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    • Nov 15, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 39m AVG DURATION
    • 52 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from When We’re Poetic

    After Thoughts on “Gang Gang”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 43:56


    A conversation on cooperative efforts to gain influence and power --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    After Thoughts on Gratitude in 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 40:28


    Sharing the things we're grateful for this year --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    After Thoughts on…Immigration: Not in my state!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2022 44:40


    A candid conversation on the position that When We're Poetic's hosts take on the swelling problem of immigration in the U.S. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Ghosts

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 45:35


    Ghost dances and ghosts over boiler.....oh my! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Pro-Choicers….for Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 50:18


    Two poems on abortion from the pens of Black women --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Our poetic journey of Two Prisoner Poems

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 53:30


    Our thought provoking journey of “prison” poetry. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    After Thoughts on…a Vegan Social?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2022 30:48


    Black socials…when they go right and when they go left. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    After Thoughts on…A Museum Crawl

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 38:33


    Our reality In curated spaces --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    When We're Poetic After Thoughts on How We Move

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2022 46:31


    Relocation and it's affects on personal fulfillment --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Quick 10: July Reflections Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2022 28:43


    Elmo got COVID and I want $1,050.00… --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Quick 10: June Reflections Pt. II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2022 32:23


    From Heat waves to Prince's birthday --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Quick 10: June Reflections

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 31:40


    From Biggie's Birthday to Juneteenth Ice cream --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    A Quick 10 (New Content!)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2022 27:41


    We missed you too! Back with some new content. A quick 10 questions touching on current events and personal insights. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    When We're Poetic Thoughts on…Black Progress

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 52:22


    A discussion on the differences in measurement on progress in the the Black Community. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Leave Black Women Alone

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 47:52


    Celebrating Women's History Month, melanated. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    When We're Poetic After Thoughts on…Preserving Pro-Black Energy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 27:39


    Keith and I discuss strategies on how to remain sucker free amidst harmful media depictions. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Black Erotica

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 53:42


    Consuming “Sweet Sugarcane” with Gloria Naylor and listening to Akua Lezli Hope tell us what to do with horns that fit. Grown folks talking. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    When We're Poetic After Thoughts on...Our First Line of Defense

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2022 36:05


    While riding through the dirty streets of Baltimore, Keith and I discuss the importance of nutrition. Join us while we share our concerns about the lack of values surrounding fine dining and prioritizing the basics of nutrition to embrace health in our lives.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    What's your name?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 48:34


    Reviewing the importance of names with a poem by Assetou Xango and an article by Maria Konnikova. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    When We're Poetic After Thoughts On…Our New Year's Getaway

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2022 16:48


    Thoughts on an unexpected hidden gem in the bustling city limits… --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    When We're Poetic Thoughts on a Kwanzaa Celebration (Imani)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2022 17:59


    Celebrate Kwanzaa with us. Quick daily reflections for an awesome 7 days. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    When We're Poetic Thoughts on a Kwanzaa Celebration (Kuumba)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 12:30


    Celebrate Kwanzaa with us. Quick daily reflections for an awesome 7 days. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    When We're Poetic Thoughts on a Kwanzaa Celebration (Nia)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 14:52


    Celebrate Kwanzaa with us. Quick daily reflections for an awesome 7 days. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    When We're Poetic Thoughts on a Kwanzaa Celebration (Ujamaa)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 18:16


    Celebrate Kwanzaa with us. Quick daily reflections for an awesome 7 days. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    When We're Poetic After Thoughts on a Kwanzaa Celebration (Ujima)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2021 18:08


    Celebrate Kwanzaa with us. Quick daily reflections for an awesome 7 days. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    When We're Poetic Thoughts on a Kwanzaa Celebration (Kujichagulia)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2021 15:16


    Celebrate Kwanzaa with us. Quick daily reflections for an awesome 7 days. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    When We're Poetic After Thoughts on a Kwanzaa Celebration (Umoja)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2021 18:05


    Celebrate Kwanzaa with us. Quick daily reflections for an awesome 7 days. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    When We're Poetic Thoughts on…12 Months of Podcasting!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2021 17:28


