This playlist contains @poetsandmuses episodes with poet guests from outside of the United States of America.

Episodes with Poets outside the United States

This week, Kelley (http://www.kellyvannelson.com) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Subjugate to Liberated" and "Balance Point," and equilibrium.

Read Kelly's poem in her second book: http://www.kellyvannelson.com/punch-and-judy.html

Other ways of gettin in connecting with Kelly:
1. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kellyvannelsonauthor
2. Twitter: https://twitter.com/kellyvannelson
3. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellyvannelson
4. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyvn
5. You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0YGhh6Kshoip_5r6I4EyxQ

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of April 5th.

For those in abusive partnerships in the U.S., you can find help at: https://www.thehotline.org/ or Call 1.800.799.SAFE (7233) (TTY: 1.800.787.3224)

Photo by Kelly Van Nelson

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #KellyVanNelson #SubjugatedtoLiberated #BalancePoint #AbusiveRelationships #UKborn #NewcastleuponTyne #SingleParentHousehold #bulliedinschool #ManagingDirectorAddecoAustralia #advocatessocialissues #momoftwoteenagers #youthmentor #booksasanescape #usewritingtodealwithlifescomplexities #navigatingaroundobstacles #MinersoftheNorth #coalmines #strikes #unions #MargaretThatcher #poverty #unemployment #workingclassenvironment #GrafittiLane #HosierLaneMelbourne #Banksy #counselhousing #beautyinordinarythings #writingasescapefromreality #writeaschannelnegativeenergy #writingtofindpeace #writingtodealwithstress #domesticviolence #repetition #simpletechniques #findhopeevenindarkestplaces #ekphrasticpoem #TheWestAustralianPhotographicFederation #InMyViewCompetition #Broken #PunchandJudy #MakingMagicHappenPress #VictorianPuppetry #physicalabuse #modernlove #mutualrespect #mamasboys #coddlingbadbehavior #unequaldistributionofpower #powersharing #balanceinpower

Poets and Muses April Album 2021

Imogen Arate with Kelly Van Nelson

This week, Paul (https://www.facebook.com/PaulPabloRougeLepper) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Brother" and "My World," and sibling relationships.

Read Paul's poem at: https://allpoetry.com/Pablo_Rouge

You can also follow Paul on YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UC71_c0vps-Rd-83KD_DNfEg

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of April 12th.

Links to the topics we touch on:
1. Famous triplets deliberately separated at birth: https://www.wbur.org/artery/2018/07/17/three-identical-strangers-triplets-separation
2. The Skinner Box: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/one-man-and-a-baby-box/

Photo of Paul 'Pablo Rouge' Lepper by Gareth Dean Frewer.

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #PaulPabloRougeLepper #PabloRouge #PaulLepper #Brother #MyWorld #siblingrelationships #teenpoet #politics #journalist #actor #theatrework #PattiSmith #startedfrommusicalenjoyment #BobDylan #NeilYoung #DavidBowie #LouReed #FirstPoemILikeMyself #DanielJohnston #mentalhealthissues #SaulWilliams #atonewithhisbreath #hospitalstay #mentalbreakdown #orphanlines #takingresponsibility #BrettKavanaugh #KavanaughHearings #transgressive

Imogen Arate with Paul 'Pablo Rouge' Lepper

This week, Michelle (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-whitstone-306539) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Nihizaad Bihooghan" and "Janus," and finding comfort in tradition.

Other ways to connect with Michelle
1. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/roar.auction
2. YouTube: https://youtu.be/almXPI6lAnY

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of April 19th.

Links to the topics we touch on:
1. Rock Point Navajo Nation Chapter: https://rockpoint.navajochapters.org/
2. Onion Lake Cree Nation: https://onionlake.ca/about/ and http://www.anishinabe-history.com/first-nation/onion-lake.shtml
3. Roman god Janus: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Janus-Roman-god
4. The Native-American Prepatory School Program https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED403086


Photo by Michelle Whitstone.

