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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 MERI Center for Humanity in Healthcare; Because Every Story Matters Thursday, September 17 1:00 -2:30 pm Pacific Time Registration for the full series of events, including recordings of all previous sessions is here: https://givebutter.com/Summit2026April This workshop centers on the feelings and experiences of grief and loss, and the healing that can emerge when those feelings are s

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Finding What You Didn’t Lose: Expressing Your Truth and Creativity Through Poem-Making
by John Fox, founder and president of The Institute for Poetic Medicine. Poetry discovers and speaks a truth ordinary language cannot...

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