Title: How Poetry Can Heal | Psychology Today
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Diana Raab Ph.D.
How Poetry Can Heal
Psychologists and writers understand the healing power of writing. Here's how.

Content: How Poetry Can Heal | Psychology Today
Diana Raab Ph.D.
The Empowerment Diary
How Poetry Can Heal
Psychologists and writers understand the healing power of writing. Here's how. Posted Apr 11, 2019
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April is National Poetry Month—perhaps a good time to review the positive aspects of reading and writing poems. Poetry is a genre of writing in which succinct, vivid, and intense language is given to feelings, images, and ideas. It is a snapshot written from the inside out. William Wordsworth defined poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of feelings; it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility…”
Typically, a poem has a distinct rhythm. Poetry can also share transformative moments or revelations. Regardless of the type of poem, poetry uses an economy of words;