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #MichelleWhitstone #NihizaadBihooghan #Janus #Invocation #Diné #Navajo #RockPointAZ #OnionLakeSaskatchewan #PlainsCreeFirstNations #elementaryschool #expressinnersincerity #correlatedwithvisualart #SalvadorDali #languageprovidingsenseofsecurity #calmdown #earthprovidesthemedicines #LanguageIsanOntologicalTool #EpistemologicalAspects #thesecurityoflanguage #LighthouseAttic #theDineEmergentWritersInstitute #PhDstudent #writingdissertation #hardtofindmotivation #writingashealing #writepoetrytogetunstuck #takingstock #regainingcontrol #senseofplace #senseofpurpose #culturalassociationwithtools #ThomasHübl #CollectiveTrauma ##CollectiveHealing #traditions #dumplingmaking #stuffeddough #PoetryEmancipatestheSoul #FindingComfortinTradition #ZoeyPricelysRoy #CollegeofSantaFe #IAIA #NativeAmericanPrepatorySchoolProgram #RichardEttinger #RobWaters

Imogen Arate with Michelle Whitstone

This week, Unmesh (https://www.facebook.com/LetsUnMESHlife) and I, Imogen Arate(https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Revolution" and "Trying to Figure Shit Out," and agency.

Read Unmesh's poem and book at: https://www.amazon.com/Light-Shadow-Life-Missing-Verse-ebook/dp/B08CRZBT5R/

Other ways you can follow Unmesh:
1. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unmeshmohitkar/
2. Twitter: https://twitter.com/MohitkarUnmesh
3. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK6GgNfoaDB_VmXS2ntAcvQ

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of April 26th.

Links to the topics we touch on: 
1. Shayari poetry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shayar_(poet)
2. The blind men and the elephant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant

Photo provided by Unmesh Mohitkar.

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #UnmeshMohitkar #Revolution #TryingtoFigureShitOut #Agency #LifePhilosophies #trilingual #English #Hindi #Marathi #publishedpoet #LightShadowLifetheMissingVerseoftheSoul #exploringfeelings #dailywritingpractice #beganwritingpoetryat7 #PerilsofModernization #helpingfriendswriteloveletters #MotherTongueIsMarathi #parentswereteachers #addictedtoreading #impressparents #journalingaboutcricket #ShayariPoetry #creatingbookmarkinhistory #poemsastimecapsules #killingtalents #havingcontroloverourreactiontotheworld #negativethinking #positiveending

Imogen Arate with Unmesh Mohitkar

This week, Clementine (https://clementineburnley.com) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Ask Mrs Manners about Rroma children" and "MMIWG2020," and allyship.

You can also connect with Clementine via
1. Twitter: https://twitter.com/Decolonialheart
2. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewokila/

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of May 3rd.

Links to the topics we touch on:
1. The drowning of two Romani children that inspired Clementine’s poem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Cristina_and_Violetta_Djeordsevic and https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jul/21/italy.race 
2. The Roma in Europe: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2015/04/roma-in-europe-11-things-you-always-wanted-to-know-but-were-afraid-to-ask/
3. Italian citizenship requirements: https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/servizi/italiani-all-estero/cittadinanza.html
4. “Poets speak out for refugees”: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/16/poets-speak-out-for-refugees-
5. 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
6. How red dresses became the symbol for MMIWG: https://www.jaimeblackartist.com/exhibitions/ and https://www.vogue.com/article/jaime-black-red-dress-project-missing-murdered-indigenous-women
7. WWII Indigenous Code Talkers: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/american-indian-code-talkers
8. Lebanese legal loophole on rape: https://www.globalcitizen.org/fr/content/lebanon-rape-law-abolish-522/
9. Fulani people: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fulani

Photo provided by Clementine Ewokolo Burnley.

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #ClementineEwokoloBurnley #AskMrsMannersaboutRromachildren #MMIWG2020 #allyship #Artivism #ActiveinLast8Years #ProsePoetry #FlashFiction #experimentalworks #feminist #politicallyactive #movementbuilding #ExaminingHumanRelationships #Firstpoemage8 #PanAfricanPoem #MotherWasEnglishLitTeacher #ActivePolitician #easternNigeria #FulaniCulture #EmergenceofStatehood #AfricanIndependenceMovement #discriminationagainstRomanipeople #Roma #Romani #SilvioBerlusconi #ItalianRightWingGovernment #Populism #stateless #DemonizingMarginalizedGroups #theinnocenceofchildren #MassDeathintheMediterranean #FrontexDenyingRescue #thenamingofpeoples #Yoruba #minoritiesbeingracialized #ethnonationalism #naturalrights #WarsanShire #AgituIdeaGudeta #MMIWG #MMIWG2ST #JaimeBlack #TheREDressProject

Poets and Muses May Album 2021

Imogen Arate with Clementine Ewokolo Burnley

This week, Gideon (https://www.facebook.com/bengehya.gedeon) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "Just because i am a refugee" and "Call Me Cassandra," and poetry as a means to cope with trauma.

