Imogen Arate with Sogo Solaja

Poets and Muses: We chat with poets about their inspirations

This week, Sogo (https://www.facebook.com/sogo.solaja) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Fantasy and ecstasy" and "A Blurring," and magical realism. You can read Imogen's poem, "A Blurring," at https://issuu.com/theopiatemagazine/docs/the_opiate_vol._25 You can also follow Sogo on: 1. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCImyzBWrWKiv8GdIregsYkg 2. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ishola_the_poet/ 3. Twitter: https://twitter.com/shogzyhandsome Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of October 25th. Links to the topics we touched on: 1. Egyptian Gypsies: https://aucpress.com/product/gypsies-in-contemporary-egypt/ and https://www.ourmigrationstory.org.uk/oms/romani-gypsies-in-16th-century-britain 2. Oríkì: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Or%C3%ADkì 3. Pragmatic Linguistic Analysis of Isola: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137492708_9 4. The meaning of Isola: https://www.names.org/n/ishola/about# Photo by Sogo Solaja. #Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #SogoSolaja #Fantasyandecstasy #ABlurring #MagicalRealism #Nigerian #cinematographer #graphicdesigner #poet #college #partofapublicspeakinggroup #CompulsoryGovernmentService #spokenwordevent #depression #SuicidePrevention #helpingpeople #writetoprovidesolution #alcoholconsumption #drinkingtoexcess #EgyptianGypsies #becomingimmortal #GeorgeFloyd #demonstrations #fantasyandreality #CoronaVirus #letcreativityroamfree #Oríkì #Yoruba #praisepoetry