1h 9m ·
Published
05 Aug 00:00
This week, Sarah (https://www.sarahliese.com) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Exhalations to my heavenly hounds" and "The Silent Activist," and erotic poems. You can follow Sarah at: 1. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smliese/ 2. Twitter: https://twitter.com/liese_sarah 3. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarah.liese.50/ Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of August 9th. Links to the topics we touched on: 1. The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa: https://tmchippewa.com/ Photo by Sarah Liese. #Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #SarahLiese #Exhalationstomyheavenlyhounds #TheSilentActivist #eroticpoems #MastersStudent #OhioUniversity #studyingjournalism #NativeAmerican #TurtleMountainBandChippewa #ChippewaCree #Navajo #Diné #TwoSpirit #seventhgradeteacher #EdgarAllenPoe #AnnabelLee #LewisCarroll #Jabberwocky #JuniorYearinHighSchool #UniversityofMississippi #KieseLaymon #comingouttoparents #grapplingwithCatholicschooleducation #NatalieDiaz #PostcolonialLovePoem #TommyPico #IndigenousErasure #sexualbeings #SaintLouisMO #sexed #mediainfluence
1h 25m ·
Published
31 Jul 00:00
This week, Malik (https://open.spotify.com/artist/0C7Bf2O6yYMvSiDnKRq2aB) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "THE REST IS NOW (take 22)" and "What If We Had," and restraint. You can read Malik's poem at: https://www.isolationcollection.com/malik-ameer-crumpler.html Other ways of gettin in touch with Malik: 1. Website: http://malikameer.com/ 2. Twitter: https://twitter.com/MalikAmeer0 and https://twitter.com/poetslive Photo of Malik Ameer Crumpler by Scott Benedict (https://www.scottbenedict.com). #Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #MalikAmeerCrumpler #THERESTISNOWtake22 #WhatIfWeHad #restraint #rapper #editor #writer #ParisLitUp #TheOpiate #PoetsLive #DefPressé #ThoseThatThis #StarTrek #obsessionwiththecosmos #TheTwilightZone #roadtoParis #BarnesandNoble #SpokenWordParis #beganwithraps #poemsaslullabies #emulatingchildrensbooks #disobedientchild #writingasatherapeutictool #communicationisatherapy #awardsasmarketingvehicle #SigridNunez #thoughtcollage #JeffreyBigHomeyBanks #PTSD #toxicmen #investigateandhealingwounds #AmericanDenial #changeinbodylanguage #cultureofviolence #TrevonMartin #sayinghitothepolice #survivorsguilt #speakingincode #fearlessnessassurvivalmechanism #MattJones #JessicaHagedorn #needtoedit #emotionalvomit #RodneyApplewhite #ecology #policebrutality #intersectionalityofracism #lynchingpostcards #compartmentalization #identitypolitics #thoughtexperiment #ShakespeareandCompany #TheRedWheelbarrowBookstore
1h 15m ·
Published
24 Jul 00:00
This week, Margaret (https://ojibwe.net/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Naabibii'aan Agoodeg / Tracing Balance" and "Balance," and finding equilibrium. Read Margaret's poem at: https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/what-chickadee-knows Other ways of following Margaret: 1. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ojibwe_net/ 2. Twitter: https://twitter.com/OjibweNet Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of July 26th. Photo of Margaret Noodin by Jens Zorn. Links to the topics we touched on: 1. History of boarding schools in the U.S.: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/a-century-of-trauma-at-boarding-schools-for-native-american-children-in-the-united-states and https://apnews.com/article/canada-government-and-politics-education-e9440169fde104df6fad6e0ba7128b0e 2. Native American Languages Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/2167 3. Anishinaabemowin-English language dictionary: https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/about 4. Influence of Indigenous governance on American democracy: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Iroquois-Confederacy #Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #MargaretNoodin #NaabibiiAanAgoodeg #TracingBalance #Balance #equilibrium #UniversityofWisconsinMilwaukee #AnishinaabemowinLanguageTeacher #MFA #LanguageoftheGreatLakesArea #FromMinnesota #wrotpoetrysincechildhood #parentswereteachers #workedinmarketingandfinance #MichaelWilson #KimberlyBlazer #LearnedAnishinaabemowininCollege #BoardingSchools #missionaries #assimilation #NativeLanguagesActof1990 #PhysicalGenocide #CulturalGenocide #nongenderedthirdpersonpronoun #omnigender #Writingpoetrytorecenter #spurredbytheexhaustionofbeinginhighered #exhaustionfrombeingasolerepresentativeofavastculture #injustice #worldisoffkilter #timeandpatience #WayneStateUniversityPress
