Through the combination of introspective writing and open group discussions, we have built a model in which poetry can directly address feelings of loneliness. In our first workshop, Finding ...

So begins the opening poem “Anniversary” in Avinab Datta-Areng’s Annus Horribilis — a Latin phrase that translates to a horrible year. Recently published by Penguin Random House ...

The way loneliness skulks in one of Elizabeth Acevedo’s poems probably would have felt familiar even before the pandemic forced us into more isolating situations. Beginning with the line “it ...

I go round and give talks, would you believe to lonely old people,” he told The Telegraph, adding that he reads the poem out during his talks to inspire pensioners to overcome loneliness.

This is part 3 of a multi-part series on the neuromarketing of loneliness. Part 1 examines the Psychology and Business of Loneliness, while Part 2 explores The Rising Loneliness Economy.

She wrote poems about her siblings and anyone she came into contact with during her day at the hospital. Most of her writing was done during lonely nights at the training facility in Redbank.