I enjoyed the imagery and metaphors in both poems. It was interesting to hear about intersections of sexuality and power dynamics.

12.12.21: Episode 149 "Top Movies of 2021" I was joined by my partner Serena, and my bRhothers Jeremiah and Gwyn (referred to as Tristan in the episode). We each rank our top 10 movies of 2021! What movies made your top 10? 

What did we think was the best fight scene?
Which actor was incredible this year?
What movies were a disappointment and what were pleasant surprises?

You can follow these fabulous people on IG
Serena @s_em_elle
Jeremiah @babyboi73
Gwyn @garstan_tricia

You're able to review on Spotify now so please go leave a review! My heart will explode and ooze love if you do.

JB Ep149 Top Movies of 2021

This week, Khalisa (https://khalisarae.com)and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "WAP as Wishing Wells" and "Weathered Landmark," and sexual repression.

You can also find Khalisa at:
1. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/khalisaandco
2. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/khalisaandco/
3. Twitter: https://twitter.com/khalisaandco

Links to the topics we touched on:
1. Levator spasms: https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/6899/levator-syndrome

Photo of Khalisa Rae by Tish Yvette.

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #KhalisaRae #WAPasWishingWells #WeatheredLandmarks #Queer #Poet #Essayist #Educator #DurhamNC #transplant #outsideChicago #WriteaboutSexualRepression #SlamPoetry #MusicalUpbringing #GhostinaBlackGirlsThroat #UnlearningEden #BalancebetweenArtMakingandSurvival #GateKeeping #ProvidingPlatforms #LevelingthePlayingField #WomenofColorSpeakSeries #IntentionalCreationofEquitablePlatforms #GaiaRajan #Reclamation #Pussy #BrokenSestina #WAP #CardiB #MeganTheeStallion #liberating #GloriaSteinem #JazmineSullivan #HeauxTales #rachet #Lizzo #LilKim #watermovement #TheVaginaMonologues #ForColoredGirlsWhoHaveConsideredSuicide #WhentheRainbowIsEnuf #NtozakeShange #VictimBlaming #ToxicMasculinity #Misogyny #DeniseNicholeAndrews #AliceWalker #SundressPublications

Poets and Muses January Album 2022

Imogen Arate with Khalisa Rae

This week, Carlos (https://www.blurb.com/user/packers79) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/Imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "Suffer Garden Bliss" and "Skipping the Path," and mass consumption.

You can also follow Carlos on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009818411738

Find Carlos's books at:
1. Whimsical Nihilism www.blurb.com/b/8779148-whimsical-nihilism
2. Harshing the Mellow www.blurb.com/b/7642938-harshing…ow-by-carlos-colon
3. A Forceable Peace www.blurb.com/b/5198644-a-forceable-peace

Poets and other Artists who inspired Carlos: 
#AllenGinsberg, #EECummings, #AnneSexton, #JuanFelipeHerrera, #JimMorrison, #PhilipLamantia, #SylviaPlath, #SaulWilliams, #BobKaufman, #EugeneBRedmond

Photo of Carlos Colon by Deborah Colon

Links to topics we discussed:
1. Reneging on citizenship promises for non-citizen military personnel
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019…-possibility/ and www.npr.org/2018/07/09/62677344…romised-citizenship
2. Water test for witches
www.history.com/news/7-bizarre-witch-trial-tests and blog.law.uconn.edu/blog/salem-witch-trials#
3. Allen Ginsberg’s Television Was a Baby Crawling Toward That Deathchamber
www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/364…hat-deathchamber
4. Teenager sleeping habits
mdpsychfoundation.org/article-explai…re-night-owls/

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #CarlosColon #SufferGardenBliss #SkippingthePath #MassConsumption #poet #musician #painter #addictiontosuffering #Soundgarden #TomPetty #AmericanGirl #dystopia #dictionarydotcom #CarlosSantana #NFL #ColinKaepernick #fatherisaVietnamveteran #spectrumofmisogyny #SalemWitchTrials #Witches #Warlocks #CharlesBukowski #Poltergeist #ChristineBlaseyFord #Kavanaughhearings #Scribd #TheAcademyofAmericanPoets #PoemaDay #District4Poetry #JarrodsCoffeeTeaandGallery #ChangingHandsBookstore #TempeCenterfortheArts #WaltRichardsonII #replay

Imogen Arate and Carlos Colon

Imogen Arate with Carlos Colon

This week, Alana (https://womanasriot.com/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "The Book of Vashti" and "Women's Rage," and gender equality.

