Check out this list of resource articles that explore the connection between Poetry and Work:
Ten Great Articles on Poetry at Work
A list of 10 articles from around the web, to get you up to speed on what’s going on in the world of poetry at work.
Every poet has worked in a workplace, one familiar to all of us, because virtually all of us work in a workplace, too, no matter what we call it. Our work affects what we write, and what we write can affect our work… continue reading Poetry at Work
A few years ago, I was responsible for a fairly large team, and we needed help in writing. I had heard a poet speak at a writer’s conference, and was completely taken by his passion for writing, words, and language. So I invited him to be our guest speaker for a seminar. People on other teams heard about what we were doing. Some asked to join us. Others invited themselves and just showed up… continue reading Poetry in the Workplace
For close to a decade, I read little if any, focusing on career, family, “getting established” and reading fiction when I could find time. That changed when I became part of a company’s speechwriting team. No one else on the team read poetry (all history majors), but a friend kept pressing on me the need to read poetry if I was really serious about being a speechwriter… continue reading The Poet of the Workplace
The Heart Aroused: Meetings in the Dark
David Whyte illustrates through a 1500-year-old Old English poem how facing the fears that keep us awake at night is essential to awakening a soul we’d rather leave sleeping throughout the workday…continue reading The Heart Aroused: Meetings in the Dark
The Heart Aroused: Embracing Fire
I moved through the ranks at a quick pace, landing a promotion to management within months of my first insurance job, and earned a soup bowl full of alphabet after my name. When the global entity I worked for was forced to withdraw from U.S. operations soon after the 9-11 attacks, I had no trouble securing another position with a regional carrier. My position was enviable. I worked for a stable company, had management’s respect, and was fairly compensated for my efforts. And yet, as I forced myself from the bed that morning, the desire to do something else — something meaningful — left me feeling strangled…continue reading The Heart Aroused: Embracing Fire
The Heart Aroused: Chaos and Complexity
A few years ago, I was asked to train a mixed group of a dozen or so new staff in an expanding claim office. About half were experienced adjusters hired from other insurance companies. Skilled negotiators and problem solvers, they needed only to learn the company’s IT systems and procedures…continue reading The Heart Aroused: Chaos and Complexity
Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America
It seems, though, that others far wiser than I have discovered poetry’s needful but long overlooked place in the cubicle and the board room, perhaps a key to restoring the frayed connection between work and the soul of the worker…continue reading Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America