Poetry as Therapy

Poetry as Therapy

Listen to presences inside poems.Let them take you where they will.Follow those private hints,And never leave the premises.

                                    —Rumi

In this poem, Rumi simplifies what Poetry therapy is about. Take a poem, listen to the presence inside of it, let the poem lead you, follow the private hints and then write your own poems and stories, or just reflect on the experience of being in presence with a particular poem.