![A Father’s Grief](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/05/Dee-Ashley-470x140.png?x81652)
When a father loses a child, his grief can sometimes be eclipsed by that of the mother’s. This poem by Eileen Knight Hagemeister describes how…
![Slam Poetry Offers Safe Haven to Share Stories of Mental Illness](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/05/Andrea_Feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Andrea Gibson is a spoken word artist and activist who writes with intense passion about mental illness, bullying, and social tragedy. In her award-winning poem,…
![Anxiety Comes](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/05/eyes-730750_1280-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Barb Brown depicts the subjective experience of anxiety in her poem titled ‘Anxiety Comes’, lyrically describing the suddenness and fear. Anxiety Comes it comes like…
![“Hope” is the thing with feathers](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/05/Hope-poem-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“Hope” is a famous poem written by Emily Dickinson. In this piece, Dickinson personifies hope as a bird, full of endurance and bravery, defeating despair…
![Richard Cory](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/03/317560859_a707e61361_o-470x140.jpg?x81652)
‘Richard Cory’, a poem written by Edwin Arlington Robinson, describes the life of a man who seemingly has it all…but commits suicide. The poem serves…
![Spilled Ink](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/03/264481039_4c9a860b49_b-470x140.jpg?x81652)
‘Spilled Ink’, a poem by Shiane Salabie, explains her personal struggle of dealing with everyday challenges. In the powerful lines, Salabie speaks to the idea…
![Trellis](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/10/Untitled2-432x140.jpg?x81652)
‘Trellis’ documents the agony and trauma of young girl reacting to her friend’s sexual assault. The poet, Andrew Gibson uses vivid imagery and rhetoric to…
![Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/10/21249728051_a8d86f5a01_o-470x140.png?x81652)
‘Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone’, by W.H. Auden, appears to be a poem written from the perspective of someone mourning the loss of…
![Mirror](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/09/4892984014_1d27ddc3fe_o-470x140.jpg?x81652)
‘Mirror’, a poem by Sylvia Plath, depicts a woman’s struggle with aging. Plath suffered from mental health problems for most of her adult life; she…