Power of Poetry
“Poetry is a life-cherishing force. For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry.” ―Mary Oliver
The power of poetry
Poems have power. A power to enrich our lives to a larger extent and in more ways than we might be aware of. PowerOfPoetry.site is creating a resource of personal accounts, events and personal meetings to explore and share real life stories about poetry’s power to illuminate, challenge, inspire, change, guide and comfort us.
Share your own experience of the transformational power of poetry
Let others know how poetry can change lives by sharing your own story about its power to transform.
Tell us about a specific poem that has been important to you and why. Your account will contribute to a resource of stories that will inspire others to explore what poetry can do for them.
Use the form below or email your experience to contactpowerofpoetry@gmail.com
Find inspirational stories about the transformational power of poetry in English and Swedish.
COMING UP
5 February, Folk & Kultur 2026
Sörmlands montern between 1 – 3pm
Power of Poetry will be part of Folk & Kultur, Sweden’s biggest cultural-political convention to launch the Power of Poetry Stories initiative.
Take the opportunity to be one of the first to submit your experience of how a specific poem has been of great importance to you.
Have you experienced the power of poetry or do you want to read about some who has ?
Soon after the launch of the Power of Poetry Stories you will be able to explore this site’s collection of personal accounts from viewers about the impact specific poems have had on their lives. To share your own experience use the forms above or email contactpowerofpoetry@gmail.com
Do you read, write, recite or listen to poetry?
Power of Poetry will soon schedule online and in real life meetings where you can connect with others and share poems that are important and talk about why.
Is life more challenging than usual? Or is there something special you would like to honour or celebrate? Do you want to explore your current experience by starting a conversation from a poem that relates to your situation?
Power of Poetry will soon offer peer based one on one and group meetings.
That poem you love,
That saved your life,
Wasn’t it given to you?
– Gregory Orr
What poem changed your life?
Let us know!
Go to the limits of your longing by Rainer Maria Rilke
Sara Lind, nurse