Hovey Richard Bruce, Khayat Valerie Curro, Feig Eugene
Associate Professor in the Division of Oral Health and Society with the Faculty of Dentistry at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Research Associate in the Division of Oral Health and Society with the Faculty of Dentistry at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Perm J. 2018;22:17-196. doi: 10.7812/TPP/17-196.
This article explores the efficacy of writing and reading poetry as a means to help people living with chronic pain to explore and express their narratives in their own unique way. Throughout our narrative we have interwoven poems from Eugene Feig, one of the authors of this article. His poetry is sent out almost weekly to the members of our pain support group as a method of sharing his own experiences of living with pain, as well as to support and to inspire hope in others. The style of poetry we are presenting is that of a person who is not knowledgeable about poetry in a formal sense but who has an understanding of how it has helped him learn to live with his own chronic pain and suffering. These poems are the author's expression of the meaning of living with chronic pain for over 20 years. This article is a philosophical hermeneutic conversation about pain and poetry.
本文探讨了写作和阅读诗歌作为一种帮助慢性疼痛患者以自己独特的方式探索和表达自身经历的手段的功效。在我们的叙述中，我们穿插了本文作者之一尤金·费格的诗歌。他的诗歌几乎每周都会发送给我们疼痛支持小组的成员，作为分享他自己与疼痛共存经历的一种方式，同时也为他人提供支持并激发希望。我们呈现的诗歌风格来自一个并非在形式上精通诗歌，但却理解诗歌如何帮助他学会与自身慢性疼痛和苦难共处的人。这些诗歌是作者对20多年来与慢性疼痛共处的意义的表达。本文是一场关于疼痛与诗歌的哲学诠释学对话。