You can also follow Alana on:
1. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/womanasriot/
2. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womanasriot/
3. Twitter: https://twitter.com/womanasriot

Links to topics we touched on:
1. An explanation about the Talmud and Midrash: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Talmud
2. Book of Esther: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Book-of-Esther
3. How violence in media affects behavior: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-baby-scientist/201801/violent-media-and-aggressive-behavior-in-children and https://www.apa.org/action/resources/research-in-action/protect
4. Michelle Wolf talking about being a woman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbJB1TDg8lo
5. John Oliver on the consequences of China’s One-Child policy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE_ccFHjL_w
6. Bride trafficking to China: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/17/world/asia/china-bride-trafficking.html
7. First Interracial Kiss on TV: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fifty-years-ago-star-trek-aired-tvs-first-interracial-kiss-180970204/

Photo by Alana Hayes.

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #AlanaHayes #TheBookofVashti #WomensRage #genderequality #UniversityofMaryland #EnglishLiterature #Womenandgenderstudies #Jewish #livedabroad #publishedpoetrybook #Eat #spokenword #Purim #Medievalliterature #Victorianliterature #romanticism #biblicaltale #Torah #TheBookofEsther #TheJewishMuseumofMaryland #tourguide #researcher #domesticviolence #rapeculture #ideaofconsent #enculturationofgirls #toxicportrayalofwomen #rationalizationforvilification #Persian #xenophobia #Midrash #AMC #Dietland #MeToo #genderbasedviolence #equalprotection #lackofjustice #forcedtobehypervigilant #EqualRightsAmendment #progressisnotlinear #regression #movinggoalsposts #MichelleWolf #beingalady #JohnOliver #LastWeekTonight #ChinaOneChildPolicy #BrideTrafficking #StarTrekDeepSpaceNine #TheSimpsons #SouthPark #FirstTVInterracialKiss #TheOrville #XMen #ComicBooks

Imogen Arate with Alana Hayes

This week, Daren (https://www.facebook.com/DK-Pacific-Poet-Daren-Kamali-1540869496238308/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "She is Nana" and "Advice from Peach Blossoms," and our grandmothers.

You can find Daren's books at: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ADaren+Kamali&s=relevancerank&text=Daren+Kamali&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1

You can also follow Daren at:
1. Twitter: https://twitter.com/DarenKamali
2. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dkamalipoet/

Links to topics we touched on:
1. Bauan Fijian Dialect: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bauan-Fijian

Photo of Daren Kamali by Jeremiah Tauamiti (https://www.malosipictures.com/).

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #DarenKamali #VunimaqoandMeMangoBarCollections #SheisNana #AdvicefromPeachBlossoms #OurGrandmothers #Fijian #Aotearoan #NewZealand #BauanFijiandialect #Suva #raisedbygrandparents #momworkedinNewZealand #grandfatherwasasoldier #raisedCatholic #altarboy #musicalfamily #buskinginAuckland #artisticsocialworkcourse #spiritualperson #TheLordsPrayer #sorrowful #Suvarain #PTSD #AmericanEmbassy #MexicoofthePacific #LadiesofFatima #thirdworldstruggle #StVincentdePaul #sorrowfulmysteries #opendoorpolicy #replay

Imogen Arate with Daren Kamali

This week, Poulami (https://www.instagram.com/poulamisoni/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Raag Darbari" and "Her Idol," and our grandfathers.

Links to topics we touched on:
1. 1947 Partition of India: https://exhibits.stanford.edu/1947-partition/about/1947-partition-of-india-pakistan and https://theconversation.com/how-the-partition-of-india-happened-and-why-its-effects-are-still-felt-today-81766
2. Adapting “Craking India” to “Earth”: https://browngirlmagazine.com/2018/06/cracking-india-earth-partition/

Photo of Poulami Soni by Kayla Armantrout (https://www.instagram.com/kaylaarmantrout/).

