Aurora Musis Amica", and Phil Burgio's "Autumn Gloom". A. Benedict shares his poems "Through the Looking Glass", "Fifth Season", and "Holiday Spirits". 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 Stasha Strange.

Episode Links:

-Find A. Benedict's book "A Return from Elysium: Racing Sisyphus Up the Mountain" here and anywhere else you buy your books online.

-Check out the videos of A. Benedict's work on his YouTube channel at ⁠youtube.com/@abenedict⁠.

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