This week, Meera (https://www.facebook.com/meera.dasgupta.5076) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Blazing Cities and "When the Dead Returns to Say 'You Know Me,'" and transformation.
You can read Imogen's poem in: https://www.flowersongpress.com/books-1/p/cops
Other ways to follow Meera:
1. Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meera-dasgupta-0b1489173
2. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meeradasguptaofficial/
3. Twitter: https://twitter.com/bornfromspices
Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of March 22nd.
Links to the topics we touch on:
1. The news article Imogen Arate’s poem is based on: https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2020/06/01/chris-beatys-death-man-scrubbing-blood-has-wrenching-realization/5312401002/ by #MaryClaireMolloy
Photo of Meera Dasgupta (https://www.linkedin.com/in/meera-dasgupta-0b1489173) by Navier Patterson (https://www.multipixelmedia.com).
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