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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.

The Institute for Poetic Medicine is a non-profit 501(c)3

Upcoming Poetic Medicine Events

  • Practicing Self-Care - PTW Oct 2026
    Practicing Self-Care - PTW Oct 2026
    Sat, Oct 17
    Poetic Medicine Workshop
    Oct 17, 2026, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PDT
    Poetic Medicine Workshop
    Join us for October's poetry circle from our popular Poetry as a Tool for Wellness series!
  • November - Poetic Medicine Summit 2026: The Expressive Art of Poetry
    November - Poetic Medicine Summit 2026: The Expressive Art of Poetry
    Nov 07, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM PST
    Online
    Join us for This Month's Session: Poetry of Homelands and Hope: Uplifting Refugee and Immigrant Voices toward Creating Communities of Welcome and Belonging a talk and experiential workshop facilitated by IPM Poetry Partner Merna Ann Hecht
Sandstone

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

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. 

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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