Explores the use of poetry as a therapeutic tool in treating the troubled adolescent in an individual, family, and group context. (Author/CM)

Suggestions are given regarding the use of expressive writing with emotionally disturbed children. Examples of student-written poetry are provided to illustrate potential increases in communication and insight. (CL)

Freudian and Jungian theories are considered in terms of poetry, and suggestions are made for teaching the basics of poetry to adults for creative development. Focusing and free association activities are discussed. (CL)

Indicates benefits of introducing poetry to young children. Introduces poetry that is based on subjects and experiences familiar to children such as galoshes, mittens, snowmen, animals, and the sensation of mud between toes. (Author/RH)

Presents excerpts from the speeches and writings of Abraham Lincoln (e.g., various speeches that addressed slavery, a speech on democracy as a universal ideal, and the Gettysburg Address) to show how he evoked a vision of a United States that has inspired, shaped, and defined the country ever since. (SM)

Focuses on a multidisciplinary metatheory relevant for the poetry therapist that speaks to holographic reasoning and metaphorical poetic language. Shows how metaphorical poetic language supports both the therapist and the client. Concludes that the poetry therapist will benefit from this theoretical framework that encourages communications across…

Discusses the ancient "Bardic Mystery" and its descent into the body to let an old Self die. Analyzes the poetry of three contemporary poets to provide substantial support for the role of the poet in the therapeutic process. Connects self-discovery, transformation, and communal awareness to the healing aspects of the lyric, epic, and…

Explores the role of biblio/poetry therapy as an avenue into the spirit that can promote spirituality, perception, insight, relevancy, integration, and totality. (SR)

Discusses autobiography. States that the author, in writing autobiographical poems, is motivated by a desire to inscribe the memory, to fend off forgetfulness, to stake a claim for significance by shaping a story that signifies. Illustrates with various autobiographical poems. (PA)

Provides an overview of 25 years of work, beginning with an analysis of the difficulties of juxtaposition for the poet. Illustrates diagram syntax notation and provides a method for juxtapositions to be included in larger structures. States that juxtaposition itself is achieved through an interactive device called a simultaneity. (PA)

Discusses how one of the main responsibilities of the poet laureate of the United States is to encourage an interest in poetry. Discusses how Billy Collins, the current poet laureate and the author of six collections of poetry, has brought to the position his own style and set of concerns. Notes how he is particularly interested in American high…

Few people go into educational administration striving to be anything less than competent. And while the main ingredients of exemplary leadership are similar--desire, skill and experience--these ingredients must be augmented by the belief that leadership is an evolving process, just like life itself. People can always do something a little bit…

Through poetry and strips of narrative, this paper discusses the embodied experience of chemical sensitivity and the anthropologist author's and other patients' journey through altered perception towards knowledge, community and transformation in the context of a medical clinic. The narratives are situated in several strands of relevant theory,…