1h 21m ·
Published
17 Jul 00:00
This week, Héctor (http://linktr.ee/dogdaysareover) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "Internalized Homophobia as Five Stages of Grief (A Fractured Erasure)" and "Frenzy," and self-acceptance. You can also follow Héctor at: 1. Artist Website: http://tinyurl.com/ddaomusic 2. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/dogdaysareoverhc/ 3. Instagram: https://instagram.com/dogdaysareover_hectorc 4. Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dogdaysareovermusic Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of July 19th. Photo of Héctor Castañeda by MK V Isip (https://www.instagram.com/mkvisip/). Links to the topics we touched on: 1. The Story of Stuff project: https://www.storyofstuff.org/ 2. Death rate of Asian frontline healthcare providers: https://www.businessinsider.com/filipinos-make-up-disproportionate-covid-19-nurse-deaths-2020-9 #Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #HéctorCastañeda #InternalizedHomophobiaasFiveStagesofGriefAFracturedErasure #Frenzy #SelfAcceptance #BorninSanJoseCA #musicproduction #graphicdesign #artlover #UniversityofCaliforniaSantaCruz #UCSantaCruz #TheSantaCruzWordChurch #AKeemjamalRollins #LissenPoetrySlam #ZachGoldberg #Blackout #ProcessEmotions #ProcessSubconscious #SeventhGrade #VoraciousYoungReader #influencedbyotherpoets #experimentwithstyles #MACLA #IntensityofSlamPoetry #FirstPoem #Consumerism #capitalism #radicalteacher #MrMaluzo #gotstudentsintoEnvironmentalism #TheStoryofStuff #AnnieLeonard #UnclesHomophobicComment #RoomforGrowth #conversationswithfamily #ReikiSessionwithAunt #toxicmasculinity #cameouttwice #moredifficulttoadmittooneself #grewupcatholic #experimentwithreligion #authenticself #tryingtofigurethingsout #GeorgeFloydfootage #disassociation #AntiAsianPrejudice #AsianStereotypes #BayPoetsUnite
1h 15m ·
Published
09 Jul 00:00
This week, Epiphaunye (https://www.etsy.com/shop/EpiphaunyeCrystals) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "Kundalini" and "Over the Bend," and snakes. You can also follow Epiphaunye at https://www.instagram.com/epiphaunye/ Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of July 12th. Photo of Epiphaunye by Macy Bryant (https://www.instagram.com/macyshotthis/). Links to the topics we touched on: 1. Early sexual development: https://www.rchsd.org/health-articles/understanding-early-sexual-development/ 2. Connection between the Grand Canyon and ancient civilizations: https://traveltips.usatoday.com/ancient-pyramids-arizona-55016.html and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFk6P6FxsJY 3. Snake bites: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15647-snake-bites #Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #Epiphaunye #Kundalini #OvertheBend #snakes #FromLosAngeles #CaribbeanandSouthernroots #WriteMusic #QueerPoet #hiddenpoems #Mothersinfluence #WireWrappedCrystalJewelry #CrystalConsultations #spiritualwork #ancestrywork #thoughtpoetrysucked #BobDylan #ExpressAngst #SacralChakra #curiousaboutsex #poemaboutsexuality #romancepoems #freshnessofcuriosity #ChurchAppropriatePoems #CollegeThesisPoemSeries #MythicBiographicalAnthology #becoming #naturalcuriosity #fearofsnakes #ophidiophobia #explorationoftheself #bibilicalconnection #ReligiousRestriction #projection #intuition #carnal #taboo #cagedmind #CrownChakra #SubversiveNature #hiddensexuality #expressingthehidden #poetryintransition #writingasreleasing #EvieShockley #TarotPoetry #grandmothersinfluence #relationshipwithchurch #ArtasAccessPointtoTranscendance #HorseshoeBend #recallpoem #AnthropomorphisingLandscape #takingartisticlicense #humansintergrationwithnature #humanperceptionofotherspecies #dualityofbeauty
