What if Beautiful Green Poetry Could Affect Brain Health?
A News Poem with Brain and Vision Health Poetry.
What if Beautiful Green Poetry Could Affect Brain Health?
Studies have been done
greenery and green space positively affects
the brain sitting in a natural environment
water nearby even looking at pictures
natural elements have a positive effect on wellbeing
What if writing conservation poetry
focused on the beauty of green spaces
all the colors of a rainbow
the grey of a small squirrel
red of a robin or blue jay
could clear our minds
with vitamin G
Research demonstrates mere exposure
views of nature improve people’s health
well-being provided by restoration from stress
and mental fatigue
depression goes down
when time in green space goes up
What if
poetry could create green space
out of clear air
a glass of pure water and imagination
A News Poem based on the article Do Sociodemographic Factors and Urban Green Space Affect Mental Health Outcomes Among the Urban Elderly Population?
Originally published at http://www.poetry24.co.uk on April 13, 2019.
What if Parkinson’s
What if
reading a poem could improve
symptoms in Parkinson’s disease
poem stories in action
observed and dreamed of being able
Can you understand
the words of an experience
sensations evoked
feeling movement
actions in each story
Fear rises as dawning
skin prickling
a cold wind blows
words fall
Joy leaps as
salmon ready to birth
a generation
swim
Each story challenges
poetic words
burned
into the page
and soul
Creating crosstalk
fertilization
between underlying relation
language and action
processing plays with execution
internal dynamics
overlapping pools
Topic(s) of this poem: healing, health, poetry
Poem Submitted: Friday, April 1, 2016
Form: Free Verse
Originally published at https://www.poemhunter.com on April 1, 2016.
