IPM’s Impact on People’s Lives

At The Institute for Poetic Medicine, we've learned that poetry-as-healer:

Over the years IPM has touched hundreds of lives and these are some of the stories we are pleased to share.

IPM’s Tapestry of Impact

The World of Poetry

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A Stranger Is Moved to Write a Letter

"I was so moved by the words..."

Poetry Offered Another Way of Seeing the World

"I have learned to trust the process and get out of the way of my own creativity."

Physician as Poet

An Interview with Jack Coulehan, Poet/Physician by John Bowman

Bringing Poetry to Students and Veterans

"The effect of writing this poem was a stepping stone towards dealing with my grief."

Brought to Poetry through Illness

"Poetry has allowed me to be emotionally expressive, a place I had never visited."

Poetry Reveals There Is Nothing but Meaning

"Listening in silence to the healings we were requesting through our community and our poems sent waves of healing through me."

Brought the Healing Power of Words into Mainstream Psychology

John Fox reflects on his friend and the essay that he wrote "borne from a dynamic combination of wisdom and vulnerability."

Healing Poetry in Abu Dhabi

American-Iranian spiritual poet

Called to Live Life More Consciously

"Writing about my experiences gave me new perspective and skills."

What Poetry Brings Us When Facing Aging and Death

"Poetry is like my fourth meal of the day. I need it and enjoy the taste of it."