APPLETON - Mya Koffie is no stranger to difficult subjects, but it’s in the writing of poems she feels released of their burdens. That was one of the main thoughts that inspired the 17-year-old junior ...

Recently, the Narrative Matters section of Health Affairs held a poetry contest – our second ever. We had a wonderful response, with more than 170 poems submitted. The winning poems are published in ...

Healthcare provider LifeStance Health has teamed up with Leica Camera on a campaign that uses photography and poetry to reduce stigmas around mental health. The Not One Face campaign, which started in ...

Poetry therapy is an expressive arts therapy utilizing poems, lyrics, metaphors and more. It can be used to address a range of issues and conditions, including depression and PTSD. Poetry therapy can ...

Poetry is one of the most powerful art forms we have. Since ancient times, poems — from haikus to sonnets to limericks — have succinctly and beautifully translated the joys and sorrows of the world ...

April is National Poetry Month and in celebration the Narrative Matters section of Health Affairs is seeking poetry submissions for upcoming issues of the journal. We are holding a poetry contest from ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Aristotle was a philosopher and polymath from Greece. He began our journey into ‘Poetics’, the science of poetry, as we know today. Poetics and the science of poetry have been the ...

The idea of combining a career as a physician with being a poet should not seem far-fetched. After all, one of America's greatest poets, William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), composed groundbreaking ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — What do superheroes and silver bullets have to do with poetry? After doing a little research on the healing power of poetry, I've concluded that they are all one in the same. Let me ...

Tuesday night the Trojan Campus Center Grand Ballroom was buzzing with activity and excitement with the advent of the fourth annual Slammin’ Down the Stigma Poetry Slam. The poetry slam, hosted by the ...

FARGO — With World Mental Health Day happening earlier this month, there’s been a heightened awareness around the topic as people open up online. From anxiety to depression and other emotional ...

Blue, river, apple. It’s a disjointed series of innocuous words that sent Nancy Nelson on a journey she hadn’t prepared for and never wanted to take. The words revealed that Nelson suffers from what ...