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Poetry really is the cure.
When we stop jabbering long enough to listen to what is going on around, among, and inside us—and we have someone to help us put that into the fewest, truest words available to us—the air clears and the aliveness flows through all the spaces in between.
 
Barbara Brown Taylor
Writer, Speaker, Spiritual Contrarian

Upcoming Poetic Medicine Events

  • Leaning Into Joy
    Leaning Into Joy
    Leaning Into Joy
    Wed, Oct 04
    3 Wednesday evenings via Zoom
    Oct 04, 4:30 PM PDT
    3 Wednesday evenings via Zoom
    Oct 04, 4:30 PM PDT
    3 Wednesday evenings via Zoom
    This three-week online series offers space for participants to cultivate joy through reading and writing poetry.
    Register
  • Poetry as a Tool for Wellness — Facilitator Training Fall 2023
    Poetry as a Tool for Wellness — Facilitator Training Fall 2023
    Poetry as a Tool for Wellness — Facilitator Training Fall 2023
    Sat, Oct 07
    Eight Saturdays via Zoom
    Oct 07, 12:00 PM PDT
    Eight Saturdays via Zoom
    Oct 07, 12:00 PM PDT
    Eight Saturdays via Zoom
    Fall 2023 Oct 7, 14, 21, 28 Nov 4, 11, 18 & Dec 2 Saturdays 12pm - 2pm Pacific Time
    Register
  • Facilitator Training—Healing Poetry: Working with Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
    Facilitator Training—Healing Poetry: Working with Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
    Facilitator Training—Healing Poetry: Working with Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
    Sat, Nov 04
    Three Saturdays via Zoom
    Nov 04, 9:00 AM PDT
    Three Saturdays via Zoom
    Nov 04, 9:00 AM PDT
    Three Saturdays via Zoom
    Nov. 4th, 11th, and 18th Saturdays 9 - 11am Pacific Time
    Register
  • Veterans & Poetry — How We Say It
    Veterans & Poetry — How We Say It
    Veterans & Poetry — How We Say It
    Free for Veterans Sept 28th Oct 12th & 26th
    Thursdays, 2:30pm Pacific
    Free for Veterans Sept 28th Oct 12th & 26th
    Thursdays, 2:30pm Pacific
    Free for Veterans Sept 28th Oct 12th & 26th
    Thursdays, 2:30pm Pacific
    with Poet & Veteran, Jim Moreno Thursdays, 2:30pm Pacific Time Aug 17 & 31 Sept 14 & 28 Oct 12 & 26 To register contact Jim directly: jimpoet@hotmail.com
    Details
  • Poetry of Nature — Year of Poetic Medicine
    Poetry of Nature — Year of Poetic Medicine
    Poetry of Nature — Year of Poetic Medicine
    Registration for
    Letters-Only Option is Available Now
    Registration for
    Letters-Only Option is Available Now
    Registration for
    Letters-Only Option is Available Now
    with NanLeah and Geoff Two levels of membership are available: a monthly Poetic Medicine circle, and a letters only option. The contributions from participation in this program are used to support the greater programming of IPM.
    Register
  • Opening Our Mystic Heart through Poetry I
    Opening Our Mystic Heart through Poetry I
    Opening Our Mystic Heart through Poetry I
    Jan - Feb 2024 *Registration Options*
    6 weeks via Zoom
    Jan - Feb 2024 *Registration Options*
    6 weeks via Zoom
    Jan - Feb 2024 *Registration Options*
    6 weeks via Zoom
    In this series, we will meet weekly to engage poetic medicine as a means of inviting our mystic heart to open more fully in our daily lives. In approaching our mystic heart through poetry, we engage the language of the heart through image, metaphor, spaciousness, and mystery. Waiting list below.
    Details
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The Institute for Poetic Medicine is a non-profit 501(c)3

Our Mission

The Institute for Poetic Medicine offers tools and support to heal body, mind, and spirit through the creative and therapeutic process of hearing, speaking, and writing poetry.

Our Vision

The Institute for Poetic Medicine is dedicated to nurturing the human capacity to connect to Self, Other, Community, the Natural World, and the Divine through the healing, expressive art of poetry; what we describe as:

Awakening soulfulness in the human voice.

Poetic Medicine Community

Because our personal experiences touch the common ground we share with others, poetry offers a way to connect an otherwise seemingly unconnected community.

 

We invite you to share your experiences

– your poems –

within these poetic medicine groups. 

Poetry Commons is a group that is open to all: ask questions, share poems, and become part of the larger poetic medicine community.

 

Other groups are available by invitation through registration for IPM programming.

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