For troubled teens, making and sharing poetry may be unexpected source of happiness

WHERE POETRY LIVES: 

The Pongo Teen Writing Project has been working with troubled teens in detention centers, mental health facilities and homeless centers for nearly two decades, taking their stories and turning them into poetry. In our ongoing series “Where Poetry Lives,” Jeffrey Brown and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey learn more about a program that empowers young people in crisis to express themselves. Continue reading →

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/troubled-teens-poetry-offers-happiness-after-hardships/

Poet's Notebook: Difficult Knowledge:  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/poetry/poets-notebook/