The Healing Fountain: Poetry Therapy for Life's Journey

The Healing Fountain is a phrase drawn from W. H. Auden's lines, "In the deserts of the heart / Let the healing fountain start." Like the crystalline spouting waters . . . poetry inspires and renews us time and again. When we read or hear a poem, our senses, hearts, minds, and souls all participate in the act. Because poems elicit responses at so many levels, they often function as vehicles for enlightenment and healing. In this book, creative and passionate leaders in the field of poetry t...