{"product_id":"poetry-rx-how-50-inspiring-poems-can-heal-and-bring-joy-to-your-life-9781722505462","title":"Poetry Rx: How 50 Inspiring Poems Can Heal and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eI used to believe that poetry did not speak to me, but I now see how wrong I was. I lived for 44 years with a husband, a lyricist, whose beautifully crafted, heartfelt lyrics touched my every fiber and continue to uplift and inspire me a decade after his death. The special beauty of Dr. Rosenthal's book for me is his discussion of what each poem is saying, what the poet was likely feeling and often how the poems helped him personally, as when he left his birth family in South Africa for a rewarding career in the United States.\u003c\/i\u003e' - \u003cb\u003eJane Brody\u003c\/b\u003e, Author \u0026amp; \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Columnist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoetry to Heal, Inspire and Enjoy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoetry Rx\u003c\/i\u003e presents 50 great poems as seen through the eyes of a renowned psychiatrist and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeparate 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRosenthal 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLoving and Losing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One\u003cbr\u003eIs There an Art to Losing?\u003cbr\u003eOne Art \u003ci\u003eby Elizabeth Bishop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two\u003cbr\u003eCan Love Transform You?\u003cbr\u003eHow do I love thee? Let me count the ways \u003ci\u003eby Elizabeth Barrett Browning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three\u003cbr\u003eThe Heart versus the Mind\u003cbr\u003ePity me not because the light of day\u003ci\u003eby Edna St. Vincent Millay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four\u003cbr\u003eLove in the Moment\u003cbr\u003eLullaby \u003ci\u003eby W. H. Auden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five\u003cbr\u003eWhen Love Fades\u003cbr\u003eFailing and Flying\u003ci\u003eby Jack Gilbert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six\u003cbr\u003eGetting Over a Breakup I: Acceptance\u003cbr\u003eWhy so pale and wan fond lover?\u003ci\u003eby Sir John Suckling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven\u003cbr\u003eGetting Over a Breakup II: Reclaiming Yourself\u003cbr\u003eLove after Love \u003ci\u003eby Derek Walcott,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight\u003cbr\u003eDeclaring Your Love\u003cbr\u003eSonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? \u003ci\u003eby William Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nine\u003cbr\u003eConsoled by Love\u003cbr\u003eSonnet 29: When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes \u003ci\u003eby William Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Ten\u003cbr\u003eIn Praise of the Marriage of True Minds\u003cbr\u003eSonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds \u003ci\u003eby William Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eleven\u003cbr\u003eLoss of a Loved One\u003cbr\u003eStop all the clocks, cut off the telephone (Funeral Blues) \u003ci\u003eby W. H. Auden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twelve\u003cbr\u003eWill I Ever Feel Better? \u003cbr\u003eTime Does Not Bring Relief \u003ci\u003eby Edna St. Vincent Millay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirteen\u003cbr\u003eLove Remembered\u003cbr\u003eWhen You Are Old \u003ci\u003eby William Butler Yeats\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fourteen\u003cbr\u003eLove after Death\u003cbr\u003eRemember \u003ci\u003eby Christina Rossetti,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat Inward Eye\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fifteen\u003cbr\u003eTranscendence in Nature\u003cbr\u003eDaffodils \u003ci\u003eby William Wordsworth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Sixteen\u003cbr\u003eThe Memory of Daffodils\u003cbr\u003eMiracle on St. David's Day \u003ci\u003eby Gillian Clarke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seventeen\u003cbr\u003eTranscendence in Body and Mind\u003cbr\u003eLines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey (excerpt) \u003ci\u003eby William Wordsworth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eighteen\u003cbr\u003eThe Power of Dark and Light\u003cbr\u003eThere's a certain Slant of light \u003ci\u003eby Emily Dickinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nineteen\u003cbr\u003eIn Praise of Diversity\u003cbr\u003ePied Beauty \u003ci\u003eby Gerard Manley Hopkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty\u003cbr\u003eA Plea to Save the Natural World\u003cbr\u003eInversnaid \u003ci\u003eby Gerard Manley Hopkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-One\u003cbr\u003eThe Importance of Being Needed\u003cbr\u003eStopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening \u003ci\u003eby Robert Frost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-Two\u003cbr\u003eThe Choices We Make\u003cbr\u003eThe Road Not Taken\u003ci\u003eby Robert Frost \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-Three\u003cbr\u003eThe Force of Longing\u003cbr\u003eSea Fever\u003ci\u003eby John Masefield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-Four\u003cbr\u003eFinding Hope in Nature\u003cbr\u003eThe Darkling Thrush \u003ci\u003eby Thomas Hardy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Human Experience\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-Five The Power of Hope\u003cbr\u003e Hope is the thing with feathers \u003ci\u003eby Emily Dickinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-Six\u003cbr\u003eWelcoming Your Emotions\u003cbr\u003eThe Guest House \u003ci\u003eby Jalaluddin Rumi\u003c\/i\u003e Translated by Coleman Barks \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-Seven\u003cbr\u003eThe Healing Power of Reconciliation\u003cbr\u003eOut beyond Ideas \u003ci\u003eby Jalaluddin Rumi\u003c\/i\u003e (Translated by Coleman