Connections: Synapses of Flourishing in Creating Human Experience | John Fox, PPM

Opening Weekend of IPM's Online

Poetic Medicine Summit 2026: The Expressive Art of Poetry

John Fox

Friday, April 24

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Pacific Time

"Bless the spirit that makes connections,

for truly we live in what we imagine.

Clocks move along-side our real life

with steps that are ever the same."

~Rainer Maria Rilke

These days, when many things and experiences around us are grim and harrowing, it is important to not give up or turn away. Poetry and poem-making help me to not give up or turn away and I look forward to sharing this poetic medicine with you.

Poetry and poem-making remind us 

that there is, everywhere, to be found: 

beauty & surprise, truth & connection.

I believe it is up to you and me to live in and create together what Rilke refers to as “what we imagine.”  What we imagine and the connections we make in life - this is the timeless kernel, core, essence, heart, hand-in-hand relationship of what Poetic Medicine is: nourishment for individual and community.

Join me for this evening program where we may discover together “what we imagine” by being open to and accepting of connections - at times seemingly small, significant, or surprising - being offered to us each-and-every day.            

No experience with poetry necessary.

John Fox, PPM - Practitioner of Poetic Medicine, is a poet, author, educator, and CEO of The Institute for Poetic Medicine (IPM), a nonprofit he founded in 2005. IPM brings poetic medicine programs and training to communities throughout the US and internationally.

Message from John Fox, PPM

I hope that you will join me in exploring this topic as the opening event for the Online Poetic Medicine Summit 2026!

Learn more about this event here: https://www.poeticmedicine.org/summit2026

Registration for individual days and for the full event is here: https://givebutter.com/Summit2026April

We would love to have you register yourself or - even better - become a sponsor and bring a friend! I hope that you will be able to join us for one or more of these events!

Kindness,

John Fox