This week, Julian (https://twitter.com/julianisapoet) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Gravedigger" and "Third Party" and confessional poetry about disparaged pleasures.

Take a listen to also find out about #poetryevents taking place in the valley during the week of January 27th.

Photo of Julian Delacruz (https://twitter.com/julianisapoet) by Felicia Zamora (https://soundcloud.com/poetsandmuses/imogen-arate-with-felicia-zamora)

Check out Julian's up-coming reading:

https://piper.asu.edu/conference/fair/2019/volta-mentoring-program-reading

Links to subjects we touched on:

1. Sylvia Plath’s “Mushrooms": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKoOoCD17fo and https://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/poetryperformance/plath/poem1/plath1.html

2. Thorstein Veblen’s The Theory of the Leisure Class: http://moglen.law.columbia.edu/LCS/theoryleisureclass.pdf

3. Dan Mallory: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/11/a-suspense-novelists-trail-of-deceptions

4. Teacher qualification requirements in Arizona: https://www.teachercertificationdegrees.com/certification/arizona/

5. Lorin Stein’s treatment of female staff and writers: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/books/lorin-stein-resigns-the-paris-review.html

6. The Metropolitan Opera’s protection of Placido Domingo: https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/art/2019/09/25/peter-gelb-step-down-why-met-opera-general-manager-unfit-lead/ihIaoXEqz3AsuOU91ldFSI/story.html and https://www.npr.org/2019/09/20/762298674/met-opera-faces-one-more-catastrophic-crisis-as-employees-must-work-with-domingo

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #JulianDelacruz #Gravedigger #ThirdParty #ASU #CreativeWritingProgram #InterninPublishingIndustry #Catapault #Mushrooms #SylviaPlath #publishingindustryinsights #millinialdespair #Dominican #LGBTQplus #confessionalpoems #confessionalpoetry #disparagedpleasures #honorroll #machismo #depression #SaturdayNightLiveskit #Bronx #Dominicanfood #Mofongo #race #colorism #intercommunityracism #intracommunityracism #discriminationinthepublishingindustry #gatekeeper #tannermenard #AJFinn #DanMallory #TheWomanintheWindow #JeffreyEpstein #ParisReview #LorinStein #PlacidoDomingo #TheMetropolitanOpera #AssociatedPress #TheNewYorkTimes #MeTooMovement #TimesUP #BillCosby #tonedeafness #inspiredbyjazz #HarlemRenaissance #MilesDavis #BillEvans #ScottsdaleCommunityCollege #PhoenixCollege #PiperCenter #VoltaMentoringProgram

This week, AMP (https://www.instagram.com/adriana.mure/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "To the Republic" and "Faded Glory" (https://www.mmhpressgroup.com/product-page/globalisation-a-poetry-collection) and the disconnect between words and actions.

Take a listen to also find out about #poetryevents taking place in the valley during the week of January 20th.

Photo by AMP (https://www.snapchat.com/add/amplify12)

Links to subjects we touched on:

1. Resurgence of anti-Semitism: https://www.adl.org/adl-tracker-of-anti-semitic-incidents

2. Tom Petty’s death: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tom-pettys-cause-of-death-accidental-overdose-202789/

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #AMP #TotheRepublic #FadedGlory #MesaArizona #highschoolstudent #activist #feminist #bisexualfemalejewish #pledgeofallegiance #ImanitheLyricist #ColinKaepernick #MeganRapinoe #polyamory #feminism #racialequality #environmentalism #ClimateStrike #LGBTQplusAwareness #Biblestudy #Halsey #Nightmares #resurgenceofantiSemitism #backlashagainstLGBTQplusrights #District4Poetry #WordplayCafe #published #ReadersDigest #ThisIsntaPrincessStory #culturalappropriation #boxbraids #dancestreetstylehiphop #LeahMarche #KennethMcNeilII #TomPetty #AmericanGirl #TheRollingStones #SympathyfortheDevil #InfuseOpenMic

This week, Clinton Vance (https://www.instagram.com/binge_thinker/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Salamat po" or "Thank You" and "Lineage" and showing appreciation.

Take a listen to also find out about poetry events taking place in the valley during the week of January 13th.

