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Category: Poetry

From Individuals With Aphasia and Brain Injuries to Poets: How the Book I Don’t Think I Did This Right Came to Be

From Individuals With Aphasia and Brain Injuries to Poets: How the Book I Don’t Think I Did This Right Came to Be by Kathryn Paulson, Brendan Constantine, and Jerry K. Hoepner, relates how a group of dynamic poets developed out of a few workshops for individuals with stroke-based aphasia and traumatic brain injuries. Starting out as an idea to spur creativity and help participants share their stories, the meetings quickly developed into the Thursday Night Poets group. Their first published work, described here, offers poetry of deep meaning and resonance for anyone who has ever faced a challenge.

Kathryn Paulson, Poet & Brendan Constantine, Poet & Jerry Hoepner, PhD, CCC-SLP April 24, 2024

Sonnet of Hope

In this lovely poem, the author pays tribute to the love that restores the soul when an ordeal afflicts the body. He reflects on the healing presence of caring friends and family throughout the process of mending both the injured body and the deflated spirit.

Steven C. Cramer, MD April 22, 2024

Racetrack

This beautiful and deeply moving poem focuses on a tiny object in a clinical setting. One day, this toy represents incredible joy and possibility, but the next day it evokes sudden loss and tragedy. The poem ends on a somber note, reflecting on the continuous strength of those who care for patients in hospitals.

Katherine A. Franklin, PT, DPT, PhD(c) April 22, 2024

Discover Your Potential

Download the article (pdf) Table of Contents Hispanic, overweight,lonely, and insecurefrom eight to sixteen,I’m not sure? The doctor said no morerice or tortillas …WHAT —

Louis Castro, PT, DPT March 11, 2024

Old Woman in a Hospital Bed

Download the article (pdf) Table of Contents Quietly I rest, but solitude closes in.No noise is noisier than no noise at all.I’m fading, blanched white

Stephen Carp, PT, PhD September 19, 2023