(captures feelings of apathy and boredom and the need to break out of deadening routines) “Dolor.” The Collected Verse of Theodore Roethke: Words For the Wind. “Self Portrait at 44.” Five Stages of Grief, (a tranquil poem about accepting one’s own imperfections without guilt) “Old Woman.” Five Stages of Grief, (focuses on how sadness visits us sometimes unexpectedly, how our grief wears disguises, and how we can confront our grief in a constructive, honest way) “Marks.” The Five Stages of Grief New York: Norton, (a good poem to facilitate a discussion of how others’ judgments and expectations affect us) (a microscopic look at nature’s small creatures elicits reflections and sadness related to existential searching) Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech Press, (acknowledges the presence and reality of loneliness in all our lives) “The Loneliness Factor.” The Loneliness Factor. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (a soothing, rhythmical poem that expresses the speaker’s sadness, longing, and belief in the therapeutic effects of heartfelt poetry) “The Day Is Done.” The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. New York: Viking, (a moving poem expressing a mixture of regret, joy and sorrow shows how memories of the past affect our present mood and outlook) (Ed.) Vivian de Sola Pinto & Warren Roberts. Mpls.: Lake Street Review Press, (captures the ways in which a woman deals with her feelings of emptiness) “Sunshine Days and Foggy Nights.: (a poem that affirms, in Whitm-anesque fashion, our capacity as humans to experience both joy and sorrow) “Sunshine Days Always Come Back.” (a poem about hope, one that acknowledges the very real existence of “foggy nights,” the times of confusion and darkness that seem permanent, but affirms a natural cycle in which “sunshine days” replace “foggy nights”) “Sadness Is But A Part Of It All.” (a peaceful poem expressing acceptance of sadness and encouraging the reader to see that this acceptance involves believing that as the cold disappears, the warmth returns) Dutton, (a brief poem on the variety of ways anger indirectly manifests itself a good poem to evoke discussion of anger and how we deal with it) Kavanaugh, James. “Anger Leaks Out.” Sunshine Days And Foggy Nights. New York: Scholastic Book Service, (a poem about low selfesteem and the need to uncover our individual “beauty” and talent in the face of others’ expectations and superficial views of who we are) “i.” Search the Silence: Poems of Self-Discovery. (an inspiring poem affirming our capacity to control our own fate as we confront adversity) (Ed.) Curtis Hidden Page (New Ed.) Stith Thompson. “Invictus.” British Poets of The Nineteenth Century. “The Road Not Taken.” Complete Poems of Robert Frost New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, (a poem to facilitate discussion of how we can actively pursue life’s possibilities) Columbus, OH: Ohio Poetry Therapy center, (tells of a housewife’s depression, her growing neglect of repetitive tasks that have ceased to be rewarding captures feelings of loneliness and guilt)įrost, Robert. “Low Grade Depression.” Pudding Magazine, Vol. (A humorously defiant poem that helps facilitate a discussion of self-esteem and self-image)įrink, Susanna. “I’m Nobody! Who are You.” Final Harvest: Emily Dickinsons Poems. “I dreaded that first Robin, so.” Final Harvest: Emily Dickinsons Poems, (a poem reflecting fear of one’s own painful reaction to the signs of spring ends on an affirmative note)ĭickinson, Emily. Boston: Little Brown, (a powerfully sensory poem describing a painful reaction to loss)ĭickinson, Emily. “After great pain, a formal feeling comes.” Final Harvest: Emily Dickinson’s Poems. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, (a poem of religious inspiration provides affirmation of God’s presence, mercy and justice for those going through difficult times)ĭickinson, Emily. “Light Shining Out of Darkness.” Cowper Verse and Letters.
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