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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
What Is Poetry?
Mindfulness and Imagination
Poetry as Therapy
Discovering the Poet Within
1. Discovering Your Truth
Finding Your Authentic Voice
Becoming a Fair and Alert Observer
Exercises: Getting Started with Poetry
2. Writing the Poems Inside You
Guidelines for Creating Poetry for Growth and Healing
The Oomph of Images
Exercises: Working with Images
Sharing Your Poems with Others
3. Healing the Past
Introduction to the Visualizations
Visualization: Renewing Childhood
Exercise: Journaling in Poetry
Additional Exercises for Using Poetry to Heal the Past
The Making of a Healing Poem, Step-by-Step
4. Learning to Let Go
Visualization: Opening Ourselves
To Think or to Imagine
Imagination and Personal Expansion
Exercises: Unfolding Your Imagination
5. Facing Life’s Emotional Challenges
Fear
Loneliness
Depression
Addiction
Childhood Trauma
Relationship Concerns
6. Poetry and Spirituality
Synchronicity
Visualization: Allowing What Wants to Happen
Poetry and Nature
Visualization: Seasons and Transitions
Poetry and the Transcendent
Freedom from Division
Exercises: Three Practices
Stillness and Movement
7. Reading Poetry for Growth and Healing
Why Are Some Poems So Hard to Understand?
Prose and Poetry, Mind and Heart
Three Poetic Styles
Original and Familiar
Pleasure in the Words
Messages in Poetry
Helpful Suggestions for Reading Poetry
Lectio Divina
Exercise: A Spiritual Approach to Reading Poetry
Epilogue
Appendix
About the Author
Also by David Richo
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