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Poetry Rx: How 50 Inspiring Poems Can Heal and Bring Joy To Your Life
&quotIused to believe that poetry did not &#8220spak&#8221to 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&#8217sbook 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.&quot- bJane Brody/b, Author &ampNew York Times
ColumnistbPoetry to Heal, Inspire and Enjoy/bPoetry Rx presents 50 great poems as seen through the
eyes of a renowned psychiatrist and New York Times 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.Separate 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.In 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.Rosenthal 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.And 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.bCONTENTS/bIntroductionbPART
ONE/bLoving and LosingChapter OneIs There an Art to Losing?One Art by Elizabeth BishopChapter
TwoCan Love Transform You?How do I love thee? Let me count the ways by Elizabeth Barrett
BrowningChapter ThreeThe Heart versus the MindPity me not because the light of dayby Edna St.
Vincent MillayChapter FourLove in the MomentLullaby by W. H. AudenChapter FiveWhen Love
FadesFailing and Flyingby Jack GilbertChapter SixGetting Over a Breakup I: AcceptanceWhy so pale
and wan fond lover?by Sir John SucklingChapter SevenGetting Over a Breakup II: Reclaiming
YourselfLove after Love by Derek Walcott,Chapter EightDeclaring Your LoveSonnet 18: Shall I compare
thee to a summer&#8217sday? by William ShakespeareChapter NineConsoled by LoveSonnet 29:
When, in disgrace with fortune and men&#8217seyes by William ShakespeareChapter TenIn Praise of
the Marriage of True MindsSonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds by William
ShakespeareChapter ElevenLoss of a Loved OneStop all the clocks, cut off the telephone (Funeral
Blues) by W. H. AudenChapter TwelveWill I Ever Feel Better? Time Does Not Bring Relief by Edna St.
Vincent MillayChapter ThirteenLove RememberedWhen You Are Old by William Butler YeatsChapter
FourteenLove after DeathRemember by Christina Rossetti,bPART TWO /bThat Inward EyeChapter
FifteenTranscendence in NatureDaffodils by William WordsworthChapter SixteenThe Memory of
DaffodilsMiracle on St. David&#8217sDay by Gillian ClarkeChapter SeventeenTranscendence in Body
and MindLines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey (excerpt) by William WordsworthChapter
EighteenThe Power of Dark and LightThere&#8217sa certain Slant of light by Emily DickinsonChapter
NineteenIn Praise of DiversityPied Beauty by Gerard Manley HopkinsChapter TwentyA Plea to Save the
Natural WorldInversnaid by Gerard Manley HopkinsChapter Twenty-OneThe Importance of Being
NeededStopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert FrostChapter Twenty-TwoThe Choices We
MakeThe Road Not Takenby Robert Frost Chapter Twenty-ThreeThe Force of LongingSea Feverby
John MasefieldChapter Twenty-FourFinding Hope in NatureThe Darkling Thrush by Thomas
HardybPART THREE/bThe Human ExperienceChapter Twenty-Five The Power of Hope
&#8220Hoe&#8221is the thing with feathers by Emily DickinsonChapter Twenty-SixWelcoming Your
EmotionsThe Guest House by Jalaluddin Rumi Translated by Coleman Barks Chapter Twenty-SevenThe
Healing Power of ReconciliationOut beyond Ideas by Jalaluddin Rumi (Translated by Coleman Barks)
Chapter Twenty-EightLeaving HomeTraveler, there is no road by Antonio Machado Translated by Mary
G. Berg and Dennis MaloneyChapter Twenty-NineAnd Those You Leave BehindLetter to My Mother by

Salvatore Quasimodo Translated by Jack BevanChapter ThirtyThe Importance of Self-ActualizationOn
His Blindness by John MiltonChapter Thirty-OneThe Power of FaithPsalm 23A Psalm of DavidChapter
Thirty-TwoThe Thrill of DiscoveryOn First Looking into Chapman&#8217sHomer by John KeatsChapter
Thirty-ThreeThe Enduring Thrill of the MomentHigh Flight by John Gillespie Magee JrChapter Thirty-
FourThe Long Reach of TraumaThe Sentence by Anna Akhmatova Translated by Judith
