Unit2PoemsThepowerofpoetryReadingandwritingpoetryisaverypersonalexperience
Poetsuselanguageasawayofexpressingtheirfeelings,whetherpositiveonesoflove,happinessandhope,ornegativefeelingslikeangerandfear
Poemscandescribethebeautyofnature,aperson,adreamoramemorable(值得纪念的)event
Mostpeoplehavetriedwritingpoetryatsometime,forexampleatschool
Forchildren,itisagoodwaytoexplorelanguageandhavefunwithwordsaswellastoexpressthemselves
Butteachersandpsychologists(心理学家)havefoundanotheruseforpoetryasaformoftherapy(治疗)tohelppeoplewithproblems
Writingpoetrycanhelppeopledealwithchangesintheirlives,deathorfeelingsofsadness,drugoralcoholproblemsorseriousillness
Bywritingdownyourfeelings,youcanlearntounderstandyourselfbetterandgiveyourselfavoiceifyoufeelyouarebeingignored
Apoemmightbeawayoftellingsomeonesomething