Photo of Clinton by Clinton Vance (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1462295438)

Links to subjects we touched on:

1. Difference between Tagalog & Pilipino: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tagalog-language

2. The Bikol dialect: http://www.csun.edu/~lan56728/majorlanguages.htm

3. T. S. Eliot’s ten famous poems: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/66423-the-10-best-t-s-eliot-poems.html

4. T. S. Eliot’s poem “Gerontion”: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47254/gerontion

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #ClintonVance #Salamatpo #Thankyou #Lineage #Tagalog #Pilipino #Bikol #DadwasArmyveteran #MomstudiedinGermany #parentsmarriedinGermany #oneoldersister #oneyoungersister #UniversityofArizona #DegreeinCreativeWriting #emphasisonfiction #minorinfilmandtelevision #actor #writer #poetryworkshop #poetryanalysisclasses #modernistpoetry #TSEliot #Gerontion #lungcancer #fitinthisworld #videogaming #DesertDiwataExodusEvent #ErinKong #poetryasstorytellingtool #poetryasselfexpression #lovesicksong #epicpoetry #modernHomer #narrativepoems #miniplay #TheDrift #theTonightShow #SaturdayNightLive #Facebookmessages #ulcerativecolitis #DeepImpact #TéaLeoni #ElijahWood #Armageddon #LivTyler #youngersisteristransgender #ASUoncampusmentor #traveling #Intel #WestValley #Avondale #postharvestcelebration #culturalappropriation #TheArtofJustice #navigatingbetweencultures #TarajiPHenson #theDailyShow #TylerPerrysAcrimony #MarvelUniverse #CaptainMarvel #BrieLarson #SamuelLJackson #LashanaLynch #AvengersEndgame #IronMan #RobertDowneyJr #POCIttoMe #PalabrasBookstore

This week, Lisa ([email protected]) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "NUMBERS...How do they define us?" and "Oh the Effortless Glam!" and the ways in which we are affected by numbers. Lisa also reveals how poetry played a part in creating special family memories.

Take a listen to also find out about #poetryevents taking place in the valley during the week of January 6th.

Photo of Lisa Shah-Patel by University of Arizona College of Medicine media productions (https://phoenixmed.arizona.edu/)

Links to subjects we touched on:

1. Steve Job’s pancreatic cancer: https://money.cnn.com/2008/03/02/news/companies/elkind_jobs.fortune/index.htm

2. Designs that does not take women into account: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/feb/23/truth-world-built-for-men-car-crashes

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #LisaShahPatel #NUMBERSHowdotheydefineus #OhtheEffortlessGlam #California #UCLAMedicalSchool #radiology #medicalstudentadviser #breastimaging #MayoClinic #Scottsdale #UniversityofArizonaCollegeofMedicine #Phoenix #familymedicine #pediatrics #primarycare #neurosurgeon #prestige #writingsincehighschool #fatherdaughterdance #motherdaughtertea #chancetorelease #artform #rightbrain #medicalstudents #exams #scores #bedsidemanner #wellroundedness #mentalandphysicalhealth #mindandbody #softskills #confirmationbias #bekindertoourselves #bekindertoeveryone #weareallhumanbeings #ScoobyDoo #Apple #SteveJobs #Pancreaticcancer #AlexTrebek #genderdifference #seekingouterreward #raisingchildrenundefinedvalue #undervalued #reflectivewriting #JenniferHartmarkHill #ChArtJournal #NarrativeMedPhx #GetMorePlays

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

This week, Laura (https://www.lauratohe.com) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "Moth Madness" and "Wish Fulfillment," and self-destructive behavior.

Take a listen to also find out about #poetryevents taking place in the valley during the week of December 23rd.

Photo of Laura Tohe by Charlie Leight (https://charlieleight.smugmug.com) for ASU News (https://www.daily-times.com/story/entertainment/books/2015/10/28/county-native-navajo-nation-poet-laureate/74562304/)

Links to topics we discussed

1. Information about the Navajo Nation: https://www.navajo-nsn.gov/

2. Information about the Albuquerque Indian School: https://www.historicabq.org/albuquerque-indian-school.html

3. Carlisle Indian Industrial School: http://www.carlisleindianschoolproject.com/ and http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/

