Imogen Arate with Atlas St. Cloud Poets and Muses: We chat with poets about their inspirations

This week, Atlas (https://www.instagram.com/descreidosanto) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "your heavy heavy heart" and "Snowflake: Phase Transition," and living with mental illness.

Poetry books by Atlas:
1. Chrysalis (https://gumroad.com/l/saintchrysalis)
2. enduring atlas: the weight of the world put into words (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F1ZR22V/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_yQZyCbTANYBXR)
3. here be dragons (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1731262477/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_yRZyCbC9Q3P7K)

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of February 1st.

Links to topics we touched on:
1. The prevalence of PTSD in the U.S. population:
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd.shtml
2. Homosexual behavior in other animal species:
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150206-are-there-any-homosexual-animals

Picture of Atlas St. Cloud (https://www.instagram.com/wasteland_cryptid/) below by Salem St. Cloud (https://www.instagram.com/headlesshoundart/)

#poetrypodcasts #AtlasStCloud #ImogenArate #yourheavyheavyheart #SnowflakePhaseTransition #mentalillness #transgender #stigmatization #politicalclimate #policebrutality #enduringatlas #herebedragons #amazon #thirdbook #wingless #Blade #popularreferences #icarus #agency #Steampunk #ElizabethanPoetry #Followthemuse #seasonaldepression #epicpoem #Epicbattle #PTSD #Hope #happyending #FirstNations #Twospirited #gaywarriors