A Country Where All Colors Are Sacred and Alive
by Geoffrey Oelsner, IPM Advisory Member
Is This Forever, or What?: Poems & Paintings from Texas
by Naomi Shihab Nye, IPM AdvisoryMember
Texas: The state line stretches for 2,842 miles. There are coasts and mountains and rivers and lakes and cities and towns and disappearing towns and fields of wildflowers and hills and wide-open places.
The state of mind has no borders. And the 140 Texans in this book are about to show you why.
Native Joy: Poems Songs Visions Dreams 1963-2003
by Geoffrey Oelsner IPM Board Member
Celebrates the written and visual works of individuals who have suffered an acquired brain injury (ABI). An ABI can result from traumatic brain injury, stroke, oxygen deprivation, infectious disease, tumor, brain surgery or toxicity. The works in this anthology are a product of Rediscovery Project 2013, a San Francisco Bay Area based poetry and expressive arts group that explores brain injury through the lens of the archetypal Hero's Journey. This anthology captures the rich landscape of living with brain injury and the healing that's possible through sharing, witnessing and being in community.
Personality and Personal Growth
by James Fadiman, Former IPM Board Member
and Robert Frager
Through a set of different theoretical lenses, Personality and Personal Growth gives students the opportunity to understand their own lives and the lives of others. By observing their own reactions, readers’ come to their own conclusions regarding the value of each theory.
The Blessing: A Memoir
by Gregory Orr, Former IPM Advisory Member
The inadvertent shooting death of his brother by poet Gregory Orr gives this memoir an awful specific gravity.
This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from Around the World
by Naomi Shihab Nye, Former IPM AdvisoryMember
An award-winning multicultural compilation of poetry introduces more than 125 poems from sixty-eight countries around the world, many translated into English for the first time, and offers glimpses of similarities across people despite cultural differences.
Wednesday River: New Poetry
by Barbara Hazard, Former IPM Poetry Board Member
Wonderful Books
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Writing the Sacred: A Psalm-inspired Path to Appreciating and Writing Sacred Poetry
by Ray McGinnis, Former IPM Advisory Member
Poetry writing workshops have been held at the 2100 Lakeside Men’s Emergency Shelter since 2009. During that time several hundred men have participated in the programs.
The poetry is surprisingly upbeat and touches on a variety of topics, from lost love to city living to experiences with addiction and unemployment. Kenneth Gregory writes, “the courage to change gives/Sight into the unseen/Stars to those who dream.” He also writes of an estranged daughter, “I love you dear daughter Kendoll I do/And when you come looking/Dad will be waiting for you.
Item List
A Country Where All Colors Are Sacred and Alive
by Geoffrey Oelsner, IPM Advisory Member
Is This Forever, or What?: Poems & Paintings from Texas
by Naomi Shihab Nye, IPM AdvisoryMember
Native Joy: Poems Songs Visions Dreams 1963-2003
by Geoffrey Oelsner IPM Board Member
Personality and Personal Growth
by James Fadiman, Former IPM Board Member
and Robert Frager
The Blessing: A Memoir
by Gregory Orr, Former IPM Advisory Member
This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from Around the World
by Naomi Shihab Nye, Former IPM AdvisoryMember
Wednesday River: New Poetry
by Barbara Hazard, Former IPM Poetry Board Member
Wonderful Books
Author Wonderful
Writing the Sacred: A Psalm-inspired Path to Appreciating and Writing Sacred Poetry
by Ray McGinnis, Former IPM Advisory Member