the healing power of literature and poetry
Matthias J Barker Podcast
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What Is Poetry and Why Does It Matter?
Poetry for me just generally has kind of been something I've had little to no interest of for the majority of my life and then became very, very important almost all at once. It's like you don't understand how much substance is there until you actually face something dark in your life until you actually like reckon something existential. And then it becomes like this raft on the sea that in some cases can be the only thing keeping you afloat.
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