4. WWII Code Talking: https://americanindian.si.edu/education/codetalkers/html/chapter4.html

5. Pueblo People: https://www.indianpueblo.org/19-pueblos/

6. Hogans (Navajo Homes): http://navajopeople.org/blog/navajo-homes-hogans/

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #LauraTohe #MothMadness #WishFulfillment #NavajoNationPoetLaureate #RetiredASUProfessor #twosons #ThePilgrimsProgress #oralstories #highschool #EdgarAllanPoe #TheUniversityofNewMexico #SimonJOrtiz #colonialism #JoyHarjo #USPoetLaureate #closetpoet #RudolfoAnaya #CrystalNM #GallupNM #AlbuquerqueIndianSchool #NoParoleToday #boardingschool #Diné #vulnerablelanguage #DineCollege #SherwinBitsui #AcademyofAmericanPoets #MMIWG #CarlislePA #CarlisleIndianIndustrialSchool #RichardHenryPratt #WWII #NavajoCodeTalkers #7000languageslost #2019YearofIndigenousLanguages #London #SouthBankNationalPoetryLibrary #EndangeredPoetry #Genocide #grandmother #weaver #cautionarytales #glitteringworld #PuebloPeople #NavajoTechnicalUniversity #CrownpointNewMexico #Uganda #Tailor #ToniMorrison #tannermenard #CoryBooker #KamalaHarris #ASUTempe #DesertNightsRisingStars #Libretto #MotherEarthandtheGlitteringWorld #GrenobleFrance

This week, Kenneth (https://www.instagram.com/earth_2_kenneth/) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "in my home" and "Crayons," and the silencing of children.

Take a listen to also find out about #poetryevents taking place in the valley during the week of December 16th.

Photo of Kenneth McNeil II by Kenneth McNeil II

Bible verse of parents not prompting their children to anger:

https://www.openbible.info/topics/children_obeying_their_parents and https://biblehub.com/ephesians/6-4.htm

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #KennethMcNeilII #inmyhome #Crayons #mindgoblins #PhoenixLibrary #GiantCoffee #PenName #Prince #selfdestructivebehavior #improvisational #poetryisjazz #ArizonaMastersofPoetry #parentsarepeople #spanking #cuttingwords #ordainedpreacher #denial #silenced #Sunday #Lordsday #holiness #churchasperformance #officerincampusChristianclub #rationalization #selectivequoting #damaging #comingintoonesown #speakingupforoneself #emotionalfireball #knowinghowtogetsmall #SuzanneVega #Luka #childabuse #poetsresponsibility #politicalpoetry #BarackObama #AffordableCareAct #altruism #ButtonPoetry #PulitzerPrizes

This week, Ravenhair (@lunaravenhair) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "Social Justice Song" and "Diamond Core," and the gender continuum.

Take a listen to also find out about poetry events taking place in the valley during the week of December 8th.

Photo of Ravenhair (https://www.instagram.com/ravenhairmusic/) by Ravenhair (https://www.facebook.com/ravenhairmusic/)

You can also follow Ravenhair on Bandcamp: https://ravenhair.bandcamp.com/

Additional links:

1. Women at Nasa: https://www.womenshistory.org/exhibits/women-nasa and https://history.nasa.gov/women_at_nasa.html

2. All women spacewalk: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/science/space/nasa-female-spacewalk.html and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Daelqxwph08

3. Spacesuit design: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/03/nasa-spacesuit-women-spacewalk/585805/

4. First men on the moon: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/first-person-on-moon.html

5. The Metropolitan Opera’s protection of Placido Domingo: https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/art/2019/09/25/peter-gelb-step-down-why-met-opera-general-manager-unfit-lead/ihIaoXEqz3AsuOU91ldFSI/story.html and https://www.npr.org/2019/09/20/762298674/met-opera-faces-one-more-catastrophic-crisis-as-employees-must-work-with-domingo

6. Statistics on violence targeted toward transgender people: https://transequality.org/issues/anti-violence

7. The rates at which parts of our body renews itself (or don’t): https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/does-body-replace-itself-seven-years/

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #Ravenhair #SocialJusticeSong #DiamondCore #Musician #songwriter #transgender #LGBTQIA #autistic #technicalinterests #scientificinterests #thesenses #classicalsinging #pianolessons #PhoenixCommunityCollege #activistsongs #unrequitedlovesongs #maledominatedroles #outwardfacingroles #femaleleadsingers #womenatNASA #womeninSTEM #WomenInEngineering #WomenInSpace #attrition #genderbasedharassment #MeToo #PlacidoDomingo #PeterGelb #TheMetropolitanOpera #TheAssociatedPress #observingthegendercontinuum #fearforonessafety #antitransgenderviolence #dysphoria #intergenderdynamics #intragenderdynamics

This week, Carlos (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009818411738) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "Suffer Garden Bliss" and "Skipping the Path," and mass consumption.

