Part of the Poetic Medicine Summit 2026 year-long series The Expressive Art of Poetry Thursday, June 11, 2026 1:00 - 2:30 pm Pacific Time ​ Registration for the full series of events, including recordings of all previous sessions is here: givebutter.com/Summit2026April ​ In this Poetic Medicine workshop, you’ll be invited into a process that weaves poetry, creative expression, reflection, and writing as pathways for exploration, discovery, and self-awareness. As we write and

Part of the Poetic Medicine Summit 2026 year-long series The Expressive Art of Poetry Saturday, May 23, 2026 9:30 - 10:30 am Pacific Time Register for the full Summit series of events here . How can poetry help us face cruelty, and begin to heal its lasting impacts? Together, we’ll consider poetry as a form of medicine: a practice of speaking, witnessing, and affirming the inherent worth of every person. ❧   ❧   ❧   The greater scope of this workshop is intended for participa

Dear Friend of Poetic Medicine, I hope that you are well enough. Thank you for being interested in us. I can’t know but I can imagine you may be troubled, even very troubled, by what is happening on national and international dimensions. We the People , are people who treasure justice and inclusivity. We do our best to practice compassion and kindness. We are intent on being sensitive to the real needs of people – especially sensitive to the needs of the most vulnerable among

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Dear Friend of Poetic Medicine, …whose morning-time begins, like fresh linen smoothed flat by the weathered hands of this one life That’s Where You Can Hear Good Singing These lines I am drawing out from my poem January 1 say that in some way we, that you and I, even with our weathered hands, have fresh linen to start this year with. I have quoted this from Rainer Maria Rilke many times: You must give birth to your images. They are the future waiting to be born. I want our fu

Dear Friend of Poetic Medicine, Thriving & Comfort, in the Room Together I hope you are well and thriving. This time of year, a transitional passage into the new, could be considered a place where you envision the possible. I cheer that possible for you. If this letter finds you in a more difficult place, I am sending gentle encouragement and comfort. Comfort? Yes, comfort may be what most of us long for, especially in these days of harsh, hurtful actions and rhetoric in some

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Dear Poetic Medicine Friends, The months roll on and on! This morning I am feeling that this is different than what relationships are about. When I begin this letter “Dear Poetic Medicine Friends” I slow down and someone’s face will appear. I slow down and drop inside to hear what my heart wants to say to you. The Choice to Slow Down In order to “drop inside” I slow down. I must slow down. Wherever that mysterious place is, the clock isn’t ticking. Good fortune my heart is be