Take a listen to also find out about #poetryevents taking place in the valley during the week of #September23rd.

Photo of Gideon Mugay provided by Gideon Mugay

Open Mics in Kampala:
1. http://ancestraltontoma.blogspot.com
2. https://ugandanartstrust.org
3. http://www.openmicuganda.org/
4. https://www.instagram.com/kwivuga/

Information about refugees:
1. http://reporting.unhcr.org/node/5129?y=2019#year
2. http://reporting.unhcr.org/population
3. https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/december-2018-march-2019/uganda-stands-out-refugees-hospitality
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVNjbyLOOj4

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #MugayGideon #GideonMugay #Justbecauseiamarefugee #CallMeCassandra #Congolese #acrosticpoem #lovepoem #SouthKivu #AlJazeera #Ituri #Goma #NorthKivu #WorldRefugeeDay #refugeepassport #discriminationagainstrefugees #refugeecampofficers #beatings #humiliations #refugeeidentitycard #OfficeofthePrimeMinister #BidiBidiRefugeeSettlement #SouthSudanese #NakivaleRefugeeSettlement #Somalian #KyakaRefugeeSettlement #Swahili #ConnectandHeal #WeAreNotDoneYet #OpenMicUganda #PoetsandWriters #SoundCloud #Tontoma #32DegreesEast #Kwivuga #Zone7

Poets and Muses September Album 2019

Imogen Arate with Gideon Mugay

This week, the Black Poet (https://www.facebook.com/SHIRAZ.EAIK) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "Suicide Unintended" and "A Siren Called," and and the mutual impact with those we meet.

Take a listen to also find out about poetry events taking place in the valley during the week of October 21st.

Photo of the Black Poet (https://www.facebook.com/RawNegus) by John Musinguzi (https://www.instagram.com/JohnMusinguzi/)

Other ways of contacting the Black Poet:
1. OpenMicUganda - https://www.facebook.com/openmicuganda
2. Teen Poetry Slam Uganda - https://www.facebook.com/teenslamchallenge/
3. Teen Poetry Slam Uganda Account - https://www.facebook.com/TeenPoetrySlamUg

Suicide research and prevention:
In the US: 
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline can be reached at 1-800-273-8255 / 1-800-273-TALK or https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
In Uganda: 
1) Hotline: 0800 200 600  (Mon. - Fri, 8am to 7pm)
2) 2011 study on suicide in Kampala: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3158523/
3) Research on suicides in Uganda (behind a paywall): https://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780198570059.001.0001/med-9780198570059-chapter-106 
Globally:
1) https://suicidestop.com/call_a_hotline.html
2) https://www.befrienders.org/directory
3) https://www.who.int/health-topics/suicide#tab=tab_1
4) https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2019/10/10/default-calendar/world-mental-health-day-2019-focus-on-suicide-prevention
5) https://www.who.int/health-topics/suicide/campaign-materials-handouts

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #TheBlackPoet #MurrayShiraz #SuicideUnintended #ASirenCalled #poet #writer #spokenwordcoach #2010 #fallingoutwithdad #OpenMicKampala #OpenMicUganda #poetryclinics #refugeecamps #highschools #TeenPoetrySlam #PublicHealthAmbassadorsUganda #SseboGreenGardens #Opportunigee #cofundedbyEuropeanUnion #CultureatWorkAfricaGrant #InterartsFoundation #BOZAR #Nakivalerefugeesettlement #DRC #Somalia #Ethiopia #Rwanda #Burundi #safespace #healingprocess #poetryastherapy #releasepain #showingcompassion #InternationalUniversityofEastAfrica #issuesstudentsfaceinschool #MiracleNantege #loverofpoetry

Poets and Muses October Album 2019

Imogen Arate with the Black Poet

This week, Rap Poet (https://www.facebook.com/RapPoet43/) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "I am not that Condom, are you?" and "Lowering Tides Sink All Boats," and taking risks as an artist.

Take a listen to also find out about poetry events taking place in the valley during the week of November 4th.

