Grief, poetry, and the sweet unexpected
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12095658 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Palmer Gold (corresponding author), RICHARD GOLD (Pongo Poetry Project, Pongo Publishing, Seattle, WA, USA), Elizabeth Jordan (0000-0002-1624-9973, Pongo Poetry Project, Pongo Publishing, Seattle, WA, USA) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 16-25 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Death Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0748-1187 • E-ISSN: 1091-7683 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07481187.2017.1370413 |
| PMID | 29300144 |
| OpenAlex | W2782412075 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
This paper explains the healing benefits, the "sweet unexpected" of the title, which results from using poetry to engage trauma, including traumatic grief. The benefits of poetry are presented alongside a discussion of a 22-year-old nonprofit called The Pongo Poetry Project. The sweet unexpected includes the ease with which trauma survivors engage their trauma narrative, the critical insights that emerge in poetry, the beneficial social context of sharing poetry, and the healing benefits of poetry for writers, care providers, and readers alike. The paper concludes by providing resources that can help people use poetry in their own work
Aesthetics · Art · Context (archaeology · Grief · Literature · Narrative · Poetry · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Homelessness and Social Issues · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |