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". We hope you enjoy the podcast and the poetry shared here, and we welcome you to join us for future episodes.

This episode's intro poem recited by Christopher Maurice.

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