Photo of Rap Poet (https://www.instagram.com/raptontoma/) by Lubega Photography (https://www.facebook.com/lubegaphotography/)

Additional ways to follow Rap Poet and Tontoma:
1. https://twitter.com/JazzTontoma
2. https://www.facebook.com/ancestraltontoma
3. https://www.facebook.com/tontoma.tontoma
4. https://ancestraltontoma.blogspot.com
5. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC67qUrfU9nw1ZMutWeOwtTg

Links to some of the topics we covered in this episode:
1. Tribes in Uganda: http://www.uganda-consulate.sk/index.php?tribes
2. Stella Nyanzi, who was jailed for criticizing Uganda's 30-year-president: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/ugandan-academic-stella-nyanzi-jailed-harassing-museveni-190803141817222.html

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #RapPoet #IamnotthatCondomareyou #politicalpoem #installationperformativeandpoeticartwork #LoweringTidesSinkAllBoats #Ugandan #visualartist #spokenwordartist #musician #Tontoma #torecite #32DegreesEast #artsorganization #artistresidency #KampalaContemporaryArtFestival #musicalinstruments #traditionalinstruments #Luganda #Endongo #lyre #soundslikeacousticguitar #baseguitar #drums #xylophone #piano #poetryaroundthebonfire #colonialism #rap #hiphop #UgandaMuseum #56tribes #recitepoetryinmothertongue #Lule #HondiMushagasha #Congolese #takingriskinpoetry #freedomofexpression #StellaNyanzi #YoweriMuseveniKaguta #BobiWine #politicalcensorship #navigatingariskingpoliticallandscape #NationalTheatre

Poets and Muses November Album 2019

Imogen Arate with Rap Poet

This week Vaughan (http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/Rapatahana%2c%20Vaughan) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "tahi kupu anake / only one word" and "Significance," and the value of language.

Take a listen to also find out about poetry events taking place in the valley during the week of December 30th.

Photo of Vaughan Rapatahana (https://jacket2.org/commentary/vaughan-rapatahana) by Leticia Canlas

Confirmed 2020 reading and presentation dates:
1 March in Carterton, NZ at Wairarapa Word
19 March at Meteor Theatre, Hamilton, NZ
25 March MCing at the University of Auckland Lounge readings of leading poets
3 to 5 July at the Third Colin Wilson conference in Nottingham, England (Not poetry)
15-21 July at the International Poetry Nights festival in Curtea de Arges, Romania

Links for topics we discussed: 
1. Maori culture: https://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/living-in-nz/settling-in/maori-culture
2. Southbank Centre Endangered Poetry Project: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/blog/endangered-poetry-project
3. Poems from the Edge of Extinction: https://www.johnmurraypress.co.uk/titles/chris-mccabe/poems-from-the-edge-of-extinction/9781473693012/
4. Disappearing island nations: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190813-how-to-save-a-sinking-island-nation
5. Marshall Islands: https://www.pacificrisa.org/places/republic-of-the-marshall-islands/
6. Land loss in the Mississippi River Delta: http://mississippiriverdelta.org/our-coastal-crisis/land-loss/

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #VaughanRapatahana #tahikupuanake #onlyoneword #Significance #NewZealand #Maori #LeticiaCanlas #WorldPoetryRecitalNight #KualaLumpurMalaysia #London #SouthBankNationalPoetryLibrary #PoetryfromtheEdgeofExtinction #ChrisMcCabe #NationalPoetryLibrarian #HongKong #India #Jacket2 #BBCRadio4 #UnitedNationsForumonMinorityIssues #ToveSkutnabbKangas #EnglishLanguageasHydra #languageofcolonialism #neocolonialism #BritishCouncil #OscarsForeignFilm #Nigerianfilm #Lionheart #ImprisonedinEnglish #Tagalog #Philippines #JacindaArdern #PrimeMinisterofNewZealand #ClimateChange

Poets and Muses December Album 2019

Imogen Arate with Vaughan Rapatahana

This week, Isabel (https://medium.com/@isabel.ahermosillo) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "En el otro lado del espejo no hay nada" ("Nothing on the other side of the looking glass") and "Determined," and examining our heritage.

You can read Isabel's poem at: http://www.himenmag.com/textos/en-el-otro-lado-del-espejo-no-hay-nada
Here are other ways to follow Isabel: 
https://twitter.com/Isabelucci_
https://www.instagram.com/issabelucci_/

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of June 8th.

Photo by Isabel A. Hermosillo.

