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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

  • Training: Poetry as a Tool for Wellness 2026 - Cohort 20
    Training: Poetry as a Tool for Wellness 2026 - Cohort 20
    Sat, Jan 31
    Jan 31, 2026, 11:00 AM PST
    Online Facilitator Training
    Facilitator Training Winter 2026 Saturdays, 11am - 1pm Pacific Time January 31 February 7, 14, 21, 28 March 7, 14, 21, 28
  • Poetry of Nature 2026 — A Year of Poetic Medicine
    Poetry of Nature 2026 — A Year of Poetic Medicine
    Mon, Feb 09
    Poetry Circle Memberships Available Now
    Feb 09, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Poetry Circle Memberships Available Now
    Two levels of membership are available each year: a monthly Poetic Medicine Circle (closes each February), and a Letters Circle option (year-round registration). NanLeah and Geoff facilitate. The contributions from participation in this program are used to support the greater programming of IPM.
  • Poetry as Reinvention 2026
    Poetry as Reinvention 2026
    Fri, Feb 13
    Poetry Circle
    Feb 13, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PST
    Poetry Circle
    A monthly offering from our popular Poetry as a Tool for Wellness series!
  • Training: Poetry as a Tool for Wellness 2026 - Cohort 21
    Training: Poetry as a Tool for Wellness 2026 - Cohort 21
    Fri, Mar 27
    Online Facilitator Training 9 weeks
    Mar 27, 2026, 6:30 PM PDT
    Online Facilitator Training 9 weeks
    Facilitator Training Winter 2026 Fridays, 6:30pm - 8:30pm Pacific Time March 27 April 3, 10, 17 (no session on the 24th) May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
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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