Imogen Arate with Tyrone Ross Thompson

Poets and Muses: We chat with poets about their inspirations

This week, Tyrone (https://www.facebook.com/Wyam-Publishing-2251985795129051/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Celilo Falls Inundation" and "Words and Actions," and hypocrisy. Purchase Tyrone's book at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PH3VN69 Other ways to connect with Tyrone: 1. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tyrone_wyam/ 2. Twitter: https://twitter.com/TyroneWyam Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of March 29th. Links to the topics we touch on: 1. Celilo Fish Committee: https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/celilo_fish_committee_1935_1957_/#.YGDuUuZlBbU 2. Calls for dam removal: https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/oct/14/pacific-northwest-tribes-remove-columbia-river-dams/ 3. The Nez Perce’s efforts at damn removal: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/salmon-people-a-tribes-decades-long-fight-to-take-down-the-lower-snake-river-dams-and-restore-a-way-of-life/ Photo of Tyrone Ross Thompson by Dean Davis for his “Pictures of Poets” project. #Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #TyroneRossThompson #CeliloFallsInundation #WordsandActions #Hypocrisy #WyampumandNezPerce #ColumbiaRiver #NativeYouthLeadershipAlliance #EasternWashingtonUniversity #IndigenousPeoplesDay #constantoutlet #expressfeelings #copiedlyrics #largefamilies #largekinships #suicidalideation #isolation #exclusion #connectwithothers #freeverse #selfexpression #indigenouscolidarity #findingownspacewithinfamily #tribalpolitics #CeliloFishCommittee #TommyThompson #SalmonChief #divideandconquer #nontreaty #StockLee #DeathofCeliloFalls #KatrineBarber #DebHaaland #NationalCongressofAmericanIndians #nepotism #tokenization #appropriation