Welcome to Poetry Walks! A podcast that brings poems from our hearts to your ears. Center yourself through imaginative and calming poems as Arlo guides you through the forest. Step within through these relaxing poems that question existence, friendship, activism, love, and self-worth. For a full transcript of today's episode please visit Arlo's personal website: https://arlotomecek.com/sound/poetry-walks In today's episode we read Ilya Kaminsky's poem, We Lived Happily During the War in honor of the humanitarian crisis which affects both Ukrainians and those surrounding neighboring borders as well as African students studying in Ukraine. You can support Kaminsky's work here. To stay up to date on the crisis in Ukraine, you can visit Human Rights Watch under the Ukraine section. To support Ukrainians and neighboring countries that are housing thousands of displaced Ukrainians you can visit donate to any of the following organizations through this link.
Land Acknowledgement: This podcast was recorded on forcibly ceded Mohican land. You can learn more about land acknowledgement through the links below:
https://library.chatham.edu/whoseland
Land acknowledgement is a way of showing historical accuracy, transparency, and honoring First Nations of this land. While land acknowledgement is not enough on its own, we invite you do the research and understand the multiplicity of histories under your feet.
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