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Poetry as Praise | Amanda Johnston
Opening Weekend of IPM's Online Poetic Medicine Summit 2026: The Expressive Art of Poetry Upcoming Sunday Program During the Opening Weekend of the Online Poetic Medicine Summit 2026: The Expressive Art of Poetry Amanda Johnston Sunday, April 26 9 am - 1 pm Pacific Daylight Time Have you ever wanted to celebrate someone in your life or mark a special occasion with a poem? During times of joy and great challenges, people turn to poems that connect us through our shared hu
IPM Team
3 days ago1 min read
Writing Ourselves into Wonder: Meeting Difficult Times with Poetry | Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Opening Weekend of the Online Poetic Medicine Summit 2026: The Expressive Art of Poetry Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer Saturday, April 25 9 am - 1 pm Pacific Time In the dark times will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing about the dark times. —Bertolt Brecht, “Motto” In every moment there is the chance to witness the ever-unfolding story of our own lives and the story of our world. Though a poem can’t fix things, can’t heal us, can’t change the facts, reading
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3 days ago2 min read
Connections: Synapses of Flourishing in Creating Human Experience | John Fox, PPM
Opening Weekend of IPM's Online Poetic Medicine Summit 2026: The Expressive Art of Poetry John Fox Friday, April 24 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Pacific Time "Bless the spirit that makes connections, for truly we live in what we imagine. Clocks move along-side our real life with steps that are ever the same." ~Rainer Maria Rilke These days, when many things and experiences around us are grim and harrowing, it is important to not give up or turn away. Poetry and poem-making help me to no
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3 days ago2 min read
February 2026 Letter | John Fox, PPM
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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Feb 1615 min read
January 2026 Letter | John Fox, PPM
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
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Jan 913 min read
The Path to Hozho - Teachings of the Beauty Way in Difficult Times | Lupita McClanahan
Excitement and Possibility – Upcoming Programs of IPM & John Fox ask them with reverence, of my mother the earth, of the sky, moon, and sun my father. I am old age: the essence of life, I am the source of all happiness. All is peaceful, all in beauty, all in harmony, all in joy. Diné Lupita McClanahan Visits California We are pleased to share that truly wise elder and former IPM Board Member Lupita McClanahan is going to visit Mountain View on Saturday evening, January 17 to
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Jan 51 min read
December 2025 Letter | John Fox, PPM
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
IPM Team
Dec 26, 20257 min read
Poetry of Nature | Mid-Fall | NanLeah
This letter is one of a monthly series available to Poetry of Nature subscribers.
NanLeah
Nov 2, 202513 min read
October 2025 Letter | John Fox, PPM
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
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Oct 22, 20257 min read
The Passing of Two Great Practitioners of Poetry-as-Healer | John Fox, PPM
Wayne Gilbert: July 1, 1950 - September 23, 2025 Mari Alschuler: May 3, 1958 - September 20, 2025 I am writing to share news about the deaths of two brilliant people in the field of poetry therapy. Wayne Gilbert and Mari Alschuler are those brilliant people and practitioners. I met Wayne and Mari in the same year – 1995. They died this September. Their blessing, the direct experience by which I treasure each – 30 years of goodness, courage, love, vulnerability, giftedn
IPM Team
Oct 17, 20252 min read
Poetry of Nature | Early Fall | NanLeah
This letter is one of a monthly series available to Poetry of Nature subscribers.
NanLeah
Oct 5, 20255 min read
September 2025 Letter | John Fox, PPM
Dear Friend of Poetic Medicine, To begin this letter I want to pause to remember Mari Alschuler -- an important person in my experience...
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Sep 21, 20255 min read
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