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IPM Team
Dec 19, 20244 min read
December 2024 Letter | John Fox, PPM
It is December and I would like to make brief reports on some of my activities for The Institute for Poetic Medicine during this year,...
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IPM Team
Dec 18, 20243 min read
PTW Facilitator Training 2024
Poetry As a Tool For Wellness Facilitator Training During 2024 the Poetry as a Tool for Wellness  (PTW) Facilitator Training program...
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IPM Team
Nov 15, 20241 min read
Thanksgiving Day Prayer | Walter Rauschenbusch
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...
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IPM Team
Oct 1, 20240 min read
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IPM Team
Jul 16, 202410 min read
An Introduction to Poetic Medicine for the NF Community | John Fox, PPM
AN INTRODUCTION TO POETIC MEDICINE FOR THE NF COMMUNITY by John Fox, PPM The Institute for Poetic Medicine Greetings! I am glad for this...
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IPM Team
Jul 9, 20241 min read
Where I Am From | Obede (Eddy) Gaspar
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...
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IPM Team
Jul 4, 20240 min read
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IPM Team
Jun 18, 20241 min read
All Morn Sun | Geoff Oelsner
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...
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IPM Team
Jun 3, 20246 min read
Poetry of Nature | Late Spring | Geoff Oelsner
Summer cometh soon, June 20, 4:51 PM EDT. May summer bring you closer to Nature and the Heart of Life.
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IPM Team
May 16, 20241 min read
Instructions on Not Giving Up | Ada Limón
We greatly appreciate this poem by the current Poet Laureate of the United States, Ada Limón . If a line or phrase resonates with you, we...
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IPM Team
May 13, 202410 min read
In Defense of the Whim | Elizabeth Bolton, PhD
It’s dandelion season again. I love those tiny sunbursts, those little lion’s manes of which there are no shortage on my walks to and...
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IPM Team
May 12, 20244 min read
What Is Past Is Prologue | John Fox, PPM
John offers this backstory to Elizabeth Bolton's essay "In Defense of the Whim". "...what's past is prologue..." from The Tempest by...
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IPM Team
May 11, 20243 min read
Thoughts on Healing Poetry and Mental Health | Jim Elsaesser, PPM
Check Sometimes, sometimes things are so unbearable. So heartbreaking, So difficult. You can’t imagine how to survive. Despair, Tears,...
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IPM Team
May 9, 20242 min read
Yoga & Poetry: Two Complementary Medicines | E.D. Watson, PPM
In my mental-health tool belt are a number of tools, but the two I rely on most are my yoga practice and my poetry practice. For maximum...
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IPM Team
May 5, 20245 min read
How Can I Teach, But to a Friend? | Cathey Capers, PPM
"How can I teach, but to a friend?" ~ Aristotle As Poetry as a Tool for Wellness (PTW) enters a new phase, this phrase of Aristotle’s...
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IPM Team
May 2, 20243 min read
Lifting Our Voices to Heal | Amy Webb, PhD
"Poems are invitations...doorways into this inner wilderness, a call to sit and be present to what we discover beyond the borders of our...
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IPM Team
May 1, 20240 min read
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NanLeah
Apr 27, 20246 min read
Poetry of Nature | Mid-Spring | NanLeah
This is a letter available monthly to Poetry of Nature subscribers. For full access to the Poetry of Nature letters please subscribe to...
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IPM Team
Apr 23, 20240 min read
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IPM Team
Apr 16, 20241 min read
Re-Inventing Will | Amy Webb
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...
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