Magazine article
Poetry Power: It might be time to open your life to poetry
Writing Queensland, Vol.279, pp.10-11
2022
Abstract
Are you someone who only reads novels, biographies or short stories, perhaps? As a society, it seems we can't shake off a curious resistance to poetry, refusing to acknowledge or to want to see that poetic language has a power that can free us to live our "best lives". Many of us save poetry’s power for weddings, funerals and other celebratory rituals. In the Digital Age we are bombarded with waves of digital language, much of it misdirected and without nuance. Poetry, in contrast, has a uniquely personal power that can immerse us, shake us up, that often bears close re-reading, and that can move us to act, change or simply feel things deeply. That power surely has a particular value in 2022. Poetry is all around us, is a reflection of everything in our lives and is not bound by rules.
Details
- Title
- Poetry Power: It might be time to open your life to poetry
- Authors
- Jane Frank (Author) - Griffith UniversityKelli McGraw (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Writing Queensland, Vol.279, pp.10-11
- Publisher
- Queensland Writers Centre
- Date published
- 2022
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991067196702621
- Output Type
- Magazine article
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