Two Friends Two Poems
A podcast for the poet in all of us. In each episode, hosts Tom Ward and Paul Natale read and write poetry to each other just to see what happens, often with a special guest to play along.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 14 minutes
- Episodes
- 28
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Ep. 8 - Gerard Manly Hopkins, WS Merwin, Kahil Gibran
A special THREE friends episode! Tom and Paul are joined by Mark Smith, founder and artistic director of the Legacy Theatre in Atlanta, and creator of the stunning new musical Pelagius. Hear poems by…
Episode 7 - Noor Hindi, Natalie Shapero
In today’s episode, Tom and Paul read amazing poetry by Noor Hindi and Natalie Shapero before sharing their own. They also ponder the first time “to whom it concerns” was used.
“F*ck Your Lecture on …
Episode 6 - Charles Bukowski, John Lennon, Carol Bieleck
Today Tom sits down with singer/songwriter Wes Cunningham to discuss how he arrives at lyrics (poems with music). Wes shares poems by John Lennon and Carol Bieleck, while Tom dives into Bukowski befo…
Episode 5 - Naomi Shihab Nye, Dylan Thomas
In this week’s episode, Tom and Paul read poetry by Naomi Shihab Nye and Dylan Thomas. Tom and Paul also discuss if the podcast has had any effect on them to answer the question, “What happens when t…
Episode 4 - Andrea Gibson, Billy Collins
In today’s episode Paul reads a poem by Colorado Poet Laureate Andrea Gibson, Tom reads a poem by Billy Collins.
Tom also reads a poem he wrote to the Xfinity chatbot before he and Paul read their ori…
Episode 3 - Mary Oliver, Walt Whitman
Before sharing their own poems, Tom and Paul read works by Walt Whitman and Mary Oliver to set the bar.
Music by Wes Cunningham.
Read more of Tom’s poetry and other writing by followi…
Episode 2 - Allen Grossman, Tennyson Shultz, Rita Dove, and Travis Weige the poet knifemaker
It’s already a very special episode as Tom and Paul are joined by a third friend named Paden, creating conflict and chaos. Three dudes read poetry to each other to see what happens. #poetry #poetrypo…
Episode 1 - Suzi Q Smith and William Shakespeare
In our first episode Tom and Paul share work by William Shakespeare and Suzi Q Smith before audaciously reading their own.
Music by Wes Cunningham.
Read more of Tom’s poetry and other…