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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

  • Power of Voice — Poetry as a Tool for Wellness 2025
    Power of Voice — Poetry as a Tool for Wellness 2025
    Power of Voice — Poetry as a Tool for Wellness 2025
    Sat, Feb 15
    One Saturday via Zoom
    Feb 15, 2025, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PST
    One Saturday via Zoom
    Feb 15, 2025, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PST
    One Saturday via Zoom
    Feb 15, 2025 Saturday 11am - 1pm Pacific Time
  • Poetry of Nature 2025 — A Year of Poetic Medicine
    Poetry of Nature 2025 — A Year of Poetic Medicine
    Poetry of Nature 2025 — A Year of Poetic Medicine
    Circle begins in February 2025
    Registration Now Open!
    Circle begins in February 2025
    Registration Now Open!
    Circle begins in February 2025
    Registration Now Open!
    NanLeah and Geoff facilitate Two levels of membership are available: a monthly Poetic Medicine Circle, and a Letters Circle option. The contributions from participation in this program are used to support the greater programming of IPM.
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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.

Groups

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