Using poetry as medicine on London’s’ Oxford Street

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The Poetry Pharmacy opened this summer on London’s famed Oxford Street. It’s a small space packed with poems for every occasion. Founder Deborah Alma says her goal is to introduce poetry to people who don’t normally encounter it. The World’s Bianca Hillier reports.

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