Next steps

Listen to the following ‘The Poetry Pharmacy’ podcast episode by William Sieghart, which explains the inspiration behind his anthology, The Poetry Pharmacy: Tried-and-true Prescriptions For The Heart, Mind And Soul (Penguin, £14.99): soundcloud.com/5x15/william-seighart-1

Read ‘The Rumi Prescription: How An Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life’ by Melody Moezzi (Penguin, £24). penguinrandomhouse.com

Consider joining The Reader, a charity with 700 groups around the UK that supports people who are struggling by bringing them together to read poems and stories out loud. thereader.org.uk