    Keith and I sharing gratitude for you listeners and our plans to produce more content. Love you all! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    When We're Poetic…After Thoughts on White Assertion

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 16:25


    Another innocent night out on the town only to face the need for believed White superiority to disrupt our comfort and insert reminders of horrific experiences our ancestors endured because of their ancestor's greed. Can we get a break ya'll??? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    The New Season of YOU

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 54:20


    Exploring fears that plague our community and stunt our growth as a people with Etheridge Knight's “A Fable” and Audre Lorde's “A Litany for Survival”. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    When We're Poetic After Thoughts on a DC Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021 20:22


    A conversation about interrupted Black dialogue. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Happy Halloween

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2021 55:52


    Scary times with “Haunted Oak” by Paul Laurence Dunbar and “Halloween in Anthropocene, 2015” Craig Santos Perez. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Indigenous Peoples Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 51:18


    Two great Native Poets, in their own words. "Becoming Human" with Simon J. Ortiz and "Love Lessons in a Time of Settler Colonialism" with Tanaya Winder. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Harriet Tubman: A Metaphoric Giant According to Mr. Douglass

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 52:32


    When speaking on or of Harriet Tubman, there are requirements - who better qualified than Frederick Douglass…? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    When We're Poetic After Thoughts on Evolutionary Black Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021 24:23


    A interesting observation of the pattern of Eurocentric based American behavior when a romantically connected free and natural Black couple enters the room.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Cross Culturally Connected

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2021 48:57


    Join us for a night at an exclusive meeting with Dutty Boukman praying over us and another militant prayer/poem by Jacques Romain. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    When We're Poetic After Thoughts on Natural Hair

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2021 20:32


    An extended conversation hair and it's connection to self love --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    When We're Poetic After Thoughts on Juneteenth Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2021 21:32


    A continued conversation on Juneteenth --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    A Hairy Conversation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 56:59


    Discussing Excerpts from Yogi Bhajan's “Ancient Art of Self Healing” book and poem “To Those of My Sisters who kept Their Naturals” by Gwendolyn Brooks. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Welcome to When We're Poetic….After Thoughts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2021 19:01


    Bonus Content for the When We're Poetic Podcast Community. Your favorite podcasters share intimate discussions. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Happy 4th of Ju-LIE!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 54:33


    The fireworks Show ignited by Frederick Douglass and Langston Hughes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Happy Juneteenth….?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 57:41


    Diving into the romanticism of truth hiding in plain sight of “freedom” and the poeticism of George M. Horton. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    A tale of Tu(2) Pacs....

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 58:22


    A meeting of the minds in Tupac Amaru II and Tupac Amaru Shakur. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    The Force Behind our Armed Forces

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2021 55:49


    You're invited to a Tragic comedy with Dick Gregory in Bombingham, Alabama and then chill with Morgan Freeman while he recites Nelson Mandela's favorite poem “Invictus”. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Happy Mother's Day to Big Mama...Mother Earth

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 56:54


    Exploring Environmental Terrorism with Poet Nikki Giovanni and the Father of Environmental Justice Robert Bullard. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Jazz is a 4 Letter Word

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 58:14


    A trip to the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival with Martin L. King Jr.'s essay and a question filled pow wow with Amiri Baraka's Somebody Blew Up America Jazz Poem --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Build and they will come...to tear it down

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 44:16


    The importance of FUBU with Langston Hughes' Note on Commercial Theater and Jean Dominique's editorial “Bon Appetit, Monssieurs” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Be a Standout

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 53:36


    Discussion of Josephine Baker's Speech at March on Washington Alice Walker's “Be Nobody's Darling” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Phenomenally Feminine

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 57:17


    Discussing “On Women's Rights” speech by Sojourner Truth and “Phenomenal Woman” by Maya Angelou --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    Revolutionary Black Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 49:37


    A continued discussion on the concept of “We” held on episode 2 and tying that into the importance of revolutionary Black love with readings from a 1936 love letter penned by Charles Drew and a poem written by poet Storm. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

    The Inauguration

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 59:59


    Discussion of Maya Angelou's “On The Pulse of Morning” and Amanda Gorman's “The Hill We Climb” - A... different perspective in this episode -- "We" who!!!??!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwpoetic/message

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