Links to topics we touched on:
1. Amelio Robles Ávila: https://legacyprojectchicago.org/person/amelio-robles-avila 
2. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sor-Juana-Ines-de-la-Cruz
3. Tezcatlipoca: https://www.ancient.eu/Tezcatlipoca/ and https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tezcatlipoca
4. Women’s Day March in Guadalajara: https://www.deccanherald.com/international/nazi-salutes-molotov-cocktails-rock-massive-mexico-womens-march-812107.html and https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/womens-day-2020-thousands-women-took-over-mexico-demand-justice-and-equality-through-massive#imagen-1
5. Gloria Steinem’s silence over Tara Reade’s accusation against Joe Biden: https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-have-womens-groups-gone-dead-silent-on-biden-assault-accusation
6. Anita Dunn’s role at Times Up: https://theintercept.com/2020/03/24/joe-biden-metoo-times-up/
7. Native-American history: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Native-American

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #IsabelAHermosillo #Enelotroladodelespejonohaynada #Nothingontheothersideofthelookingglass #Determined #Mexican #Writer #Poet #Translator #Photographer #traveling #surrealism #bendingreality #artasportals #nerd #videogamesasportals #virtualreality #duallanguagepoems #mixedlanguagepoems #Chicanopoetry #LydiaMartinez #ElSacrificiodelasPapas #feelapoem #selfexploration #Nepalesemonastery #comingtotermswithfemaleidentity #lookingbackinhistory #femalehistoricalfigures #FridaKahlo #AmelioRoblesÁvila #firsttransgenderman #SorJuanaInésdelaCruz #Tezcatlipoca #SmokingMirror #LaraCroft #TombRaider #loveofhistory #historicalreferences #ExaminingOurHeritages #violenceagainstwomen #womensrights #genderequality

Poets and Muses June Album 2020

Imogen Arate with Isabel A Hermosillo

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.

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of June 29th.

Photo of Daren Kamali by Vela Manusaute (https://www.thearts.co.nz/artists/vela-manusaute).

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

#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 #virtualpoetryevents

Imogen Arate with Daren Kamali

This week, Nadiia (https://www.facebook.com/nadiiia.art) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "The War" and "If Not Now, When?" and coping with feeling helpless in the face of overwhelming odds.

Donate to support Ukraine: https://bank.gov.ua/en/news/all/natsionalniy-bank-vidkriv-spetsrahunok-dlya-zboru-koshtiv-na-potrebi-armiyi

You can read Nadiia's poem at: https://www.facebook.com/nadiiia.art/posts/523551418340658

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of August 17th.

Photo provided by Nadiia Telenchuk.

Links to topics we touched on:
1. Heart of Ukraine, the nonprofit organization Nadiia is involved with: http://heartforukraine.com/
2. Information about Crimea and the Ukrainian separatist movement: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18287223
3. Ukraine’s Internally Displaced Persons: https://www.unhcr.org/ua/en/internally-displaced-persons
4. Latest attempt at ceasefire in the Ukrainian conflict: https://www.euronews.com/2020/07/27/cease-fire-in-war-torn-eastern-ukraine-begins-after-six-years-of-conflict
5. History of the Ukrainian language: https://guides.library.illinois.edu/ukrainian_language
6. Yemen crisis: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-explainer/why-yemen-is-at-war-idUSKCN22924D and https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29319423
7. US involvement in Yemen: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/11/mike-pompeo-arms-sales-saudi-arabia-watchdog-report
8. Yemen’s civilian crisis: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/yemen-war-hunger-famine-coronavirus-2020-date-palms-hodeidah-a9646226.html
9. Feeling helpless in the face of mass suffering: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_renew_your_compassion_in_the_face_of_suffering and https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2007/11/slovic
10. Connection between violence and temperature rise: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/07/16/two-new-studies-warn-that-hotter-world-will-be-more-violent-one/

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #NadiiaTelenchuk #TheWar #IfNotNowWhen #writesinfourlanguages #SeparatistMovement #Russia #internationalconflicts #Crimea #hybridwar #civilianandmilitarycasualties #lyricalpoet #peopledyingeveryday #ceasefiretreatiesnotworking #warcreatinginstabilities #InternallyDisplacedPersons #untrustworthyCoronavirusnumbers #feelingofhelplessness #HeartforUkraine #summercampsforkids #creativeworkshops #envisioningabetterfuture #startedpoetryateight #twomothertongues #poemabouttheUkrainianlanguage #languageaspointofdivision #psychicnumbing #Yemen #SaudiArabia #POTUS #UnitedStatesofAmerica #ProxyWars

Poets and Muses August Album 2020

Imoge Arate with Nadiia Telenchuk

This week, Leo (https://twitter.com/leoboix) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Unholy Family" and "That Single Memory" and familial expectations.

