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Poetry's Healing Work | Academy of American Poets
"Reading and writing poetry can help us reframe a story or see it from a different perspective. It involves a different way of thinking about how we interpret our experiences. Poetry also helps us manage stress—fostering relaxation and reflection."
On National Poetry Month | Ali Liebegott, The Poetry Foundation
"Over my lifetime, I’ve used poets and poetry as a way to ground myself. When depressed or lost or crazed or in love, I’ve written a poem or read a poem or corresponded with a fellow poet. It’s commonly said that after great personal or national tragedy people turn to poetry. Poetry sales rose after 9/11. It is reassuring to know that poetry somehow answers the unanswerable. Over the last few years, several people in my peer group have died unexpectedly. Some of them were writers. I was put not just in the position of turning to poetry for solace in these instances, but to their poetry."