I Remember It Well – Poetry Writing For Seniors

By Carol A. Adams
ISBN #9781897113578

The book, “I Remember It Well, Poetry Writing For Seniors”,
provides activity professionals with little or no poetry training with a
template to conduct poetry workshops for seniors at their facilities.
It contains an entire fully scripted year of poetry workshops for seniors
ready to go. The artistic and dramatic qualities of the book are
enough to recommend it to anyone. Although it focuses on residents
in a long-term care facility, the benefits can be extended to younger
seniors and mature adults in a private home setting. Based on a
series of poetry workshops conducted at Trilogy LTC Centre in
Toronto, the objective of the poetry workshop is to promote resident’s
self-esteem, enhance their quality of life and increase mental alertness. These objectives were certainly
met at Trilogy. The workshops are now into their third year and the residents love it. Many homes think this
is a great idea and are going forward with their own workshops. Recent studies and user experience
indicate that the mental and creative activities encountered in poetry workshops are:

*Creative art exposure
*A significant addition to the field of recreational therapy
*An avenue to capture our senior’s very special memories and a way to build up their sense of self worth.
*A way to decrease mental age
Carol’s book details the methodology used and gives examples of some of the positive results obtained.

“I Remember It Well, Poetry Writing For Seniors” (ISBN#978-1-897113-57-8) by Carol A. Adams
includes a year of workshops, fully scripted and ready to go. The cost is $19.95 plus Shipping and Handling
and the book is available from the publisher, General Store Publishing House.
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About the Author
Carol A. Adams is widely published. Her poetry has appeared in a number of literary journals and anthologies. She has created a
series of Seniors’ Poetry Workshops based on a series of articles she wrote on the Craft of Poetry for the “Canadian Writers Journal,”
a monthly column for the Town Crier Chain of newspapers and a series of Poetry Workshops for Students conducted in the 2001-04 timeframe.
Her poetic work was recently featured in the 2005 book The Missing Line, published by York University’s Canadian Woman Studies and using
one of Carol’s poems, “The Missing Line,” as the title piece.

Carol A. Adams now lives in Don Mills with her husband, Bob, a native Nova Scotian, who assists her during the poetry sessions.
She now teaches English in Toronto, Ontario as well as writing and conducting poetry workshops.

To contact Carol, call 416-385-9763 or e-mail caadams@msi.net..

Yes I Remember It Well