People who feel lonely, isolated, anxious, or depressed could find relief by writing, reading, and sharing poetry – even in this era of WhatsApp and immediate communication. Research by the UK’s ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

Poetry therapy is the use of poems, stories, song lyrics, imagery, and metaphors to aid in personal growth and healing. It is a type of expressive arts therapy, similar to art therapy and music ...

Poetry can enrich a child’s life significantly. Here is how to get them interested. Listening to poetry, reading and writing it can provide children with multiple benefits, from developing language ...

According to one way of thinking, poetry might be an antidote to the barrage of news that has overwhelmed so many of us in the opening months of this year. Poems are often said to have a decelerative ...

When Russia invaded Ukraine, Ukrainian American writer Ilya Kaminsky’s poem “We Lived Happily During the War” went viral across social media. Poetry can often help people make sense of the world in ...

Millennials are up against a few obstacles in terms of reading poetry. First, many of us learned poetry almost exclusively from classic examples. Additionally, we're often taught with the "tie the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Singing is one method of poetry therapy.Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images Poetry therapy is an expressive arts therapy utilizing poems, ...

Reading, writing and sharing poetry can help people cope with loneliness or isolation and reduce feelings of anxiety and depression, a new study shows. Research by the University of Plymouth and ...