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #PoulamiSoni #RaagDarbari #HerIdol #OurGrandfathers #UofAZHonorsCollege #MajorinPublicHealthandEarthScience #MinorinCreativeWriting #9thGradeHighSchool #FinalistinPhoenixYouthPoetLaureateProgram #Crows #tabla #IndianClassicalMusic #HindustaniVocalForm #ImmigrantFamily #beforethePartition #colonization #PoemInspiredbyMusic #AssertingIndependence #MultigenerationalInfluence #absence #politicalexile

Poets and Muses February Album 2022

Imogen Arate with Poulami Soni

This week, Ben (http://hellopoetry.com/benkellis) and I, Imogen Arate  (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "There is no age" (with "Preamble") and "Relapses," and our desires to be seen as fully fledged human beings.

Read Ben's poems at:
1. "Preamble": https://hellopoetry.com/poem/4261991/preamble/
2. "There is no age": https://hellopoetry.com/poem/4155641/this-is-no-age/

Photo of Ben Ellis by LQW (https://www.instagram.com/londonqueerwriters/).

Links to topics we touched on:
1. England and Wales ethnicity facts and figures: https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/uk-population-by-ethnicity/national-and-regional-populations/population-of-england-and-wales/latest
2. Agitu Idea Gudeta, the successful Ethiopian goat farmer in Italy: http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20210401-the-ethiopian-who-saved-an-italian-goat-cheese
3. Antonio Dikele Distefano's Netflix series: https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/antonio-dikele-distefano-zero-netflix-1234954493/
4. Asia Bryant-Wilkerson's "the question poem": https://youtu.be/GzKTQTO39rE
5. Fatimah Asghar's "Pluto Shits on the Universe": https://youtu.be/7E_WXGSHF7A
6. Porsha Olayiwola's "To Rekia Boyd": https://youtu.be/qR7p75HFSU4

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #BenEllis #Thisisnoage, w #Preamble #Relapses #DesireToBeSeenAsFullyFledgedHumanBeings #Black #Queer #Writer #Poet #Novelist #BrightonUK #BorninItaly #PoetryFocus #Blackness #Queerness #MentalHealth #Identity #CodeSwitching #Assimilation #BorninItaly #ThirdCultureKid #LivedinaDoomsdayCult #PoetryasTherapeuticTool #PoetryforSelfDiscovery #FittinginforSafety #MimickedBibleWriting #NoAccesstoInternet #NoExposuretoNonWhitePoets #DefJamPoetry #ErykahBadu #TheaMonyee #LaurynHill #Common #DanezSmith #Genesissy #FindOnselfThroughPoetry #AntonioDikeleDistefano #ExhaustedfromBlackDeath #AsiaBryantWilkerson #thequestionpoem #Afrofuturism #Survival #beingtriggered #religiousimagery #ReliefDontRelive #ReexamineDontRelive #FatimahAsghar #PlutoShitsontheUniverse #PorshaOlayiwola #ToRekiaBoyd

Imogen Arate with Ben Ellis

This week, Anna (https://www.facebook.com/anna.turner.526) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Paperdolls" and "A Stroll down Memory Lane," and living up to others' standards.

You can also find Anna at: https://www.instagram.com/anact8/

Photo provided by Anna Turner.

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #AnnaTurner #Paperdolls #AStrolldownMemoryLane #UKborn #LivesinBeirut #WorksinTheaterCharity #Playwright #StrongFaith #LearningArabic #PrimarySchool #TeachersSuggestion #ProcessEmotionsandThoughts #UniversityCourseonLyricandPoetryWriting #SenseofFailure #SelfCriticism #JournalingSession #FeelingofInadequacy #LearningthroughMimicry #SeektohaveWorth #JeanValjean #LesMisérables #RealIsBetterThanPretend #LivingUptoOthersStandards #AbusiveRelationships #MethodsofControl #HealingIsIterative #WALLE

Imogen Arate with Anna Turner

This week, Mosh (https://www.3plem.com/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Hoard" and "Facing the Sun," and Hidden Truths.

You can also follow Mosh at:
1. Twitter: https://twitter.com/moshiruuu
2. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moshiruu/

Photo of Mosh by by Aasiyah (https://www.instagram.com/simostick/).

