Grief and Poetry, with guest Kim Langley

October 04, 2021 00:55:31
Grief and Poetry, with guest Kim Langley
Faith and Imagination: A BYU Humanities Center Podcast
Grief and Poetry, with guest Kim Langley

Oct 04 2021 | 00:55:31

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Show Notes

Kim Langley is president of LifeBalance Enterprises and founder of WordSPA (short for spirituality, poetry, appreciation), an organization that engages poetry as a healing art. We talk about her book Send My Roots Rain: A Companion on the Grief Journey, which discusses how poetry helps us grapple with multiple aspects of grief and find purpose, beauty, and joy even amid devastating circumstances.

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