One of the best pieces of breakup advice my friend Genna gave me during a tumultuous end to a long-term relationship was to write poetry. I wrote more than two dozen poems in the following weeks.

There’s something about autumn that makes me crave poetry. Maybe it’s residual, first day of school nostalgia; maybe it’s that pesky seasonal affective disorder creeping in and begging for the ...

In conjunction with the October issue of Health Affairs, which will focus on disability and health, the Narrative Matters section of Health Affairs is holding a poetry contest. The poetry contest will ...

“The word tender comes to mind,” says Tamara Wellons, who manages the artist in residence program at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute in Fairfax. In a space on the second floor, near the elevators and ...

In April, three winning poems from Health Affairs’ second poetry contest were published in the journal. Here we feature some of our other favorites from the contest on the Blog. In April, three ...

A NEW poem scientifically engineered to boost mood and compel people to be more active has been unveiled – but does it work on you? Bestselling poet, Charly Cox, created the composition using more ...

APPLETON - Mya Koffie is no stranger to difficult subjects, but it’s in the writing of poems she feels released of their burdens. That was one of the main thoughts that inspired the 17-year-old junior ...

Frontman James Smith shared the poem on social media, explaining how he worked with Mel, a young woman who suffered from an eating disorder (bulimia), to create the poem. “When we first met on zoom, I ...

Yard Act's lead vocalist James Smith has teamed up with mental health charity Mind to share a poem to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week. The poem is based on the story of Mel, a Mind client ...