Imogen Arate with June Powers by Poets and Muses published on 2020-09-28T03:15:56Z This week, June (https://www.instagram.com/mamatried609/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Coworkers" and "Narcissus's Delight" and office dynamics. You can also follow June at https://www.instagram.com/mamatried609/ You can find June's author page at: https://www.amazon.com/June-Powers/e/B089CNKWFC Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of September 28th. Photo by June Powers. Links to topics we touched on: 1. French ranking in foreign-language learning in U.S.A: https://www.americancouncils.org/sites/default/files/FLE-report.pdf and https://www.mla.org/content/download/83540/2197676/2016-Enrollments-Short-Report.pdf 2. Child marriage in the U.S.: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/child-marriage-in-us-cbsn-originals/ and https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/child-marriage/united-states/ 3. Brain maturity: https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/aging/2018/when-the-brain-starts-adulting-112018 4. Human trafficking within the United States: https://www.businessinsider.com/human-trafficking-in-the-us-facts-statistics-2019-7 5. Human trafficking globally: https://migrationdataportal.org/themes/human-trafficking 6. Homeless youths in the U.S.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB-BQxDf-b8 7. Homeless children in other countries: https://www.streetchildren.org/about-street-children/ #Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #JunePowers #Coworkers #NarcissussDelight #officedynamics #GrewupinPA #ousidePhiladelphia #liveinAZ #colorfulworklife #retail #cruiseship #visualmerchandising #supplements #caregiving #narrativestyle #narrativepoems #socialissues #nature #beauty #involvedinallartforms #secondtimewritingclass #ChapbookChild #workcliques #French #hintsathardship #VirginiaWoolf #editing #research #childbrides #childmarriage #humantrafficking #girlseducation #selfesteem #selfworth #streetkids Genre Poetry Comment by K. Renae ⚔️ I really enjoyed both realistic poems and how they pointed to deeper complexities in human emotions. Also appreciated the conversation on young women dealing w “adult” things 2020-10-05T20:24:36Z Comment by Poets and Muses @hawkins083-schwartz: I'm looking for someone who's good at listening. You can demonstrate that by playing this episode first, then go through the rest of our playlist. Thank you! 2020-09-28T03:35:03Z