This week, Andrea (https://www.andreacarterbrown.com/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "The Old Neighborhood" and "Plus ça change....," and September 11th.

You can read Andrea's poem at: http://washingtonart.com/beltway/acbrown.html

You can also follow Andrea at:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrea.c.brown.731Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreabrownpoet/Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndreaBrownPoet

Links to the topics we touched on:1. Henry Hudson and his crew’s interactions with the Lenni-Lenape: https://www.morningsidecenter.org/teachable-moment/lessons/henry-hudson-mannahatta and http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/hudson_03.htm2. Costs of the Afghanistan war: https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-business-afghanistan-43d8f53b35e80ec18c130cd683e1a38f3. The 1993 World Trade Center bombing: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/knew/etc/connecttext.html

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