HemschemeyerChapter Thirty-FiveThe Danger of AngerA Poison Tree by William BlakebPART
FOUR/bA Design for Living and the Search for MeaningChapter Thirty-SixPrinciples for a Good
LifePolonius&#8217Advice to Laertesby William ShakespeareChapter Thirty-SevenRemaining Steady
through Life&#8217sUps and DownsIf by Rudyard KiplingChapter Thirty-EightNever Give UpInvictus by
William Ernest HenleyChapter Thirty-NinePutting One Foot in Front of the OtherThe Waking by
Theodore RoethkeChapter FortyShould You React or Proact? Waiting for the Barbariansby Constantine
CavafyTranslated by Edmund Keeley and Philip SherrardChapter Forty-OneIt&#8217sthe Journey That
MattersIthaka by Constantine Cavafy Translated by Edmund KeeleyChapter Forty-TwoHold On to Your
DreamsDreams by Langston HughesbPART FIVE/bInto the NightChapter Forty-ThreeShould You Just
Go for It?An Irish Airman Foresees His Death by William Butler YeatsChapter Forty-FourOr Should You
Be Careful? Mus&#233edes Beaux Arts by W. H. AudenChapter Forty-FiveDying Too SoonWe Real
Cool by Gwendolyn BrooksChapter Forty-SixAging by DegreesI Know I Am Getting Old by Wendell
BerryChapter Forty-SevenThe Critical Importance of CommunicationNot Waving but Drowning by Stevie
SmithChapter Forty-EightShould You Rage? Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan
ThomasChapter Forty-NineOr Is it Time to Go Gently? Because I could not stop for Death by Emily
DickinsonChapter FiftyI Did Not Die!Do not stand at my grave and weep by Mary Elizabeth FryeA Few
Last ThoughtsSource Materials and Further ReadingPermissionsAcknowledgmentsIndexAbout the
AuthorbINTRODUCTION/bYou 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. 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. &#8220Hocan I go on?&#8221he mused. &#8220Howill I
manage?&#8221Clich&#233sand 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, &#8220Thre is an art to losing, and like all art, it can be developed.&#8221 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. . &#8220Doyou know the poem &#8216OnArt&#8217by
Elizabeth Bishop?&#8221he asked. I told him no. &#8220Wel, let me read it to you,&#8221and he
began: &#8220#8216The art of losing isn&#8217thard to master.&#8217#8221 As he read on, his voice
gathered strength and energy with each stanza. Afterwards his mood was lighter&#8213an strangely, so
was mine. . &#8220Caa poem really help a grieving person?&#8221I wondered, &#8220anif so, might
other poems also have healing powers?&#8221I marveled also at how David had reached into the
depths of his grief and presented me with a gift&#8213apoem 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. I shared the
poem with patients and friends, many of whom found comfort in its words, and looked for other poems
that might have similar effects.Once I started looking, I found such poems everywhere. One friend, a
therapist, had been so moved by a poem about aging by Wendell Berry that she had given copies of it to
patients (It&#8217sin chapter 46 in this collection). I bolstered my promising findings with Internet reports
of comfort and relief in response to particular poems. The idea of this book is that poetry can not only
inspire and delight, but can actually help you feel better, soothe your pain, and heal psychological
wounds. In short, as the book&#8217stitle suggests, poetry can act as a kind of medicine. Although all
literature can console, there is something about great poetry&#8213it rhythms and cadences, its
conciseness and brilliance&#8213tht has a power and charm all its own. One way in which poetry exerts
its effect is that it is easier to remember, recall, and reproduce at will. We can at a
moment&#8217snotice dip into our memory and conjure up Wordsworth&#8217sdaffodils or
Keats&#8217nightingale. bThe Poems/bThe fifty gemlike poems in this collection have all stood the test
of time and appear in published anthologies. They are all relatively short, most fitting on a single page. In
their conciseness they deliver their messages in the most efficient, effective, and beautiful way possible.
