Episode transcript available here.For this episode of The West Meeting Room, we discuss reclaiming power and joy in the face of discomfort, loneliness, isolation, and grief. Join us as Rebekah, Saba, Paris and Maria each perform an original spoken word piece and share with us the inspiration, state of mind and process that went these works. A link to the poem Saba shared at the beginning of her piece can be found here: #262, from Rumi's Kolliyaat-e Shams-e Tabrizi Edited by Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (Tehran, Amir Kabir, 1988) Translated into English by Zara Houshmand - https://iranian.com/Arts/Rumi/262.html You can follow Rebekah @bex2241 and Paris @parisunltd