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We took a 3 episode voyage where we explored our thoughts, feelings, and personal experiences with voyeurism, exhibitionism, and the seas of gray that lie in between. In the end, some of us were wet, while others, were full of steam! Listen to Looks of Lustful Means, then, The Exhibitionist’s Spell, and finally The Rebuttal. Listen in that order, because it’s quite the ride. To look or not to look? Press play while you decide! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

On our voyage exploring the subject of voyeurism, with our episode “Looks of Lustful Means”(S5 E2). We stopped and couldn’t help but dwell as we fell under, “The Exhibitionist’s Spell” (S5 E3). In that previous episode, the differences in opinions were not subtle! So here we are in this episode with more of “The Rebuttal”. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

In our previous episode “Looks of Lustful Means” I spoke with three members of The Board about shifting boundaries, secret fantasies, and what lures the voyeur; but that wasn’t all! We took a voyage into the seas of gray, beyond what is black and white, and we continued that voyage in our conversation today. But the members of The Board in this episode are from a different crew, they have a different perspective than the previous few. They wanted to unpack some of what was said in “Looks of Lustful Means”, but don’t worry the shade came in sprinkles, not in streams. I’d describe it as, subtle. The Exhibitionist’s Spell is the rebuttal! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

Could you be a voyeur with no notion of it? Do you hate it but secretly love it? Could it be a natural inclination to look without invitation? Movies surrounding the taboo topic of voyeurism such as “The Voyeurs” has inspired the following one-on-one conversations I’ve had with members of The Board. So sit back and explore with us as we take a deep dive into a conversation, about voyeurism, exhibitionism, and everything in between, in Looks of Lustful Means! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

These days I have a different relationship with time. I've left birth date spaces and social media places blank with authenticity in mind. What I find is that the people who love me don't need a notification to keep me top of mind. As I begin a new season again, I wanted to make it abundantly clear that I'm so happy to be in your ear. Hopefully, the words that I share in this new poem make it to your heart from there. For every season, you are the purpose and the reason I give everything I can here. So as we begin this new season together, I do so with a sense of gratitude for the support you had shown even when my location was unknown. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

Do you find that in spite of your best intentions to communicate clearly with your partner still somehow your words or actions are misunderstood?Is the collective history between you making it a mystery to discovery the lover you fell involve with? Well I’m blessed to have the board on board with me again today, as we navigate this conversation about the lost art of communication in our relationships and maybe how we can find our way. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

This is a poem about evolving through adversity. It's about what we make out of all the pieces of ourselves that we discover and recover on our journey. For me it's about surrendering to the spiritual force that lives within thee, and what I'll make of this course that is my humanity. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

Do you use astrology as a guide in your search for love? Or is it the only guiding force when you must decide who deserves your love? Or maybe you know someone who fits all of the above! As the members of the board and I assembled for this conversation, we came to it with open minds, open hearts as well as our own theories. Here's the question I had from the start. What happens when matters of the heart do not align with matters of the chart? Join us for a fun conversation where all zodiac signs a welcomed. Share this episode with your friends who are all about those charts, thank you for listening from the bottom of our hearts. Email us at listen@ThePoetGod.com and subscribe for more! Check our precious episodes there’s so much more in store! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

The Board is back. They’ve been tested, and we are going to discuss the languages of love they speak. Because in the world of love languages the sentences aren’t always complete, and on the bridge of communication that could only lead to defeat. So as we explored all of the love languages that are listed, I wanted to know what happens when they get twisted! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

In this new season, it's about the conversations that changed me, the truths that saved me, the revelations that guide me that hopefully helps you on your own journey of discovery.  Subscribe To The Poet God podcast on your favorite podcast app and let’s begin a magical relationship with each other as we unpack the wonders of this life together. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

Have you ever felt that traditional or religious ideas of monogamy are out of date or out of step with the needs of humanity? If the answer is yes, you're not the only one. After watching Showtime’s “The Affair” and Netflix’s Sex Life, I’ve been reflecting on a conversation that began with a group of friends at a dinner party years ago, where one person expressed his belief that the idea of the monogamous relationship is problematic because it assumes that one person can be everything that the other person in the relationship needs. He expressed that to proceed with what he believed to be an impossible dream, would lead to disappointment when one or both of you discover that you can’t meet all of each other’s needs. All of this lead to this episodes conversation with my friend Donte. After being Married with kids for years now he found himself needing to breakout of traditional ideas of what all of that means! I can't wait for you to hear how things have evolved in his relationship with his wife as they both begin a new journey of addressing their emotional, spiritual and sexual needs. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