Leo's Poems: 
1. "Unholy Family": https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/c/epic-journey-through-life-and-language
2. "Table Variations": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/149578/table-variations
3. Magma Poetry Resistencia issue edited by Leo: https://magmapoetry.com/archive/magma-76/
4. Un Nuevo Sol: British LatinX Writers Anthology https://www.amazon.com/Nuevo-Sol-British-LatinX-Writers/dp/1905233566

Other ways to follow Leo:
1. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100012089438306
2. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boixleo/
3. Website: https://www.leonardoboix.co.uk/

See Leo Read:
1. In Person: 22 August – 16 October 2020 (London, UK)
https://www.kew.org/press-media/travel-the-world-at-kew
2. Virtually: October 12th at 3pm (ET) at the 23rd Annual Utah Humanities Book Festival “Intercambios: Queer Latinx Poetics Across Borders event”
https://www.utahhumanities.org/index.php/Center-for-the-Book/book-festival.html

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of August 24th.

Photo of Leo Boix by Naomi Woddis (https://www.naomiwoddis.com/).

Links to topics we touched on:
1. Hieronymus Bosch: https://www.hieronymus-bosch.org/
2. Nunca Más (Never Again): http://www.desaparecidos.org/nuncamas/web/english/library/nevagain/nevagain_000.htm
3. El campaña del desierto (The Desert Campaign) Indigenous Genocide in Argentina: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol5/iss2/3/ and https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2014001435.html
4. 2019 Keats-Shelley Prize: https://www.keats-shelley.org/prizes/keats_shelley_prize_2019
5. https://www.amazon.com/Nuevo-Sol-British-LatinX-Writers/dp/1905233566

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Imogen Arate with Leo Boix

This week, Karlina (http://karlinaveras.com/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "I live living on the edge" and "Random like Life" and weaving between worlds.

Other ways to follow Karlina:
1. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karlinaveras/
2. Twitter: https://twitter.com/karlinaveras

Read Karlina's works:
1. Spanish short story collection “YUN YUN Pa’ la Calor”
https://www.amazon.com/Yun-pa-calor-Spanish/dp/1527225682/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=karlina+veras&qid=1593596066&sr=8-1  2. Short nonfiction piece about Corona Dreams:
https://www.mookychick.co.uk/lit-community/personal-essays/quarantine-dream-mouse-midwife.php 

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of September 14th.

Photo of Karlina Veras by Issac Gallego (https://www.instagram.com/isaacgperez/).

Links to topics we touched on:
1. Dietary rules for British royals: https://www.businessinsider.com/food-meghan-markle-reportedly-isnt-allowed-to-eat-as-a-royal-2018-8

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Poets and Muses September Album 2020

Imogen Arate with Karlina Veras

This week, Isabel (https://www.isabeldelrio.co.uk) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "mi ciudad" ("my city") and "This Is Not an Ode," and our perspectives on New York.

You can also follow Isabel on:
1. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isabeldrs/
2. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/isabel.del.rio.salvador
3. Twitter: https://twitter.com/isabeldelrio

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of October 12th.

Photo by Isabel del Rio.

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Poets and Muses October Album 2020

Imogen Arate with Isabel Del Rio

This week, Maysan (https://www.facebook.com/warumnietzsche/) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Syrian Love Poem" and "Reflections under the Lulling Rhythm of a Dickinson Reading," and secret loves.

Read Maysan's poem at: http://tozz3ahalayam.blogspot.com/2020/09/blog-post.html
Get Maysan's book, Don't Tell Them, at: https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Tell-Them-Maysan-Nasser/dp/1730713475 and https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42428535-don-t-tell-them

Other ways follow Maysan via social media:
1. instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maysannasserr/
2. Blog: http://tozz3ahalayam.blogspot.fr/
3. Sidewalk Beirut: https://www.facebook.com/SidewalkBeirut/

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of November 16th.

Photo of Maysan Nasser by Dana Seif.

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Poets and Muses November Album 2020

Imogen Arate with Maysan Nasser

This week, Miriam (http://miriamcalleja.com) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Lake Michigan" and "Melting Time," and water as metaphor.

