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September 2026 | Loss, Losing and Loosening: Poetic Medicine as a Communal Ritual for Grief and Loss | The MERI Center at UCSF
Part of the Poetic Medicine Summit 2026 year-long series The Expressive Art of Poetry The UCSF MERI Center for Humanity in Healthcare; Because Every Story Matters Thursday, September 17 1:00 -2:30 pm Pacific Time Register for this event here: https://givebutter.com/Summit2026September17 *Registration is NOT required for those who purchased a Summit Full Year Ticket. Registration for the full series of events is also available through the link above and includes recordings of

IPM Team
Aug 63 min read


Poetry for Mental Health Programs
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. We are taking this opportunity to share with you some of the IPM Community Partners and their programs with mental health focus. May 1-31st Poetry and Horses Crescent Moon Center IPM's collaboration with Crescent Moon Center focuses on bringing free poetry and wellness workshops to adults in recovery, veterans, BIPOC mothers, disabled adults, LGBTQ+ community members, immigrants, refugees, and suicide-loss survivors throughout the Bay Are

IPM Team
May 206 min read


Healing Words Amid Suffering: Poetic Medicine and Chaplaincy | Witek Nowosiad | July 2026 Summit Event
A video replay of this event is available here: https://givebutter.com/Summit2026July16 Part of the Poetic Medicine Summit 2026 year-long series The Expressive Art of Poetry Thursday, July 16, 2026 12:00 - 2:00 pm Pacific Time This workshop explores how Poetic Medicine’s creative approach to self-expression can deepen chaplaincy practice — especially the sacred disciplines of listening, silence, and presence. Through examples of poems written by chaplains and others engaged i

IPM Team
May 52 min read


Poetry is an Alternative to Suicide | Hala Emad
Afterword from John Fox: I met Hala Emad of Cairo, Egypt in early June of 2018. She was intently exploring writing-to-heal possibilities...

IPM Team
Apr 7, 20231 min read
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