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Poetry and a Prison Writing Program: A Mentor's Narrative Report

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Journal of Poetry Therapy

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This brief report examines the role poetry plays towards the road to recovery as witnessed through the experience of a poetry writing mentor when analyzing the poetic works of prisoners who participated in Pen America's Prison writing program.

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Rhodes, L. Poetry and a Prison Writing Program: A Mentor's Narrative Report. Journal of Poetry Therapy 15, 163–168 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019752229104

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