I have always loved poetry. Some of my earliest and most treasured memories are of my Granddad reading poetry to me before bed. Poetry isn’t age-appropriate, it doesn’t have a sticker […]
Dancing amongst the stars asking ‘who will come dance with me and forget who is watching’
‘When you open yourself to the view of others it’s a risk. Much like the poem at the end of this post suggests ‘at times we will not open our […]
The Poetic Nursing Heart challenged me emotionally
The challenges I have taken on, endured and enjoyed in my life have generally been physical ones. If there is a medal, I will run it! But when it comes […]
Awaken, woke and internationally focused
I studied some of the poetry written by soldiers in World War 1 for “A” level English. I can still remember some of the lines; “Dulce et decorum est pro […]
The connection across the Atlantic through prose
Dawn an educator in America was particularly struck by the ‘student’s voice – blog’ which was an insight into Cathi Leah’s Inpression of value of prose in care. Linking to […]
The librarian’s tale of openness
Back in February, a call went out on Twitter to share poems as part of something called #poeticnursingheart. I’m not a nurse, but I work closely with students and staff […]
STAY INSIDE THE LINES
I want to paint a picture and it’s going to be messy. Paint card, sticky back plastic, feathers and thoughts are going to fly. I know that it should be […]
Inspiring students to make global connections
Cath, a student nurse at Canterbury Christ Church University, discusses how involvement with #poeticnursingheart inspired her to reach out and make connections with nursing professionals across the globe.
‘Words of learned length and thundering sound’: Learning, Teaching and The Poetic Nursing Heart
Phil, a member of the Learning & Teaching Enhancement team at the University, explores the relationship between the poetic nursing heart, the University Learning and Teaching strategy and the Principles […]
#poeticnursingheart – Augmented Reality.
Tom describes how new technologies helped bring some of the poems to life at the symposia, and invites you to play along….