Links
and Resources for the Field of Poetry Therapy
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National
Association for Poetry Therapy
http://www.poetrytherapy.org
If you're not already a member of NAPT, browse on over and find
your tribe. The international membership is an eclectic collection of poets,
writers, lovers of words, educators, helping professionals, librarians, clergy,
memoirists, journal writers -- there's something for everyone here
who believes in the power of language, symbol and story for healing and growth.
Poetry
Sites:
http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/
Garrison Keillor and Minnesota
Public Radio bring you the daily
Writer's Almanac, with a poem
and a fascinating "This Day in Literary History" for
every day of the year. Poems are archived weekly on this site, but for an even
bigger poetic rush, sign up for the daily podcast -- and listen to Garrison's
mellifluous voice read you the poem and literary nuggets du jour.
http://www.panhala.net/Archive/Index.html
Behind this modest door lie poetic treasures. Joe Riley has the literature
selecton instincts of a poetry therapist, the eye of an artist and the
ear of a maestro. Daily poems are accompanied by jaw-dropping illustrations
and beautiful music: A creative arts trifecta. You can also subscribe to his
email list and he'll deliver the whole kaboodle straight to your desk.
http://www.poets.org/
One-stop shopping for great poems, biographical information on great poets,
more than two dozen articles on writing, and enough absorbing side trips
to keep you coming back again and again.
http://www.poems.com/
Another absorbing "poem a day" site, this one more classically literary
than "poetry-therapeutic," but still there is much to savor here.
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