FINDING WHAT YOU DIDN'T LOSE - Expressing Your Truth and Creativity Through Poem-Making
(11th printing)
 
by John Fox, CPT

We are pleased to share the Korean edition of
Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making.

Published by Sigma Press in 2005, Poetic
Medicine was translated by Mrs. So Young-Choi
and her team of translators. 

So Young-Choi is the visionary and determined
Director of the Korean Institute for Poetry Therapy.  

In July of 2005, John Fox traveled to Seoul, South Korea for the publication of the book and
offered workshops at Seoul University National Hospital, Kyunggi University and Seoul Educational and Cultural Center.

Dear Friends of the Institute,

To Listen To An Audio Interview of John Fox conducted by Britt Bravo of the Arts and Healing Network:




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This book provides a clear conceptual framework for understanding the healing environment - not only that in which healthcare takes place, but also of the real contribution that the arts can make to the inner environment of feelings and perceptions of those on a path of physical or mental healing.

Here is a source of inspiration and information for all those who are part of the caring community - be they direct providers of care or those who create the environment in which care and healing takes place.

From architecture to art therapies and medical humanities, the book looks at how partnerships between patients, artists, clinicians, architects, community leaders and managers - all of whom are represented among the contributors - can significantly influence the development and practice of patient-centered care.

John's chapter is titled Poetry and Caring.





In Whole Person Healthcare, John's chapter entitled Poetry Therapy: The Reclamation of Deep Language appears in Volume 3, The Arts & Health.  In Volume 2, Psychology, Spirituality & Health, there is a chapter he co-authored with Ilene Serlin and Kirwan Rockefeller entitled Multimodal Imagery and Healthcare.


           (Volume 1)

*NOTE FROM JOHN:  As a contributor to this series, I receive the benefit of a discounted fee for these volumes.  I am happy to pass this savings on to anyone who may be interested in purchasing the set.  If interested, please contact me at:
john@poeticmedicine.org

             Saved by a Poem
               by Kim Rosen
(Publication Date - October 1, 2009)
Whether you are a lover of poetry or have yet to discover its power, Rosen offers a new way to experience a poem.  She encourages you to feel the poem as an affirmation or prayer, which can bring every level of your being - body, mind, feelings and soul - into alignment.  Weaving teaching, story, verse, and memoir, Rosen guides you to find a poem that speaks to you, take it into your life, and become a voice for its wisdom in the world.

From back cover of Saved by a Poem

Kim Rosen is bringing poetry back to where it belongs - into our bodies.  To know a poem from the inside is to become a tabernacle for the sacred song of human life.  We knew this long ago.  Kim Rosen is helping us to remember.  This art of knowing and holding poems within ourselves is crucial and life saving.

Marie Howe
Author, What the Living Do
and The Kingdom of Ordinary Time




The power of Medicine Poetry directs healing not just to those injuries too big to express but to those too small to remember emitting toxins unseen by anything but the hidden eye from whose clear seeing sudden wordless understandings may arise. 

Many tribal peoples refer to considerable healing coming from the strong spiritual medicine brought forth by shamanic invocation.  Medicine poetry is sometimes capable of clearing long-conditioned blindness.  Much that remains yet undiscovered resonates with grace.  And frees us from our image of perfection to which so much suffering clings.






This is not a book about transformative writing; this book is transformative writing.  The writers write beautifully and deeply about their experiences and their healing process, illustrating directly both their resiliency and the power of creative writing.

David Read Johnson, Ph.D., RDT-BCT,
Director of the Arts in Psychotherapy (from the preface of Writing Away the Demons)

There is abundant scientific evidence that 'expressive writing' is a profound way to affect health and well-being.  Writing Away the Demons is a stellar example of 'everyday' people discovering this truth firsthand.  Along with this, Dr. Reiter is keenly sensitive to the way sharing our stories reveal soul and the remarkable resilience of human beings.

John Fox, CPT