Poetic Medicine

Beyond poetry's elegant linguistic qualities lies a healing power of enormous strength, beauty, and intensity. With Poetic Medicine, readers can gain access to this natural healing force, become productive poets, and feel the joy of using their own creative energy to make a difference not only within themselves but in the outer world as well. Poignant poems and intimate commentary by both unknown and famous poets reveal how people from all walks of life have used poem-making to explore matters of concern to us all: the joys and sorrows of relationships, illness, the fragile bond between parent and child, the loss of loved ones, caring for humanity and the earth, and the renewal of spiritual connections. Lovers of literature have always appreciated the unique power of language, yet never before has a guide to writing poetry made its innumerable curative capacities so instantly clear.