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More Than Words: The Power of Spoken Word Poetry

More Than Words: The Power of Spoken Word Poetry

March 16, 2022
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Sounds

Poetry can provide comfort and boost mood during grief, trauma and stress. The use of metaphors, words and rhymes help make sense of the world…

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In My Favourite Memory of Her

In My Favourite Memory of Her

September 6, 2021
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Words

In her spoken word poem “In My Favourite Memory of Her,” Reagan Myers reflects upon the beautiful moments shared with a friend who died by…

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mental health, healing, growth, self-love, blessing, self-harm, trauma, therapist, poetry, spoken word

On Healing (For Real This Time)

March 10, 2021
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Words

Bearing witness to one’s trials and triumphs through their poetry can be a meaningful way of connecting with another individual. Tanesha Nicole’s spoken word poem…

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Trauma, Brenna Twohy, Spoken Word, Poem, Poet, Healing, Psychological, What I’ve Learned About Trauma, Words, Distress

What I’ve Learned From Trauma

November 11, 2020
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Words

The psychological impacts that occur as a result of living through distressing events is understood as trauma. Managing feelings associated with traumatic events in one’s…

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Trauma, Gender, Racism, Poetry, Violence, Systemic, Sexualization, Harassment, Spoken Word, Culture

The Trauma of Gendered Racism

July 6, 2020
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Words

In the spoken word poem “White Men Say Weird Things to Me” posted to Button Poetry’s YouTube channel, Ebony Stewart discusses the sexualization and harassment…

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bullying, words, spoken word, poetry, poem, psychology, mental health, coping, healing, abuse, trauma, self-love, recovery, school, animation, video, Pink Shirt Day, Shane Koyzcan, To This Day

Bullying Leaves Lasting Scars

June 12, 2019
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Words

Canadian spoken word artist Shane Koyczan’s powerful poem “To This Day” speaks to the profound and lasting impact of bullying. The accompanying video, featuring crowd-sourced…

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Eating Disorder, Anorexia, Bulimia, Recovery, Relapse, Mental Health, Addiction, Mental Illness, Body Image, Blythe Baird, Spoken Word, Poetry, Poet, Artist

Relapse

April 15, 2019
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Words

Blythe Baird shares a deeply personal and moving spoken-word poem about the difficulties she encounters after recovering from an eating disorder. Although it has been…

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Almosts

March 4, 2019
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Words

Based in Chicago, Illinois, Bianca Phipps is an actor, teaching artist, and spoken word poet. Her poem, “Almosts,” explores the loss and grief she experienced after the…

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Love and OCD

January 28, 2019
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Words

Neil Hilborn is an American slam poet who writes and performs poetry. Hilborn was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) as a child, and bipolar disorder while he was in college, and has always used…

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rape, rape culture, spoken word, poetry, masculinity, social norms, Rudy Francisco, Terisa Siagatonu, MeToo, parenting

Sons

October 10, 2018
Robert T. Muller
Arts & Culture, Video

Entered in the 2013 National Poetry Slam, “Sons,” is a spoken word poem by Terisa Siagatonu and Rudy Francisco about the rape trial of two college football stars…

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