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Skinny Girls Bleed Flowers

Skinny Girls Bleed Flowers

July 24, 2016
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Words

‘Skinny Girls Bleed Flowers’ is a slam poem by Savannah Brown documenting her experience with anorexia and bulimia. Brown personifies the eating disorders as monsters…

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Requiem

Requiem

July 10, 2016
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Words

The poem ‘Requiem’ by Anna Akhmatova documents the trauma and suffering of the Russian people under Joseph Stalin. The poem was conceived as she waited…

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Living with Depression

Living with Depression

June 26, 2016
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Words

Dan Roman uses a powerful metaphor of an ever-present roommate to describe his painful experience with depression. His recitation of this poem is a moving…

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A Father’s Grief

A Father’s Grief

June 13, 2016
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Words

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…

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Slam Poetry Offers Safe Haven to Share Stories of Mental Illness

Slam Poetry Offers Safe Haven to Share Stories of Mental Illness

June 10, 2016
Robert T. Muller
Clinical Practice, Research, Therapy

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,…

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Anxiety Comes

Anxiety Comes

May 30, 2016
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Words

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…

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“Hope” is the thing with feathers

“Hope” is the thing with feathers

May 16, 2016
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Words

“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…

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Richard Cory

Richard Cory

March 28, 2016
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Words

‘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…

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Spilled Ink

Spilled Ink

March 16, 2016
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Words

‘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…

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Listen

Listen

March 2, 2016
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Words

‘Listen’ is a poem by Kaitlin Akow, presented at the Vancouver Poetry Slam. The poem discusses the issue of anxiety and the struggle to be…

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