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    Trauma healing and the extraordinary hidden power of poetry

    The time has come to address the driving force behind Catherine Hannah Poetry- that is, the concept of poetry as a tool for trauma healing. Of course, I do not advocate for poetry as some sort of singular miracle cure for universal affliction. I do however believe that, when explored alongside medical intervention and other therapies, poetry offers a unique method of expressing our deepest feelings surrounding trauma and the recovery process- thoughts we may keep hidden even from ourselves. navigating change After the car crash that left me with a broken neck and brain injury (and later diagnoses of…