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Chris Burn on the therapeutic power of Creative Writing
VIDEO – HEALING WORDS https://www.poetrychangeslives.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Healing-Words-video.htm Writer and Psychotherapist CHRIS BURN talks about therapeutic power of Creative Writing CLICK HERE > Healing Words video
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Serenity Cafe, Edinburgh
My nomination for ‘best catering experience of 2017’ is the Serenity Café, Edinburgh. The Café lies off Holyrood Road, and is ‘sandwiched’ between the specialised... Read More
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Why Bowie Dying Feels So Personal
This guest article by Annabel Burn was previously published in Huffington Post Still don’t know what I was waiting for…. I was 4 when I... Read More
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Make poetry
You don’t like reading poetry? Try writing it then. Modern poetry can be fun. Try the ‘cut-up’ poetry technique used by American writer and lifelong... Read More
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Joyce Kilmer and Trees in Poetry
Joyce Kilmer wrote a famous poem about trees but almost every other poet I know has done a tree poem at some time – –... Read More
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Mount Pleasant
We are the silenced The ones with tape over our mouths Those that are confused, Because it wasn’t supposed to be this way. We are... Read More
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Poetry Therapy – A Case in Point
Poetry has been in the news due to its usefulness in therapy; helping the traumatised, the bereaved, and those who just have difficulty expressing themselves... Read More