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This week: Poetic Therapy Edited by: Dawn Embers  
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A look at the use of poetry for a writer and for story characters in order to process emotions and as a form of therapy. |
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Medicines and surgery may cure, but only reading and writing poetry can heal." – J. Arroyo, author
One of my novel characters is a boy who struggles with depression and one of his outlets is writing. In the beginning, he is restriction from writing by his stepmother due to some dark poems and bits that were discovered. Not having that outlet makes it very difficult for him. Later, when she is no longer involved, he gets the outlet back. For a Valentine's gift to a boy he likes, instead of the usual sappy he does something more personal by sharing some of the poems with him.
Fiction isn't the only place where this can be found. For many people, poetry is often used as an emotional outlet for a variety of different reasons. I remember as a teenage writing some rather sappy, rhyme focused poems along with others that tended to be more about sadness and feeling empty. Now that I look back, those was some terrible poetry, however, the point wasn't creating something amazing. They served their purpose during that time, especially for a shy teen who even as an adult struggles with social situations and making friends.
For some, poetry can be about making a publishable product but for many other people, it's serves as an outlet. This can be particularly true when struggling with an event or a situation in life. Loss and grief are two emotions that have a common home in the poetry world. Writing can help a person process the emotional turmoil that they may struggle to express in standard sentences or may feel a stigma against showcasing.
Poetry isn't a therapy replacement and it can't solve all of our problems. Still, it's a great tool to use in order to process, express, face and move through the bumpy terrain that is our emotions. Whether it's a poem that never sees the light of day, stays hidden in a book, gets destroyed at a later date or gets shared on some type of platform, the act of writing can provide a great outlet.
"Poetry can assist the elderly in transcending loss and maintaining a vital connection to the life process and can provide a significant contribution toward interpersonal and intergenerational linkages." - Nicholas Mazza, Ph.D., RPT |
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Have you used poetry as a form of therapy?
"To write poetry is to be alive." - Rainer Maria Rilke, poet
"Poetry brings unconscious forces into consciousness to make them understandable…it provides an outlet for emotions." - Owen Heninger
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