Where to find Carlos's books:

1. Whimsical Nihilism https://www.blurb.com/b/8779148-whimsical-nihilism

2. Harshing the Mellow https://www.blurb.com/b/7642938-harshing-the-mellow-by-carlos-colon

3. A Forceable Peace https://www.blurb.com/b/5198644-a-forceable-peace

Poets that inspired Carlos:

#AllenGinsberg, #EECummings, #AnneSexton, #JuanFelipeHerrera, #JimMorrison, #PhilipLamantia, #SylviaPlath, #SaulWilliams, #BobKaufman, #EugeneBRedmond

Take a listen to also find out about #poetryevents taking place in the valley during the week of December 2nd.

Photo of Carlos Colon (https://www.blurb.com/user/packers79) by Deborah Colon

Links to topics we discussed:

1. Reneging on citizenship promises for non-citizen military personnel

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/06/military-service-was-once-fast-track-us-citizenship-trump-administration-keeps-narrowing-that-possibility/ and https://www.npr.org/2018/07/09/626773440/u-s-army-is-discharging-immigrant-recruits-who-were-promised-citizenship

2. Water test for witches

https://www.history.com/news/7-bizarre-witch-trial-tests and https://blog.law.uconn.edu/blog/salem-witch-trials#

3. Allen Ginsberg’s Television Was a Baby Crawling Toward That Deathchamber

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/36436061-television-was-a-baby-crawling-toward-that-deathchamber

4. Teenager sleeping habits

http://mdpsychfoundation.org/article-explains-why-teens-are-night-owls/

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #CarlosColon #SufferGardenBliss #SkippingthePath #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 #ThirdThursday #ChangingHandsBookstore #SecondFridayPoetry #TempeCenterfortheArts #WalkinWednesday #WaltRichardsonII

This week, Leah (http://leahmarche.com/) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "blues people" and "Maturation," and the role of pain in the artistic process.

Other ways to contact Leah:

https://twitter.com/leahmarche

https://www.instagram.com/msleahmarche/

Take a listen to also find out about poetry events taking place in the valley during the week of November 25th.

Photo of Leah Marché (https://www.facebook.com) by Jenny Gerena (https://www.jennygerena.com/)

Additional links to topics we touched on in our discussion:

1. Poetry book by Ed Pavlić inspired by Donny Hathaway’s Life:

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/2291758.Winners_Have_Yet_to_Be_Announced

2. The death of Donny Hathaway:

https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/15/archives/donny-hathaway-33-pop-and-blues-singer-dead-in-hotel-plunge-hit.html

3. Blues People by LeRoi Jones:

https://www.harpercollins.com/9780688184742/blues-people/

4. About Robert Leroy Johnson:

https://www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/biography/

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #LeahMarche #bluespeople #Maturation #MartinLutherKingJuniorSchool #PercyLJulianSchool #MajerlesSportsGrill #LiveattheStudio #poetWisdomSoul #WalterCronkiteSchoolofJournalism #CarlHaydenHighSchool #computerscience #computerprogramming #printjournalism #broadcasting #publicrelations #marketing #RadioPhoenix #TheNash #JazzMeetsPoetry #MichaelPfister #TheAwesomeFoundationPhoenix #BlackPoetVentures #poeticductions #EchoVersesBlackPoetsYesterdayToday #DonnyHathaway #AtlanticRecords #ArethaFranklin #RobertaFlack #WheresTheLove #StevieWonder #LeRoiJones #AmiriBaraka #BluesBlack #TheBlackArtsMovement #grandfatherofpoetry #musicastoolforsurvival #mentalillness #TVOne #Unsung #EdPavlić #AtlasStCloud #RobertLeroyJohnson #GrandfatherofRocknRoll #Crossroads #RalphMacchio #JamesBrown #MichaelJackson #Prince #WhitneyHouston