Survey on a project launched by two universities during the pandemic found that reading, writing, or sharing poetry had a positive impact on users’ mental health.

Poetry can help people cope with loneliness or isolation. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 11 / 231107105405.htm. University of Plymouth.

Reading, writing and sharing poetry can help people cope with loneliness or isolation and reduce feelings of anxiety and depression, a new study shows. Research by the University of Plymouth and ...

The power of poetry in helping fight loneliness A new study has found that reading, writing and sharing poetry can help people cope with loneliness or isolation and lessen symptoms of anxiety. ANI.

Poetry can help people cope with loneliness, isolation, depression A full 50% of respondents said poetry had helped with feelings of anxiety and depression. A person writes with a pen.

A new study finds that reading, creating, and sharing poetry can help people cope with loneliness or isolation, as well as lessen symptoms of anxiety and despair. The Arts and Humanities Research ...

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Music is said to soothe the soul, but the benefits of poetry are far less well known. Yet poetry may have unsuspected powers. A study carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic reveals that people ...

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According to a recent study, people can manage their feelings of isolation and loneliness as well as reduce their symptoms of anxiety and hopelessness by reading, writing, and sharing poetry. Want ...