Barks) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-Eight\u003cbr\u003eLeaving Home\u003cbr\u003eTraveler, there is no road \u003ci\u003eby Antonio Machado\u003c\/i\u003e Translated by Mary G. Berg and Dennis Maloney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twenty-Nine\u003cbr\u003eAnd Those You Leave Behind\u003cbr\u003eLetter to My Mother \u003ci\u003eby Salvatore Quasimodo\u003c\/i\u003e Translated by Jack Bevan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirty\u003cbr\u003eThe Importance of Self-Actualization\u003cbr\u003eOn His Blindness \u003ci\u003eby John Milton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirty-One\u003cbr\u003eThe Power of Faith\u003cbr\u003ePsalm 23\u003ci\u003eA Psalm of David\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirty-Two\u003cbr\u003eThe Thrill of Discovery\u003cbr\u003eOn First Looking into Chapman's Homer \u003ci\u003eby John Keats\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirty-Three\u003cbr\u003eThe Enduring Thrill of the Moment\u003cbr\u003eHigh Flight \u003ci\u003eby John Gillespie Magee Jr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirty-Four\u003cbr\u003eThe Long Reach of Trauma\u003cbr\u003eThe Sentence \u003ci\u003eby Anna Akhmatova\u003c\/i\u003e Translated by Judith Hemschemeyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirty-Five\u003cbr\u003eThe Danger of Anger\u003cbr\u003eA Poison Tree \u003ci\u003eby William Blake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FOUR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Design for Living and the Search for Meaning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirty-Six\u003cbr\u003ePrinciples for a Good Life\u003cbr\u003ePolonius' Advice to Laertes\u003ci\u003eby William Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirty-Seven\u003cbr\u003eRemaining Steady through Life's Ups and Downs\u003cbr\u003eIf \u003ci\u003eby Rudyard Kipling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirty-Eight\u003cbr\u003eNever Give Up\u003cbr\u003eInvictus \u003ci\u003eby William Ernest Henley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Thirty-Nine\u003cbr\u003ePutting One Foot in Front of the Other\u003cbr\u003eThe Waking \u003ci\u003eby Theodore Roethke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Forty\u003cbr\u003eShould You React or Proact? \u003cbr\u003eWaiting for the Barbarians\u003ci\u003eby Constantine Cavafy\u003c\/i\u003eTranslated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Forty-One\u003cbr\u003eIt's the Journey That Matters\u003cbr\u003eIthaka \u003ci\u003eby Constantine Cavafy\u003c\/i\u003e Translated by Edmund Keeley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Forty-Two\u003cbr\u003eHold On to Your Dreams\u003cbr\u003eDreams \u003ci\u003eby Langston Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FIVE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInto the Night\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Forty-Three\u003cbr\u003eShould You Just Go for It?\u003cbr\u003eAn Irish Airman Foresees His Death \u003ci\u003eby William Butler Yeats\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Forty-Four\u003cbr\u003eOr Should You Be Careful? \u003cbr\u003eMusée des Beaux Arts \u003ci\u003eby W. H. Auden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Forty-Five\u003cbr\u003eDying Too Soon\u003cbr\u003eWe Real Cool \u003ci\u003eby Gwendolyn Brooks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Forty-Six\u003cbr\u003eAging by Degrees\u003cbr\u003eI Know I Am Getting Old \u003ci\u003eby Wendell Berry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Forty-Seven\u003cbr\u003eThe Critical Importance of Communication\u003cbr\u003eNot Waving but Drowning \u003ci\u003eby Stevie Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Forty-Eight\u003cbr\u003eShould You Rage? \u003cbr\u003eDo not go gentle into that good night \u003ci\u003eby Dylan Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Forty-Nine\u003cbr\u003eOr Is it Time to Go Gently?\u003cbr\u003e Because I could not stop for Death \u003ci\u003eby Emily Dickinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Fifty\u003cbr\u003eI Did Not Die!\u003cbr\u003eDo not stand at my grave and weep \u003ci\u003eby Mary Elizabeth Frye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Few Last Thoughts\u003cbr\u003eSource Materials and Further Reading\u003cbr\u003ePermissions\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou may well wonder how I, a psychiatrist with no formal literary credentials, have chosen to write about the power of poetry to heal, inspire, and bring joy to people. It all started with a single phone call that came in late one night.\u003cbr\u003e   The caller was my friend David, and I knew immediately by the tone of his voice that something was wrong. He choked up as he told me that he had recently lost someone very dear to him. How can I go on? he mused. How will I manage?\u003cbr\u003e   Clichés and generalities readily come to mind in such situations, but I searched for something specific to say, something that might actually help. Recognizing that David is a person steeped in the arts, I said, There is an art to losing, and like all art, it can be developed. \u003cbr\u003e   He was silent for a while, and when he spoke again, his voice sounded more cheerful, as though he had tapped into some hidden source of hope. \u003cbr\u003e.  Do you know the poem One Art' by Elizabeth Bishop? he asked. \u003cbr\u003e   I told him no. \u003cbr\u003e   Well, let me read it to you, and he began: The art of losing isn't hard to master.' \u003cbr\u003e   As he read on, his voice gathered strength and energy with each stanza. Afterwards his mood was lighterand strangely, so was mine. \u003cbr\u003e.  Can a poem really help a grieving person? I wondered, and if so, might other poems also have healing powers? I marveled also at how David had reached into the depths of his grief and presented me with a gifta poem that offered me a fresh perspective on how to help someone out of the darkness that can engulf you when you lose someone you love. 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