Imogen Arate with Malik Ameer Crumpler

Poets and Muses: We chat with poets about their inspirations

This week, Malik (https://open.spotify.com/artist/0C7Bf2O6yYMvSiDnKRq2aB) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "THE REST IS NOW (take 22)" and "What If We Had," and restraint. You can read Malik's poem at: https://www.isolationcollection.com/malik-ameer-crumpler.html Other ways of gettin in touch with Malik: 1. Website: http://malikameer.com/ 2. Twitter: https://twitter.com/MalikAmeer0 and https://twitter.com/poetslive Photo of Malik Ameer Crumpler by Scott Benedict (https://www.scottbenedict.com). #Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #MalikAmeerCrumpler #THERESTISNOWtake22 #WhatIfWeHad #restraint #rapper #editor #writer #ParisLitUp #TheOpiate #PoetsLive #DefPressé #ThoseThatThis #StarTrek #obsessionwiththecosmos #TheTwilightZone #roadtoParis #BarnesandNoble #SpokenWordParis #beganwithraps #poemsaslullabies #emulatingchildrensbooks #disobedientchild #writingasatherapeutictool #communicationisatherapy #awardsasmarketingvehicle #SigridNunez #thoughtcollage #JeffreyBigHomeyBanks #PTSD #toxicmen #investigateandhealingwounds #AmericanDenial #changeinbodylanguage #cultureofviolence #TrevonMartin #sayinghitothepolice #survivorsguilt #speakingincode #fearlessnessassurvivalmechanism #MattJones #JessicaHagedorn #needtoedit #emotionalvomit #RodneyApplewhite #ecology #policebrutality #intersectionalityofracism #lynchingpostcards #compartmentalization #identitypolitics #thoughtexperiment #ShakespeareandCompany #TheRedWheelbarrowBookstore