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Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of
Poem-Making by John Fox
In general this book is an amazing tool to deal with a basic sort of writer's block. I'd say that no matter what your genre of writing, you will find exercises and ideas here to jump start you after a block or to fuel you on in the middle of a project. In some ways, this work could be akin to a guide for writing in much the same way many writers have found The Artists Way to work. Specifically, you will find tools here for your own grief & healing work or for the facilitation of work with others along the way. A note of interest here is that Poetic Medicine includes a section specifically about "Writing Poems To Heal The Wounds of Childhood Abuse." This section may be especially helpful to those who are also following the Child Abuse and Recovery site run by Susan Maree Jeavons here at Suite101. Susan is currently running the 3rd Annual Child Abuse and Recovery Poetry Contest, and those who are participating there would probably find strong support from Poetic Medicine for the work they themselves are doing. While I think anyone working in the bereavement and/or recovery fields would benefit from this work, I think also that anyone doing any kind of care giving or facilitation work would find useful tools here. One of the basic rules for Poetic Medicine is learning how to ask the open ended questions so the person you ask can have room to explore his or her answers. For instance, you could ask someone with ADHD, "Did you have a good day?" and they will likely say "yes" or "no." However, if you ask them, "How did you feel today at school?" then they are likely to feel a Go To Page: 1 2
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