Imogen Arate with Yehya Barakatalroudaini

Poets and Muses: We chat with poets about their inspirations

This week, @YehyaReadsPoetry (https://twitter.com/YehyaBarakat4) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Cleaning the graves" and "Rubicon," and points of no return. You can also follow Yehya on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/yehya_barakat12/ Links to the topics we touched on: 1. Rubicon meaning and origins: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Rubicon 2. Map of Turtle Island: https://native-land.ca/ 3. Advancements in the field of gynecology from experimentation on female African-American slaves: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/19/fact-check-j-marion-sims-did-medical-experiments-black-female-slaves/3202541001/ 4. Offshore drug testing and ethical concerns: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/most-experimental-drugs-are-tested-offshore-raising-concerns-about-data/ Photo by Yehya Barakatalroudaini. #Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #YehyaBarakatalroudaini #Cleaningthegraves #Rubicon #PointsofNoReturn #NonbinaryGayPoet #Slampoet #writingpoetrysinceten #PhDstudent #BostonPoetrySlam #Iraqi #neurogenetics #TheJacksonLaboratory #writesaboutnonbinaryandgayidentity #theartdefinestheartist #GeorgeAbraham #Pokémon #FirstPoemaboutPikachu #children #Duolingo #eatingdisorder #torrinagreathouse #GlassPoetry #grandfatherasfriend #lightofAllah #physicalpunishment #climatechange #genocide #landexpropriation #IndigenousNations #Babylon #Mesopotamia #DoctorWho #humantestinginmedicalpractice #PortVeritasopenmic