1h 19m ·
Published
02 Jul 00:00
This week, Aaron (https://aaronelsabrout.myportfolio.com) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems “Wildfire" and “Embers," and destruction as renewal. You can read Aaron's poem at: https://ko-fi.com/post/Wildfire-N4N756XVY You can also get in touch with Aaron at 1. Mastodon: https://mastodon.art/@toreachpoise 2. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toreachpoise/ 3. https://twitter.com/toreachpoise Picture of Aaron El Sabrout by Jay Havens (https://www.jayhavens.me). Links to the topics we touched on: 1. Link between fireworks and gunpowder: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fireworks/anat_nf.html 2. The Quraysh tribe: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100359630 and https://www.britannica.com/topic/Quraysh 3. When a Senator brought a snowball to “disprove” climate change: https://time.com/3725994/inhofe-snowball-climate/ 4. Prisoners as firefighters: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/2020/11/11/california-wildfires-raged-incarcerated-exploited-labor-column/6249201002/ and https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-04/why-is-it-hard-former-prisoners-become-firefighters-california #Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #AaronElSabrout #Wildfire #Embers #DestructionbeforeRenewal #EgyptianAmerican #TransgenderMan #SomenosTerritory #VancouverIsland #poet #ComicArtist #LegalPolicyResearchAdvocateforLGBTQPrisoners #COVIDoutbreakinprisons #NecessityforPrisonReform #writingpoetryascopingmechanism #writingasaprocessofdiscovery #writingasaprocessofselfexamination #highschool #WallaceStevens #ThirteenWaysofLookingataBlackbird #InfluencedbySlamPoetry #NorthAfrican #ArabicPoetryTradition #Poetryrecitation #SpokenWordvsOnthePage #rapbattles #culturalcontext #RosewaterIsCleansing #herbalism #naturalprocesses #composting #recycling #Dinétah #controlburns #NewMexicoPublicRegulationCommissionHearing #StateofNewMexicoWildFirePolicy #ecologicalbigotry #forestmanagement #TheMushroomattheEndoftheWorld #AnnaLowenhauptTsing #Matsutakemushroom #TheSatanicVerses #SalmanRushdie #MuslimMythology #SaudiArabia #Mecca #QurayshTribe #KavanaughHearing #Cleansing #revolution #CapitolRiot #BlackLivesMatterProtests #SchooltoPrisonPipeline #PrisonLabor #disposablelabor #MutualAid
1h 8m ·
Published
25 Jun 00:00
This week, Xaviera (https://www.instagram.com/xavieraringeling/) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems “Back to the fiddle" and “Song One," and musical inspirations. You can find her writings in: 1. Alba collection (Spanish)at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alba-Xaviera-Ringeling/dp/1692183699 2. Torremozas (Spanish): http://www.torremozas.com/Voces-nuevas-XXXII-Seleccion 3. Leyendo Poesía In London: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leyendo-Poes%C3%ADa-London-2019-Todas/dp/1686732996 Picture of Xaviera Ringeling by Hector Fontaine (https://www.instagram.com/hectorfontaine/) Links to the topics we touched on: 1. Brazil’s Bolsonaro’s stance on Indigenous land rights: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/bolsonaro-should-be-tried-crimes-against-humanity-indigenous-leaders-say-n1272193 2. Gold mining and mercury poisoning in Peru: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201127180821.htm #Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #XavieraRingeling #Backtothefiddle #SongOne #MusicalInspirations #EkphrasticPoems #ChileanWriterinLondon #borninParaguay #Bolivia #Ecuador #worksintheEnvironmentalSector #SpanishandLiteratureTeacher #husbandsmusicmanager #obsessionwithCelticmusic #ExposuretoPoetrythroughSister #childhooddyslexia #FirstPoemFlyinginImaginationsEye #WritingIslikeaTrance #WritingasChanneling #poetichealing #exorcism #TranscendPain #SharingEmotions #SharingPersonalExperiences #mirroringfeelings #ConnectionswithOtherArtists #HannekeCassel #violinist #fiddler #DotTheDragonsEyes #Enya #BraveHeart #LoreenaMcKennitt #sparksofenergy #aweofnature #fragilityofhumanexistence #humanrelationshipwiththerestofnature #Pachamama #humanaspartofnature #heterogeneityinIndigenouscultures #Indigenouslandrights #JohnHarbison #FourSongsofSolitude #Musicals #ThePhantomoftheOpera #conversationasexchangeofideas #PoesíaPandémica #GreenwichWorkshop
