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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June 15, 2025 Dear Poetic Medicine Friend, I am astonished that I date this letter as being written on June 15. Ohmigod, half of this...

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It began as a spring opportunity to offer “soul food” to congregants, and clients of a free medical clinic and food pantry on the campus of Holy Cross Faith Memorial Episcopal Church in Pawleys Island, SC. Each month the theme changes, and each month quotes, poems, and writing prompts are placed in an outside “blessing box” and inside 90 bags of personal care, household, and food products distributed to rural county residents. “I wanted to share my belief in the soul-feeding