Andrea Gibson,Megan Falley

How Poetry Can Change Your Heart

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  • b6402398534has quoted2 years ago
    But a person whose heart has been changed by poetry will tell you poetry is the key that unlocks a door you never knew was shut.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
    Poetry is the passport that proves we are, all of us, citizens of the world, and through poetry we can even heal that world.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quotedlast year
    Maybe it was the literary equivalent of warm milk, lulling you to sleep.
  • jimena astridhas quoted2 years ago
    We live in a culture that oppresses feelings (or, rather, depresses and buries them in work, to-do lists, social media, intoxicants of our choice, etc.), which can actually lead to depression. Ayurvedic medicine suggests the root of disease is often undigested emotion.
  • jimena astridhas quoted2 years ago
    “I want to throw a party for the heartbreak that turned you into a poet.”
    —MINDY NETTIFEE
  • jimena astridhas quoted2 years ago
    Science supports that reading books (as opposed to those pesky screens of junk light) has great benefits for the mind. Hallelujah!
  • jimena astridhas quoted2 years ago
    cell phone––but many studies have illuminated that smartphone dependence leads to anxiety and mood disorders, sleep disturbances, stress level and chronic pain increases, relationship problems, and more
  • Sasha Midlhas quoted2 years ago
    There isn’t anyone in the world who doesn’t write things that don’t suck ever.
  • Sasha Midlhas quoted2 years ago
    Your favorite poet has awful drafts and bizarre metaphors too. They just don’t publish those, so we don’t see them, and then we put the poet on this writerly pedestal of not-sucking.
  • Sasha Midlhas quoted2 years ago
    But it’s okay to suck sometimes. Your failure is encouraged. It means you tried.
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