Tree-headHave you ever considered talking a mindfulness course if you’re a poetry teacher? This article in Community College Week tells you why you should.

Have you ever considered taking a mindfulness course if you’re a writer?

Did you know it can:

– improve your ability to focus
– orient your attention
– improve your working memory
– decrease your anxiety, depression and anger
-  improve planning and organization

– improve relationships
– improve empathy

A couple of things come in to play here when we critique different styles of poets and their aggravations with other styles of poetry:

  • focus
  • attention
  • working memory
  • organization skills
  • anxiety and
  • empathy.

This mental stuff affects our poems and it affects how we critique other people's poems. Read more at Community College Weekly.