the dream of The Poetry Pharmacy sprang from a desire to prove how poetry could be a cathartic way to ease stress, anxiety, and grief. "We offer a therapy in slowness and a nostalgia for something ...

In the word ‘banana’, for example, the central syllable is longer, or stressed, when you say it naturally: ba-na-na. Try saying it out loud to hear where the natural emphasis falls. In poetry ...

Initially a distraction from caregiving stress, the book evolved into a deeply personal yet universal poetic reflection on ...