If a line or phrase resonates with you, we invite you to use it as a starting point to create your own poem. We welcome you to share your poem with the IPM community here. This poem was included in IPM's August 2026 Newsletter. Access the full Newsletter here.

Dear Poetic Medicine Friends, Gathered here are essays, poems, photographs given to me by those who in very significant ways helped with the visit of Diné Elder, Lupita McClanahan from Canyon de Chelly in Arizona to Mountain View and Carmel Valley, CA. Lupita’s talks, The Path of Hozho-Teachings of the Beauty Way In Difficult Times, brought together many people thirsty for sane, spiritual reflections and direct experience of what it is to live on this earth in a conscious and

If a line or phrase resonates with you, we invite you to use it as a starting point to create your own poem. We welcome you to share your poem with the IPM community here. This poem was included in IPM's July 2026 Newsletter. Access the full Newsletter here.

Dear Friends of Poetic Medicine, How is your summer? I hope summer is bringing uplift and flourishing green. For millions of people, however, especially in the American East, Mid-West and in Europe, summertime is bringing extreme, life-threatening heat. The fires in Canada have sent intense smoke into the northeast part of the country. That level of heat and smoke aren't anything to mess around with. Please keep yourself hydrated and as cool as you can be. Please find safe an

If a line or phrase resonates with you, we invite you to use it as a starting point to create your own poem. We welcome you to share your poem with the IPM community here. This poem was included in IPM's June 2026 Newsletter. Access the full Newsletter here.

If a line or phrase resonates with you, we invite you to use it as a starting point to create your own poem. We welcome you to share your poem with the IPM community here. This poem was included in IPM's May 2026 Newsletter. Access the full Newsletter here.

March 10, 1939 to March 1, 2026 “I am sure most of you would agree – my mother was unique. Some of you have shared wonderful notes and words to describe her many qualities. One that stands out to me is her determination. When she was determined to learn something, she never gave up. In the late 1960’s she wanted to learn more about meditation.” Debby McIsaac - McRock from her Eulogy on April 18, 2026 Self Realization Temple, Encinitas, CA I am writing to you in appreciation

If a line or phrase resonates with you, we invite you to use it as a starting point to create your own poem. We welcome you to share your poem with the IPM community here. This poem was included in IPM's January 2026 Newsletter. Access the full Newsletter here.

If a line or phrase resonates with you, we invite you to use it as a starting point to create your own poem. We welcome you to share your poem with the IPM community here. This poem was included in IPM's December 2025 Newsletter. Access the full Newsletter here.

If a line or phrase resonates with you, we invite you to use it as a starting point to create your own poem. We welcome you to share your poem with the IPM community here. This poem was included in IPM's November 2025 Newsletter. Access the full Newsletter here.