58m ·
Published
20 Jun 22:53
This week, Blues Black and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems “The Promiseland" and “Self Destructive," and true equality. Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of June 21st. Picture of Blues Black by Imogen Arate Links to the topics we touch on: 1. Human Evolution: https://www.britannica.com/science/human-evolution #Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #BluesBlack #ThePromiseland #SelfDestructive #trueequality #RutgersUniversity #Teachinghighschool #IndustrialWork #fourthgradeteacher #livingthroughMLKsAssassination #MalcolmX #economicsegregation #classstruggles #policebrutality #WEBDuBois #APhilipRandolph #MarchonWashington #EntertainmentIndustry #EducationalSystemIsaReflectionoftheCulture #AmericanCulture #Avengers #EPluribusUnum #Individualism #Conformity #AmericanMyth #AmericanExceptionalism #HumanEvolution #EmmettTill #theTalk #FearofAuthority #EconomicDisadvantage #BernieSanders #AmiriBaraka #RasJBaraka #NewarkNJ #BlackLivesMatter #TrayvonMartin #RodneyKing #AmadouDiallo #AnimalFarm #GeorgeOrwell #conservatism #replay
1h 10m ·
Published
10 Jun 00:00
This week, Danae (https://www.instagram.com/healingisradical/) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "Casting a SexyTimes Spell" and "Conjurings in the Night," and magic. You can also follow Danae at https://www.instagram.com/downtempo_danae/ Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of June 14th. Picture of Danae Barnes by Monica Day #poetrypodcasts #ImogenArate #DanaeBarnes #CastingASexyTimesSpell #ConjuringsintheNight #poet #writer #activist #yogaguru #DCIntermedia #militarizationofthepolice #angeragainstanger #strategyvstactics #AlwunHouse #UniversalLoveEvent #TempeCenterfortheArts #ShannonLove #TheSonoranSmallPublishersSummit #UrbanYoga #mediacircus #blackpanther #radicalselfcontrol #radicalcommunitybuilding #communitybuilding #powerofourattention #poetry #visceral #specificityofwordchoice #poetryevents #FinishingSchool #SanFrancisco #BayArea #get100rejectionsayear #dragqueen #lingam #vulva #mouth #anus #fancyunderwear #gettingphysical #earthmamamagic #personalpleasures #noinstagramfilterneeded #DatingApps #Tinder #Match #Grindr #badactors #asexual #anxiety #extendthecircleofourconcern #desiretobeconnected #minoritize #democratizationofaccess #marginalization #colorism #queercommunity #GonewiththeWind #Lincoln #StevenSpielberg #AntiWarMovies #OscarsSoWhite #SocialMediaStarts #BeingHeard #Replay
1h 11m ·
Published
01 Jun 00:00
This week, Dennis (https://www.facebook.com/ssesangaDennis) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems "Beggar on the Street" and “Sightseeing," and homelessness. You can read Dennis's poem in his book (Ivory Footprints) at: https://goo.gl/Gcstsw. Its Facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/ivoryfootprints/ Other ways to contact Dennis: 1. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ssesangadennis/ 2. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ssesangadennis 3. Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ssesanga-d-565b2430 Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of June 7th. Photo of Dennis Ssesanga from Open Mic Uganda, which Dennis co-founded: Twitter, Instagram or Facebook at open mic Uganda: @openmicuganda #Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #DennisErnestSsesanga #BeggarontheStreet #Sightseeing #homelessness #PublicHealthSpecialist #LaternMeetofPoets #OpenMicUganda #monthlyopenmic #theLazyPony #Poetryinrefugeecamps #fundedbytheEuropeanUnion #NakivaleRefugeeCamp #MurrayShiraz #GideonMugay #teachingsecondaryschoolchildren #poetryworkshops #publishingworkshops #4thannualteenpoetryslam #ArizonaMastersofPoetry #societyofpoets #MakerereUniversity #poetryrecitals #BrokenVoicesoftheRevolution #StreetLightsatNoon #diversebackgrounds #powerwithinpoetry #loveofpoetry #IvoryFootprints #Kampalahomelessness #fertileland #mildclimate #reducededucationalscholarships #politicalwill #homelessencampmentsinLosAngeles #herdimmunity #TurnthePageAfrica #Replay