两位大学好友用诗歌修复破裂的友谊

Miriam Hechtman和Ella Mitchell于1994年在墨尔本RMIT大学相识，成为了亲密的朋友。1然而，进入30多岁后，由于生活重心的差异，两人的沟通出现了困难，甚至经历了数月的沉默期。1为了打破这种僵局，她们尝试通过交换歌词和诗歌片段进行沟通，这个过程持续了约6个月。1

后来，Hechtman和Mitchell决定创立"四行诗项目"，每周互相发送4行原创诗歌，这个项目坚持了5年之久。1通过这种创意的表达方式，两人重新建立了深层的情感联系。Miriam Hechtman表示："诗歌确实拯救了我们：它以我们在日常对话中无法做到的方式重新打开了彼此的生活。"1

现年50岁的Miriam Hechtman是作家兼艺术策展人，同时也是现场诗歌空间Poetica的创始人；153岁的Ella Mitchell从事沟通管理工作。1两人最终通过诗歌修复了因生活方向不同而疏远的友谊。

Miriam Hechtman and Ella Mitchell, who met at RMIT University in Melbourne in 1994, found themselves drifting apart in their thirties as their lives took different directions 1. The two friends experienced months of silence as communication became strained 1. Rather than allow the rift to widen permanently, they embarked on an unconventional remedy: a creative project centred on poetry.

After approximately six months of exchanging song lyrics and poetry fragments, the pair formalized their approach by launching what they called the "Quatrain Project" 1. For five consecutive years, Hechtman and Mitchell exchanged four lines of original poetry with each other on a weekly basis 1. This sustained creative dialogue proved transformative. As Hechtman, now 50 and working as a writer and art curator, reflected on the experience: "Poetry really did save us—it reopened each other's lives in ways that everyday conversation couldn't" 1. Mitchell, 53 and employed in communications management, joined Hechtman in recognizing how the written word had facilitated a deeper emotional reconnection 1.

The success of their personal project underscores the power of artistic expression in mending fractured relationships. Hechtman has since channeled this experience professionally as the founder of Poetica, a live poetry space 1.