BYOP

Hello and welcome to 2018! Our last act of 2017 was making a new episode just for you! BYOP is back again for number four, hitting the dance floor with Ladies’ Night, an extra special edition filled with surprises and spirit animals, wine and song. Cue the confetti! Let’s un-box some poems! Artwork Lights by Ryan McGuire Poems “The Mushroom is the Elf of Plants” by Emily Dickinson “Rabbit Empire” by Jane Yeh “Bzzzzzzz” and “Bitter Angel” by Amy Gerstler “Notes from a Nonexistent Himalayan Expedition” and “The Joy of Writing" by Wislawa Szymborska (Special Guest!) “A pause, a rose, something on paper” by Lyn Hejinian “The Universe: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” by Tracy K. Smith Music (All Tracks Creative Commons, selected by DJ Natural Flavors) Dream Cumbia - Sonora Beats Bluebird - E's Jammy Jams For The Ladies (feat. Hasi International™) - The Discoghosts Shake - Phillip Gross feat. W.C. da Costa Til I Found You - Fascinations Grand Chorus (Live at Monty Hall, 11/10/2017) Chanson Da Moo - People Like Us Sweet Self Satisfaction - RoccoW Toby or Not Toby - Matt Oakley Polish Dance - Charles Kellogg Lo que quiero - Infecticide snow world under the white moon - EeL Turn off your Phone - Ion Bodi & Kathleen Martin

BYOP is a silly show about serious poetry. BYOP is back for the third time. Our spring edition will make you burst into flower like a dynamite pistil. Please be careful. This episode is entitled “Textual Healing.” Take a bath in it! 33 minutes. Bath! And, it contains one of our most prized possessions. Open the box! BYOP #3 Artwork "You Coming?" by Thomas W. Graham, Tin Can Collage (2015) 8.75” x 10.75” As featured in The Studio Door's international visual arts exhibition, "The Crow Show." Photo courtesy of the collectors (Matt & Jean of BYOP). Music Dream Cumbia - Sonora Beats (CC) 1980 Something - SK (CC) Circus Marcus - Levantarán el vuelo (Orchestral Version) (CC) Sienne - Podington Bear (CC) Wednesday Night Fever - Podington Bear (CC) Theme in G - Podington Bear (CC) Golden Hour - Podington Bear (CC) Surfing - Tojamura 7 (CC) CC = Creative Commons

BYOP (Bring YO Poetry) is a silly show about serious poetry. We return for episode no. 2 after much fanfare, fan mail, and a month of reflection and penance. BYOP no. 1: Shiny and Nude can be found on our blog: http://byopoetry.tumblr.com/ **** On our blog, you can download a PDF of the poems in this episode if you'd like to follow along! **** Artwork Esten Maxwell (Age 12) Photo courtesy of the collectors Music Dream Cumbia - Sonora Beats (CC) Softness - Dorothy (Industrial Records, with permission) In the Pines - Leadbelly (Public Domain) Oh! By Jingo! - All Star Trio (CC) The Horror from Winnapaug Lagoon - The Fucked Up Beat (CC) Fayah - La Inedita (CC) Pa Viejitos - La Inedita (CC) The Blessed Cassettes - I, Alone in my Study (CC) Surfing - Tojamura 7 (CC) CC = Creative Commons