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #Mosh #Hoard #FacingtheSun #HiddenTruths #UXUIdesigner #startedin2016 #WritetoFindOneself #AfraidofShowingFeelings #NotExpressive #SunkenTreasure #GameofChicken #WrestlingwithEmotions #GrowEmpathy #SeekingJustice #BeingHauntedbyInjustice #IndirectMessaging #Hangry #BlackPanther #InfinityWar #XMenFirstClass #MichaelBJordan #Killmonger #ChadwickBoseman #Marvel #DanielKaluuya #ShangChi #StarTrek #BreakingColorBarriers #GenderStereotypes #BringYourOwnBars #ATLWordontheStreet #Poetics #ThePoetryJam #MindoverMatter

Imogen Arate with Mosh

This week, Danabelle (https://danabellegutierrez.com/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Uwi" and "The Skeptical Merchant," and belonging.

You can read Danabelle's poem at: https://www.thecommononline.org/uwi/

And follow her at:
1. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danabellegutierrez and
2. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danabellegutierrez/

Links to topics we discussed: 
1. Third-culture kids: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/03/being-an-outsider-benefits-third-culture-kids/627011/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Photo of Danabelle Gutierrez by Venuselle Rigor

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #DanabelleGutierrez #Uwi #TheSkepticalMerchant #Belonging #BilingualPoem #GrewupinCairoViennaMuscat #LivesinDubai #Novelist #ShortStories #WriterofPoetryandProse #EpicPoetry #ModernDayHomer #ArtistsExposingObsessionsThroughTheirWork #UnitedArabEmirates #RespectandEnjoyPoetry #COVIDsilverLining #Diaspora #ThirdCultureKid #TheMeaningofHome #ExistentialCrises #Tagalog #Philippines #UnplannedMigration #ConstantUprooting #LearningtoLetGo #MicroAgressions #OurLivesMakeUs #RooftopRhythms

Poets and Muses March Album 2022

Imogen Arate with Danabelle Gutierrez

This week, Jabari (https://jabari-allen.com/)and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "The Soul Wishes It Could Blow on the Wound" (https://www.vqronline.org/poetry/2018/06/soul-wishes-it-could-blow-wound) and "Dying in the Dark," and desire that causes wounding.

Take a listen also for online poetry events during the week of March 23rd.

Photo of Jabari Jawan Allen by Jia Oak Baker (https://www.instagram.com/violetsky29/).

Other ways of following Jabari:
Instagram/Twitter: tenorandvehicle
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jabari.jawan
Bandcamp: https://tenorandvehicle.bandcamp.com

Some of Jabari’s poetic inspirations: 
#Tupac
#RitaDove
#LangstonHughes 
#EduardoCCorrall
#GabrieleDAnnunzio
#NatalieDiaz
#MMcDonough
#ISJones
#ClaudiaRankine

Links to topics we touched on:
1. Definition of sonnet and #sonnetredoublé (aka, a crown of sonnets): https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/sonnet
2. Background info on Notturno by Gabriele d’Annunzio: http://www.bookslut.com/poetry/2012_04_018837.php
3. The #DetroitMetroTimes article on #JudgeDamonKeith: https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2019/04/28/detroit-judge-damon-keith-who-coined-democracy-dies-in-the-dark-dead-at-96

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #JabariJawanAllen #TheSoulWishesItCouldBlowontheWound #DyingintheDark #blackqueerpoet #educator #Chicago #teachcreativewritingclasses #LGBTQyouths #tannermenard #EqualityArizona #FeliciaZamora #lyricpoetry #poetoriginstories #Tupac #BlackPanthers #GodmotherAssataShakur #playsonicallywithwords #autodidact #emotivereading #hippop #spokenword #slampoetry #Notturno #StephenSartarelli #EduardoCCorral #OurCompletionOilonWoodTinoRodríguez1999 #lust #desire #blackqueerbottom #blackgaymalewriters #EssexHemphill #AssottoSaint #MelvinDixon #desirewounds #masochisticpoem #sonnet #formascontainer #manyiterationsofoneself #Crownofsonnets #sonnetcorona #BDSM #historyofslavery #powerdynamics #HaydensFerryReview #poeticspeaker #poetryintimateliteraryart #BarryJenkinscommentary #Moonlight #community #friendswhoarebeloveds #artnouveau #impeachmenthearings #TheWashingtonPost #DemocracyDiesinDarkness #oppressiondepression #banalityofevil #ClaudiaRankineCitizen

Poets and Muses March Album 2020

Imogen Arate with Jabari Jawan Allen

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