Articles
Research notes on poetry, creative writing, attention, and wellbeing — the evidence behind why we build VerseLab the way we do.
Research & Poetry
How Poetry Sparks Creativity: One Small Creative Act a Day
The research on poetry and divergent thinking, why moderate creative constraints (prompts included) outperform a blank page, and why one small daily creative act — prompted or off-the-cuff — builds lasting positive emotion.
Research & Poetry
Doomscrolling, Attention, and the Case for a Daily Poem
What the research actually says about doomscrolling, attention, and mental health — and what decades of expressive-writing and poetry research show about the benefits of a brief, bounded daily creative practice.