For many, the pandemic of 2020-21 has been an epic journey of grief and anxiety. Loss of life, livelihood, and health has stressed and compressed us. Simple conversations about how to be safe feel multilayered and pull at trust. Given the complexity of our day-to-day existence and the profound suffering that has emerged, how doContinue reading “Poetry and Silence: Toward Creating a Healing Space”
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When Grief Knocks
When grief knocks on the door, we may fear that if we open the door, it will create discord, disorder, and constriction. There may be a back and forth between wanting/needing to let others in, and, closing down and wanting to be alone. We may feel that no one really understands what we’re experiencing andContinue reading “When Grief Knocks”
The Magic of Reading Poetry Aloud: A Response to Hannah Giorgis’s Essay, “How Poetry Can Guide Us Through Trauma”
I was mesmerized by the quote from Natasha Trethewey in Hannah Girogis’s recent essay in The Atlantic (https://lnkd.in/e9jfpXf), “How Poetry Can Guide Us Through Trauma,” when Tretheway expressed, “…I had to put my grief in the mouth of language, because it’s the only thing that will grieve with me….” Grief is ubiquitous and inescapable, andContinue reading “The Magic of Reading Poetry Aloud: A Response to Hannah Giorgis’s Essay, “How Poetry Can Guide Us Through Trauma””