Friends, patients, and I have all enjoyed and benefited from some or all of these verses. I hope you might
find the same healing power and joy from them as we have. The collection is divided into five sections,
each covering an area important for a good and happy life: (1)&#8239loing and losing
(2)&#8239reponses to nature (3)&#8239asects of the human experience (4)&#8239adesign for living

and the search for meaning and (5)&#8239th last phase of life.bHow to Get the Most out of a
Poem/bAlthough reading a poem seems like a very straightforward activity, it can be greatly enriched by
a few simple tricks.bRemember to enjoy the poem./bIt should be fun, not work!Actively engage with the
poem.Give it your full attention, and it will reward you.bRead it aloud./b That way you can enjoy the
music in the words. Also, vocalizing the words involves different sets of nerves and muscles and different
parts of the brain compared to reading it silently. Therefore it will create a different experience. But most
importantly, reading a poem aloud deepens its therapeutic potential.bRead the poem more than once./b
One mysterious aspect of a poem is how successive readings reveal new layers of meaning. How
strange! After all, the lines are right there on the page. When you read them the first time, they may
seem perfectly clear. How, then, can they still yield new insights and rewards when you revisit them? Try
it and see for yourself.bExperience the poem with all of your senses./b A poem is no more a purely
intellectual experience than a song or a painting or a spoonful of ice cream. For an example of a poem
that engages all your senses, look at &#8220SeFever&#8220(chapter 23).bAs the reader, you complete
the poem,/b in the process bringing your past experiences into the collaboration between you and the
poet. At the moment of completion, it may feel as if the pieces of a puzzle are falling together. You may
delight in the aha! moment as you think, &#8220Sothat&#8217swhat the poet meant!&#8221Allow
yourself to experience the wonder a poem provides when it opens up new spaces in which your mind
can roam.bListen to others reading the poem./b Many of the poems in this collection are read aloud
online by talented women and men, and can be found on the Internet. One outstanding example is the
sonnet &#8220Piy me not because the light of day&#8221(chapter 3), which is beautifully read by its
author, Edna St. Vincent Millay. Neuroscientist Eugen Wassiliwizky and colleagues at the Max Planck
Institute in Frankfurt have found that recited poetry can be a powerful stimulus for eliciting peak
emotional responses such as chills and goosebumps, by activating the brain&#8217sreward
circuitry.bTolerate&#8213an even savor&#8213amiguity of feeling and thought./b Be intrigued by what
you don&#8217timmediately understand. There is such a thing as creative reading as well as creative
writing. Often in poems, circuits are not completed, ideas are left unfinished or equivocal. This is not
accidental. The unfinished business may serve as a focus of continued puzzlement, a brain teaser
lingering in the mind, begging for a solution. Some experimental data suggest that people remember
unfinished or interrupted tasks better than completed ones (the so-&#173caled Zeigarnik effect). So it
may be that by presenting the reader with unfinished ideas, the poet creates a more memorable and
indelible work.bPay attention to details./b Punctuation, the separation of lines, their placement on the
page, form, rhythm, and rhyme, as well as the white space that helps give the poem its shape, may all be
part of what the poet is trying to communicate.Remember, when reading a poem, it is your interpretation
rather than mine or anyone else&#8217sthat is most important. As Dee Snider from the band Twisted
Sister said, &#8220Thbeauty of literature, poetry, and music is that they leave room for the audience to
put its own imagination, experiences, and dreams into the words.&#8221So any interpretations I offer are
mine alone I encourage you to differ. And most of all, have fun engaging with these beautiful and
ingenious creations.
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