Poetry Rx: How 50 Inspiring Poems Can Heal and Bring Joy To Your Life

Poetry To Heal, Inspire And Enjoypoetry Rx Presents 50 Great Poems As Seen Through The Eyes Of A Renowned Psychiatrist And New York Times Bestseller. In This Book, You Will Find Insights Into Love, Sorrow, Ecstasy And Everything In Between: Love In The Moment Or For A Lifetime; Love That Is Fulfilling Or Addictive; When To Break Up And How To Survive When Someone Breaks Up With You.Separate Sections Deal With Responses To The Natural World, And The Varieties Of Human Experience (Such As Hope, Reconciliation, Leaving Home, Faith, Self-Actualization, Trauma, Anger, And The Thrill Of Discovery). Other Sections Involve Finding Your Way In The World And The Search For Meaning, As Well As The Final Stages Of Life.In Describing This Multitude Of Human Experiences, Using Vignettes From His Work And Life, Rosenthal Serves As A Comforting Guide To These Poetic Works Of Genius. Through His Writing, The Workings Of The Mind, As Depicted By These Gifted Writers Speak To Us As Intimately As Our Closest Friends.Rosenthal Also Delves Into The Science Of Mind And Brain. Who Would Have Thought, For Example, That Listening To Poetry Can Cause People To Have Goosebumps By Activating The Reward Centers Of The Brain? Yet Research Shows That To Be True.And Who Were These Fascinating Poets? In A Short Biosketch That Accompanies Each Poem, Rosenthal Draws Connections Between The Poets And Their Poems That Help Us Understand The Enigmatic Minds That Gave Birth To These Masterworks. Altogether, A Fulfilling And Intriguing Must-Read For Anyone Interested In Poetry, The Mind, Self-Help And Genius.Contentsintroductionpart Oneloving And Losingchapter Oneis There An Art To Losing?One Art By Elizabeth Bishopchapter Twocan Love Transform You?How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways By Elizabeth Barrett Browningchapter Threethe Heart Versus The Mindpity Me Not Because The Light Of Dayby Edna St. Vincent Millaychapter Fourlove In The Momentlullaby By W. H. Audenchapter Fivewhen Love Fadesfailing And Flyingby Jack Gilbertchapter Sixgetting Over A Breakup I: Acceptancewhy So Pale And Wan Fond Lover?By Sir John Sucklingchapter Sevengetting Over A Breakup Ii: Reclaiming Yourselflove After Love By Derek Walcott,Chapter Eightdeclaring Your Lovesonnet 18: Shall I Compare Thee To A Summers Day? By William Shakespearechapter Nineconsoled By Lovesonnet 29: When, In Disgrace With Fortune And Mens Eyes By William Shakespearechapter Tenin Praise Of The Marriage Of True Mindssonnet 116: Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds By William Shakespearechapter Elevenloss Of A Loved Onestop All The Clocks, Cut Off The Telephone (Funeral Blues) By W. H. Audenchapter Twelvewill I Ever Feel Better?Time Does Not Bring Relief By Edna St. Vincent Millaychapter Thirteenlove Rememberedwhen You Are Old By William Butler Yeatschapter Fourteenlove After Deathremember By Christina Rossetti,Part Twothat Inward Eyechapter Fifteentranscendence In Naturedaffodils By William Wordsworthchapter Sixteenthe Memory Of Daffodilsmiracle On St. Davids Day By Gillian Clarkechapter Seventeentranscendence In Body And Mindlines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey (Excerpt) By William Wordsworthchapter Eighteenthe Power Of Dark And Lighttheres A Certain Slant Of Light By Emily Dickinsonchapter Nineteenin Praise Of Diversitypied Beauty By Gerard Manley Hopkinschapter Twentya Plea To Save The Natural Worldinversnaid By Gerard Manley Hopkinschapter Twenty-Onethe Importance Of Being Neededstopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening By Robert Frostchapter Twenty-Twothe Choices We Makethe Road Not Takenby Robert Frostchapter Twenty-Threethe Force Of Longingsea Feverby John Masefieldchapter Twenty-Fourfinding Hope In Naturethe Darkling Thrush By Thomas Hardypart Threethe Human Experiencechapter Twenty-Five The Power Of Hopehope Is The Thing With Feathers By Emily Dickinsonchapter Twenty-Sixwelcoming Your Emotionsthe Guest House By Jalaluddin Rumi Translated By Coleman Barkschapter Twenty-Seventhe Healing Power Of Reconciliationout Beyond Ideas By Jalaluddin Rumi (Translated By Coleman Barks)Chapter Twenty-Eightleaving Hometraveler, There Is No Road By Antonio Machado Translated By Mary G. Berg And Dennis Maloneychapter Twenty-Nineand Those You Leave Behindletter To My Mother By Salvatore Quasimodo Translated By Jack Bevanchapter Thirtythe Importance Of Self-Actualizationon His Blindness By John Miltonchapter Thirty-Onethe Power Of Faithpsalm 23A Psalm Of Davidchapter Thirty-Twothe Thrill Of Discoveryon First Looking Into Chapmans Homer By John Keatschapter Thirty-Threethe Enduring Thrill Of The Momenthigh Flight By John Gillespie Magee Jrchapter Thirty-Fourthe Long Reach Of Traumathe Sentence By Anna Akhmatova Translated By Judith Hemschemeyerchapter Thirty-Fivethe Danger Of Angera Poison Tree By William Blakepart Foura Design Fo