Discusses the use of poetry as a therapeutic means of breaking silence with survivors of an alcoholic household. Examines some of the author's own poetry as descent images and links ancient myth to the journey of contemporary women. (SR)

Discusses a number of uses for poetry in health care management. Argues that poetry can be an artful partner not only as a therapeutic tool but also in management practice. (SR)

Offers a narrative on the therapeutic benefits of writing poetry which examines the creative process in relation to reading misperceptions and to useful delays in word retrieval. Suggests that a particular learning disability may signal a creative capability. (SR)

Provides a psychohistorical perspective on the Russian poet, Marina Tsvetayeva, who committed suicide in 1941. Offers a critical analysis of Boris Pasternak's (1983) "I Remember: Sketch for an Autobiography" to yield several points to consider in interpreting motives for suicides. (SR)

Presents an interview with poet John Ashbery about how to teach one of his poems to people of high school age. (RS)

Argues that within biblio/poetry therapy, self and others are invented through expressive resources inherent in language. Shows how poetic communication conveys, through texts, "transformative" transferences and countertransferences that foster creative imagination. Sees biblio/poetry therapy as a performance scene where co-tellings,…

Argues that the healer acts as the muse of the humanities, while the humanities function as healer's creative force. Describes how the author reached the crossroads of the humanities and healing (as an English professor and a psychotherapist), and examines the work of John Keats. Shows how poetry therapists stand at the crossroads where emotion…

Describes how the author came to love poetry, and how she taught a poetry unit with an adult literacy class. Argues that poetry is a way of taking literacy "by the throat." (SR)

Discusses the presence of graphic organization in books, which creates peculiar, constitutive reading signals regarding the nature of illustration. Analyzes the graphic organization of five different illustrations of poems. (PA)

Makes the case for, and demonstrates the use of, poetic transcription as a form of presenting evaluation findings. Taking language from focus group interviews, the evaluator constructed a poem intended to provoke readers into a process of reflection meaning making about the program being evaluated, the method by which the representation was…

Discusses the theoretical approach to videopoetry. States that the concept of videopoetry (as distinct from videoart) arose in 1968 from experimenting with video for creative and poetic production using verbal and nonverbal signs. Concludes that videopoetry is a challenge for both poets and readers. (PA)

Describes a personal involvement with digital media and the origins of the conception of the "diagrammatic" poem. Reflects on what is considered to be a poem in tune with today's computerized society. (PA)

Presents an annotated bibliography of websites containing book reviews and other sites dealing with electronic poetry, hyperfiction, hypertext studies, poets' sites, and sites discussing history of new media poetry. (PA)

Discusses the work of the physician and the poet, and the features they share. Notes that both require the application of technique and art; aim for a state of wholeness; and depend on a state of awareness and attention to the present moment. (SR)

Presents two writing educators' teaching responses after September 11th. Notes that the challenge for students of poetry is to respond to and incorporate tragedy by creating drama through language and form rather than borrowing it from the events. Discusses the use of a two-line etude to respond to September 11th. (SG)