You can read the published version of Miriam's poem at: https://www.flyonthewallpoetry.co.uk/product-page/ebook-magazine-chaos

You can also follow Miriam at:
1. Twitter: https://twitter.com/miriam_calleja
2. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miriamcalleja/
3. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pomegranateheart

You can sign up for Miriam's writing workshops at: https://www.facebook.com/miriamcreativewriting

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of November 30th.

Links to topics we touched on:
1. Elements going into risk assessment: http://apppm.man.dtu.dk/index.php/Impact_and_Probability_in_Risk_Assessment and http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=E975E0B3E72F2B7363A2E10B1CDC1E57?doi=10.1.1.655.9782&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Photo of Miriam Calleja by Kurt Paris (https://www.kurtparis.com).

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Imogen Arate with Miriam Calleja

This week, Patrizia (https://www.facebook.com/patrizia.longhitano.5) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Mating strategies in the animal world" and "An Assessment," and pornography as art.

1. Read Patrizia’s poem in English and Portuguese here: http://www.mallarmargens.com/2020/09/mallarseries-to-be-tupi-patrizia.html
2. Watch it read in both languages at: https://youtu.be/FpSCUF6RPiA
3. Videos of some of Patrizia’s other poems: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLINs5m7FAyqTJrrXhtuYMQC4vw-eftg0o

Other ways to connect with Patrizia:
1. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goldwildpoppy/ 
2. Twitter: https://twitter.com/GOLDWILDPOPPY

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of December 14th.

Links to topics we touched on:
1. Bonobos sexual behavior: https://qz.com/africa/1625409/bonobo-ape-mothers-push-their-sons-to-find-sex-partners/ and http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160317-do-bonobos-really-spend-all-their-time-having-sex
2. Lion homosexual behavior: https://www.livescience.com/60910-gay-lions-not-quite.html
3. Homosexuality in non-human species: https://phys.org/news/2019-05-scientists-explore-evolution-animal-homosexuality.html

Photo of Patrizia Longhitano by Chicco & Checco.

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Poets and Muses December Album 2020

Imogen Arate with Patrizia Longhitano

This week Jeff (http://www.JeffCottrill.com) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Wilfred Owen's Off-Day" and "I Bought the 18"," and satire.

Other ways to connect with Jeff:
1. https://www.facebook.com/jeff.cottrill.96
2. https://twitter.com/jeff_cottrill
3. https://www.wattpad.com/user/JeffCottrill

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of December 21st.

Links to topics we touched on:
1. The Dead Puppies Song: https://youtu.be/N5sKpG6JIug
2. Wilfred Owen: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/wilfred-owen
3. Dulce et Decorum Est: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/dulce-et-decorum-est
4. In Flanders Fields by John McCrae: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47380/in-flanders-fields
5. Plants’ reaction to different sounds: https://www.sciencealert.com/plants-can-hear-themselves-being-eaten-researchers-have-discovered and https://www.nature.com/articles/srep33370

Photo of Jeff Cottrill by Brian Tao (http://www.Luxography.ca).

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Imogen Arate with Jeff Cottrill

This week, Aya (https://5f64592249e2b.site123.me) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate), discuss our respective poems, "Al Harb" ("War") and "To Drive out Darkness"," and the price of conflict.

Other ways to connect with Aya:
1. https://www.instagram.com/ayarafe3/
2. Poetry: https://www.instagram.com/wordsof_soul/
3. https://www.facebook.com/aya.jamorabonrafeh

You can see Youssef Tellayh's illustration that inspired Aya's poem "The War" at https://www.instagram.com/p/CFw3xTGl5tc/ and follow Youssef at: https://www.instagram.com/wyterex/ and https://www.facebook.com/yousef.tellayh 

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of December 28th.

Links to topics we touched on:
1. Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990): https://www.britannica.com/event/Lebanese-Civil-War
2. Religion in Lebanon: https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-report-on-international-religious-freedom/lebanon/
3. Beirut explosion: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/world/middleeast/beirut-explosion-what-happened.html and https://www.npr.org/2020/12/25/950314947/in-lebanon-judge-suspends-inquiry-into-beirut-port-explosion
4. Modern use of chemical weapons: https://www.britannica.com/technology/chemical-weapon and https://www.un.org/disarmament/wmd/chemical/

Photo of Aya Jamorabon Rafeh by Nader Bahsoun (https://www.facebook.com/nader.bah).

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Imogen Arate with Aya Jamorabon Rafeh

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