Imogen Arate with Carlos Colon

Poets and Muses: We chat with poets about their inspirations

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