Poetry allows us to articulate and make sense of whatever is churning within us. It can help us construct something out of an impossible, unresolvable situation.  We can turn that situation into a piece of art, and then we can look at it as an object. That might be a cathartic experience, but I don’t want to call it healing. Healing is continuous . . . We have to be careful not to confuse poetry with healing. Poetry is and should be an independent force.