The Poetry CureJulia Darling, Cynthia Fuller Department of English Literary & Linguistic Studies, University of Newcastle, 2005 - 112 pagina's This anthology was copublished with Newcastle University. Its two editors worked with patients and medical staff to produce a selection of poems which they thought would be helpful to people recovering from physical and mental illness. 'This book of poems is for all of us who go through illness, deal with doctors, hospitals, and experiences such as bereavement and ageing, and who struggle to find language to describe the suffering we have to go through. Medical language baffles and alienates us. It's a harsh, unforgiving vocabulary that often seems to bear no relationship to our own emotional predicament. In this uplifting anthology we see how poetry can give us metaphors and images to help us understand our feelings and communicate them to people around us. This is a book that should be in every waiting-room, and should be by the bed of every GP and consultant. It may inspire you to write poetry, and also help you to find order in the chaos of ill health. By giving us words, poetry can help cure us.' - Julia Darling & Cynthia Fuller |
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... things in a fresh way . So in the case of the physical body , poetry shows us pictures and meta- phors that we can use , rather like visualisations . In my case I chose to imagine my body as a house , and wrote many poems during my ...
... things in a fresh way . So in the case of the physical body , poetry shows us pictures and meta- phors that we can use , rather like visualisations . In my case I chose to imagine my body as a house , and wrote many poems during my ...
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... thing very healing about working out the jigsaw of a poem , even though the subject matter might be upsetting ... things I have found most interesting is developing new vocabularies for pain . The language of pain is overused and ...
... thing very healing about working out the jigsaw of a poem , even though the subject matter might be upsetting ... things I have found most interesting is developing new vocabularies for pain . The language of pain is overused and ...
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... things I can't put names to . The air is iodine and polish , the doctor's chair a wooden throne with a squashy cushion that puffs and blows , fastened by rows of golden studs . It's got spider's legs with wheels on their feet that ...
... things I can't put names to . The air is iodine and polish , the doctor's chair a wooden throne with a squashy cushion that puffs and blows , fastened by rows of golden studs . It's got spider's legs with wheels on their feet that ...
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