April is National Poetry Month and a good time to consider beginning a poetry writing practice for yourself and/or your ...
South African poet, storyteller, publisher, editor and activist Diana Ferrus (1953-2026) received a provincial funeral when she passed on 30 January. Ferrus came to embody the resilience of women ...
Interpreting trauma through verse In 1949, the German philosopher and social theorist wrote, “to write poetry after Auschwitz ...
Poetry has been a healing tool since the shamans, who chanted poetry for the wellbeing of the tribe. In modern times, Freud recognized the genuis of poetry: ‘Not I, but the poet discovered the ...