The season finale is full of inspiration brought by Maura M. Modeya a poet that is revolutionizing poetry in various forms of expression. Will you join us in poet crime? Maura M.M. is a poet & performer. She’s the author of Only Interested in Everything, a poetry chapbook published by Meekling Press. Before heading west, she lived in Chicago where she focused on live performance, as well as producing oddity and storytelling shows. Her work includes themes of sapphic identity, queer westerns, eco-feminism, and the tension that emerges from using 90s/early 00s nostalgia as context for the present. The queer cowb0y as archetype is kind of everything to her and she thinks there is something telling about the first CD someone bought. Let her know yours if you see her. TLC’s CrazySexyCool was her first, purchased at a pawn shop. She holds an MFA in writing and poetics from Naropa University in Boulder, CO where she currently teaches.

In this episode we learn more about Charlene Frazier-Flores and how inspiration can come in tiny yet mighty poems. Charlene is a vegan, reiki master, empath, and psychic medium. She is originally from the Pacific Northwest and now lives with her wife in beautiful Colorado. She enjoys writing about hope and overcoming life’s challenges. She has written poetry for most of her life and is currently working  on an urban fantasy novel. When she is not writing you can find her spending time with family and friends, doing yoga, meditation, and enjoying the great outdoors.

This week I talk with poet and musician Dominique Gordon. Dominique is the author of three poetry collections. Melanin Muse, Saddesfaction (both Amazon bestsellers) and the newly released, Peaches. Dominique is a member of the band DomoJuju, they perform around the Denver Area.