Arianna Gaudette
Narrative Medicine: Community Poetry Heals Young and Old
Allison S. Walker
“You don’t have to be a doctor to practice narrative medicine; you simply have to be willing to listen. One application of narrative medicine related to community writing is creative arts therapy, an alternative route to holistic healing through creative expression (Walker 2017).”
This quote and document that is peer reviewed and written by a graduate student with their M.F.A and is a credible source. This source is very relevant to my research because I use writing and creativity as therapy and a creative outlet for all of my feelings. I think this is the perfect article to use Walker’s study to benefit my research topic on slam poetry and its effects on me. In this article, Walker has evidence on medicinal poetry. She has participants talk about their memories and how they have impacted their lives. She then discusses with them how it benefits their mental health.
2. ‘Poetry is not a special club’: how has an introduction to the secondary Discourse of Spoken Word made poetry a memorable learning experience for young people?
Sue Dymoke
This paper talks about the importance of poetry and how it has on a young student;s mind. The study is taking place in the UK. This is a credible source because it is peer reviewed, and written by a university professor. This study is relevant to my research paper because it involves students just like me. The person I will interview is also relevant to this source because we are all students of the writing community. “The students soon discovered that the poets had lives beyond the classroom. They were Spoken Word performers, slam competitors, who tried out new material on audiences at night and redrafted it in the light of feedback (Dymoke).” I will pull a lot of relevant information from this text and will be able to apply it in connection with my other source. I can tie this into poetic therapy and show how poetry improves a students mental health.
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