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The poetry remedy : prescriptions for the heart, mind, and soul / [edited by] William Sieghart.

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New York : Viking, 2019.

Happiness -- Poetry.

Inspiration -- Poetry.

Hope -- Poetry.

Adjustment (Psychology) -- Poetry.

Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Poetry.

Conduct of life -- Poetry.

9780525561088 (hardcover) :

xix, 196 pages ; 22 cm

Expanded edition.

Mental And Emotional Well-Being -- Anxiety -- The Peace Of Wild Things, Wendell Berry -- Compulsive Behavior -- From New Every Morning, Susan Coolidge -- Depression -- "I Thank You God," E. E. Cummings -- Psychological Scarring -- "Although The Wind," Izumi Shikibu -- Existential Crisis -- Primary Wonder, Denise Levertov -- Old Age -- All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter, J. R. R. Tolkien -- Glumness -- Celia Celia, Adrian Mitchell -- Purposelessness -- The Way It Is, William Stafford -- Unkindness To Oneself -- Rain, Raymond Carver -- Need For Reassurance -- Everything Is Going To Be All Right, Derek Mahon -- Intractable Sorrow -- Sorrows, Lucille Clifton -- Hopelessness -- From You'll Never Walk Alone, Oscar Hammerstein II -- Feelings Of Unreality -- From Of Gravity And Light, John Burnside -- Emotional Baggage -- Burlap Sack, Jane Hirshfield -- Convalescence -- Chemotherapy, Julia Darling -- Loneliness -- From My Brilliant Image, Hafiz -- Motivations -- Inertia When Alone -- Love After Love, Derek Walcott -- Stagnation -- The Trees, Philip Larkin -- Lack Of Courage -- Come To The Edge, Christopher Logue -- Pessimism -- Ways Of Talking, Ha Jin -- Defeatism -- Thinking, Walter D. Wintle -- Dissatisfaction With Life -- The Price, Stuart Henson -- Procrastination -- You Reading This, Be Ready, William Stafford -- Need For Mindfulness -- Praying, Mary Oliver -- Lethargy -- Nobody, Michael Laskey -- Feelings Of Worthlessness -- From At Set Of Sun, Ella Wheeler Wilcox -- Loss Of Creativity -- The Art Room, Shara Mccallum -- Loss Of Zest For Life -- Ironing, Vicki Feaver -- Failure To Live In The Moment -- Golden Retrievals, Mark Doty -- Need For Moral Guidance -- If -- , Rudyard Kipling -- Fear Of Mortality -- When Death Comes, Mary Oliver -- Self-Image And Self-Acceptance -- Insecurity -- Phenomenal Woman, Maya Angelou -- Not Knowing Who One Is -- We Are Many, Pablo Neruda -- Self-Recrimination -- Wild Geese, Mary Oliver -- Making Mistakes -- The Mistake, James Fenton -- Letting Go -- One Art, Elizabeth Bishop -- Feeling Lost -- Second Estrangement, Aracelis Girmay -- Guilt At Not Living In The Moment -- The Present, Billy Collins -- Emotional Repression -- The Guest House, Rumi -- Fear Of Growth -- Innocence, Linda Hogan -- Regret -- The Ideal, James Fenton -- Sexual Repression -- Look At These, Helen Farish -- The World And Other People -- Fear Of The Unknown -- What If This Road, Sheenagh Pugh -- Living With Difference -- "I Am In Love With Every Church," Hafiz -- Oppression -- Still I Rise, Maya Angelou -- Fear Of The Other -- "No Man Is An Island," John Donne -- Social Overload -- Best Society, Philip Larkin -- Dealing With Siblings -- Supple Cord, Naomi Shihab Nye -- Aging Parents -- Follower, Seamus Heaney -- Displacement -- Front Door, Imtiaz Dharker -- Parental Protectiveness -- Nettles, Vernon Scannell -- Talking To Children -- Making A Fist, Naomi Shihab Nye -- Longing For Beauty -- From Endymion, John Keats -- Unkindness -- "It Happens All The Time In Heaven," Hafiz -- News Overload -- Sometimes, Sheenagh Pugh -- Facing Disaster -- Wife's Disaster Manual, Deborah Paredez -- Loss Of Faith In The World -- Miracles, Richard Jones -- Love And Loss -- Infatuation -- "I Want To See You," Attributed To Rumi -- Unrequited Love -- Two Cures For Love, Wendy Cope -- Seeking One's Soul Mate -- "Your Task," Attributed To Rumi -- Obsessive Love -- The Fist, Derek Walcott -- Love-Hate Relationships -- Love, William Carlos Williams -- One-Sided Love -- Sometimes With One I Love, Walt Whitman -- False Expectations In Love -- Defining The Problem, Wendy Cope -- Rocky Relationships -- Cross, P. K. Page -- Romantic Boredom -- Atlas, U. A. Fanthorpe -- Complacency In Love -- "Love Is Not All," Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Losing The Spark -- Voice, Ann Sansom -- Heartbreak -- Recension Day, Duncan Forbes -- Divorce -- Failing And Flying, Jack Gilbert -- Bereavement -- Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep, Mary Elizabeth Frye -- Balanced Grief -- My Funeral, Wendy Cope -- Maturing Grief -- Into the Hour, Elizabeth Jennings -- Loss Of Elderly Relatives -- Maureen Durcan, Paul Durcan.

"A beautiful collection of curated poems, individually selected to provide the perfect balm for every emotional need. Sometimes only a poem will do. These poetic prescriptions and wise words of advice are tailored to those moments in life when we need them most, from general glumness to news overload, and from infatuation to losing the spark. Whatever you're facing, there is a poem in these pages that will do the trick. This pocket-size companion presents the most essential fixes in William Sieghart's poetic dispensary--those that, again and again, have shown themselves to hit the spot. Whether you are suffering from loneliness, lack of courage, heartbreak, hopelessness, or even an excess of ego--or whether you are seeking hope, comfort, inspiration, or excitement--The Poetry Remedy will provide just the poem you need in that moment"--

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