https://www.theguardian.com/society/joepublic/2009/mar/23/mental-health-poetry-words-on-monday
Extract:
Sylvia Plath is on record as saying that when she was writing she was accessing the healthiest part of herself. That strikes a chord with me, too. Her joy in the act of writing is evident in her BBC interview with Peter Orr which was recorded in the autumn of 1962, shortly before her death. I think it’s available on You Tube. Well worth listening to.
How my heart sings 