Stuart Low Trust Poetry Corner

The Power of Poetry

Stuart Low Trust actively encourages participants to send in their poetry to our Poetry Corner.

No experience needed!  Beginner’s very welcome. We encourage our participants to express themselves through poetry.  Then to share their words on SLT’s website ‘Poetry Corner’ with others.

So do reach for a pen and paper and let your thoughts and emotions flow.

Poetry offers a powerful way to express and explore emotions, especially around mental health. It can provide comfort, help us understand our feelings, and create a sense of shared experience through vulnerability. Poetry also acts as a platform for change, opening up honest conversations and challenging stigma, while giving space for self-reflection and emotional release.

How to send SLT your poetry for the website

Please email poems to info@slt.org.uk Please include your name and the date the poem was created.

Here is an example of a poem by poet Neal Zetter below

Wonderful Poetry Submissions

“I read and write poetry, mostly daily. It makes me feel many varied feelings. It’s part of my life. For many years it has supported my wellbeing. It’s learning about language and all aspects of humanity.

Writing and reading is a source of expression and communication. If facilitated in as egalitarian way as possible, it brings co-operation. It requires a level of trust but then so does any group activity.”

– SLT participant

“Poetry can provide comfort and boost mood during periods of stress, trauma and grief. Its powerful combination of words, metaphor and meter help us better express ourselves and make sense of the world and our place in it.

Using poetry to find our voice can open up new ways of expressing ourselves that cannot be traversed with everyday words, and open up ways to heal and restore us particularly in times of stress.”

– Arts and Mind Lab