In this unexpected episode and edition of Inside The Mind of a Poet, I've found myself in the hot seat once again but this time it was with WNHHLP 103.5FM's Behind The Brand hosts Ez Blues and Prestige who graciously allowed me to remix their interview with me which you'll experiences here as "Inside: Dissecting Dualities". We ventured into what is often uncomfortable conversation about race, sexuality and religion. We explored both the business and pleasure of podcasting. On a more personal note it was an opportunity to catch up with someone I'd had a connection with years ago who now is host of his own radio show. So sit back and see what happens when two shows and three hosts come together for a journey Behind The Brand! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

I use poetry to articulate and investigate the journey of my soul and the challenges of this human experience we are all having. In "Surrender Remember" I use the eagle (the soul) and the snail (our physical body) as a metaphor to illustrate how vastly different things feel to me when experienced spiritually versus physically. It's about what happened when I came to a place with myself when those experiences began to intertwine inextricably. Explaining  further I think of it as when the consciousness of the soul comes into alignment with the physical presence and awareness of the body. They begin to interact more powerfully and more in alignment with each other, where the spiritual and physical experiences are no longer so far away. When the eagle finds its way to the snail and there's a thinning of the veil. What has been happening with me is that the needs and desires of my soul have taken priority. As this spiritual eclipse continues I find myself redefining my humanity. The core purpose of this podcast is to take you on this journey with me, with the hope that you'd find something helpful in your own journey of better understanding both your human and spiritual reality. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

I'm so excited about the return of this series. The idea behind "Inside The Mind of a Poet" was to sit back and unpack the poetry along with the events that inspired it. This time around we've tweaked things a bit and I get to sit in the hot seat while producer Calvin takes over as host. So basically he picks a poem that has already been released for your listening pleasure and we dive into everything that went into the making of it. In this episode we did just that with "In My Mother's Shoes" S3 E8 and it was every bit the therapy session I thought it would be. As you listen I hope it's as good for you as it was for me. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

For several months I worked at the Georgia 400 Toll Plaza as a cashier before it closed its doors and its lanes on Nov 22nd 2013. The following pieces were all inspired by the various experiences I had with the commuting public while I was there. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

This episode is a continuation of the conversation The Board and I were having after a full day of events focused on the subject of lies. If you haven't listened to "Sometimes a lie" start there. In this episode we pick up where we left off and if you thought we couldn't possibly go any deeper, you'd be wrong. So sit back relax or multitask, cause you're in for a thought provoking emotion stirring episode.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

One thing I’ve been driven by in my work over the years as a columnist, poet, and radio show host is my pursuit of the truth. But what happens when you discover that the questions whose answers you’re driven by aren’t so easily answered? What happens when those answers show up with questions of their own? Before I sat down to have this conversation with a few members of the board, I asked them to listen to "Telling Stories" a song by Tracy Chapman, along with a Ted Talk by Nigerian Writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie called "The danger of the single story", and lastly we gathered to watch an Amazon Original movie called “The Lie”. All for the purpose this very thought provoking conversation. As Tracy Chapman puts it in"Telling Stories" there is a fiction in space between us and I wanted go into that space to explore what that fiction is all about. The conversation begins here and continues in Episode 11 "Lie To Me" Press play and begin this journey of self discovery. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

This episode was inspired by a water cooler conversation I walked into between two coworkers Earley and Nate. Nate was sharing the issues he was navigating in his new relationship and Earley (Featured in this episode's Art) was basically telling him to save his time and energy and break up with her now! His advice was pretty much what he felt he should have done months earlier. Sensing that there was a lot more to Earley's story I jokingly suggested that we talk about it on the podcast and he seriously said yes lets do that soon while its fresh. So here we are unpacking everything that played a part in Earley's broken heart! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

I vaguely remember taking the photo featured on this episode's art with my mother. As I look at it I'm reminded of why I'm fascinated with what the mind holds on to and what the spirit presses upon us to reflect. The question I ask myself is "What does it want to teach me?" "what does it want me to go back in time to get?". So I figured what do I have to lose? I think I found something precious in my mother's shoes. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support

In episode 6 "With Friends Like These"  we explored a ton about what health and toxic friendships look like. In this episode we continue that conversation in our examination of when it's time to move on and let go. If you're looking at your circle of friends and you aren't sure, ask then with this episode What's Your Friendship Credit Score? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepoetgod/support