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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

  • Understanding, Self-Compassion, and Showing Empathy Aug 2025
    Understanding, Self-Compassion, and Showing Empathy Aug 2025
    Sat, Aug 16
    Poetry Circle
    Aug 16, 2025, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
    Poetry Circle
    Join us for a poetry circle from our popular Poetry as a Tool for Wellness series!
  • Poetry of Nature 2025 — A Year of Poetic Medicine
    Poetry of Nature 2025 — A Year of Poetic Medicine
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    Letters Memberships Available Now
    Join Now!
    Letters 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.
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. 

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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