Mobile Logo SELF-CARE HOW POETRY CAN TEACH US ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH by Liz Newman May 25, 2021 42 Poetry and mental health go hand-in-hand for so many of us because poetry gives our hearts a place to express our experiences in a healing way. Poems offer us a safe space to process our pain and vocalize our hardships. Poetry is a beautiful gift we get to share that has so much to teach us about the topic of mental health. 1. Poetry ignites our compassion and helps us see others in their struggles. Poetry evokes emotion in its readers, and it provides an opportunity to open up through vulnerable storytelling and honest reflection. When we read a deeply personal poem, it challenges us to see the world from the writer’s perspective. And even though we may struggle with different things or battle different hardships, there is a vulnerability to poetry that calls us to compassion for one another. 2. Poetry offers a therapeutic outlet for proces...
In Britain, nineteenth-century poetry began with Romanticism and ended in Decadence, with the high Victorian poetry of Tennyson, Browning, and Christina Rossetti coming in the middle. In the United States, meanwhile, Longfellow, Whitman, and Emily Dickinson helped to shape the course of nineteenth-century American poetry. Below, we introduce ten of the greatest and most representative poems of the nineteenth century written in English, whether in Britain or America. Percy Shelley, ‘ To a Skylark ’. Shelley completed this, one of his most famous poems, in June 1820. The inspiration for the poem was an evening walk Shelley took with his wife, Mary, in Livorno, in north-west Italy. Mary later described the circumstances that gave rise to the poem: ‘It was on a beautiful summer evening while wandering among the lanes whose myrtle hedges were the bowers of the fire-flies, that we heard the carolling of the skylark.’ The opening line of the poem gave Noel Coward the title for his pl...
ART TRAVEL NATURE LISTS BEST DAILY PIC SHIRK VIDEOS PRIVACY AUG 11, 2022 7 Great Places for Women to Travel Alone There’s no doubt that women need to take extra precautions when they travel by themselves. But besides safety issues, these recommendations are all about experiencing great places with plenty to do and see. Here are 7 of the best places for women to travel solo as recommended by ladies who have been there and done that. 1. Costa Rica Stacy Schwartz quit her full-time job to travel and she eventually founded her own company, Ketanga Fitness Retreats . One spot she highly recommends for women traveling solo is the beautiful country of Costa Rica. Schwartz says, “There are options to go to highly-visible, touristy areas or explore less-traveled areas depending on your level of comfort.” The country’s people are welcoming, the weather is great, and you can hit a variety of natural spots including beaches and rainforests. 2. Mt. Koyasan, Japan Shannon Ull...
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