July, 2015

Dear Friends of Poetic Medicine,

Welcome to the portal of the brand new and greatly improved web site for The Institute for Poetic Medicine!

I am happy to welcome you because this new web site fully represents the breadth and depth of our work, the way that IPM makes a difference in the world: in heartening the life of individuals, bringing more wholeness and beauty to helping professions and providing a forum, a place for the growing recognition that poetry heals.

My great thanks to Billie Sommerfeld of Unique Web Site Design and Printing in Chico, CA for her web expertise and her collaborating vision. Billie has given fresh dimension to The Institute for Poetic Medicine!

You can help us spread the word about this new IPM web site by letting your friends know and posting it to Facebook.

Please take time to explore and discover ways that this work can serve you. You can find us at www.poeticmedicine.com.*

Sincerely Yours,

John Fox

Founder, The Institute for Poetic Medicine

Poetry is a natural medicine that extends solace and relief,
gives a cathartic voice to suffering, reveals insight and
shows us what it means to be human.

John Fox

Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making

The Institute for Poetic Medicine

all new and easy-to navigate website features:

• Updated and new information about Poetic Medicine courses, programs, people, projects and services;
• Online applications and feedback forms;
• Many, many superb poetic medicine resources;
• Opportunities for you to participate in the IPM community.

The following summary gives a quick review of our new site.  

(Click on links to visit the section pages.)

At a Glance...

what we are about and what we are up to including John Fox's schedule:  

Home Page Overview  

Our site includes complete descriptions and details about our courses and programs:

Courses & Programs

• IPM Certification Program and Application
• Co-Sponsored Programs (other organizations)
• Private Consultation with John Fox
• Institute Sponsored Retreats
• Fees & Schedule
• Testimonials

Find out what our Poetry Partners have done and are doing:

Poetry Partners

• Merna Ann Hecht: Youth Voices: Stories of Arrival
• Brian W. Sunset: Writing Our Relationship With Trees
• Annie Holden: Finding Voice
• Jacinta V. White: The Word Project
• Jim Hornsby: Project Star
• Krista Harrison: Rediscover Project--The Hero's Journey
• Lisa DeVuono: Clubhouse Project
• Wayne A. Gilbert: Unlocked: Discovering Inner Resources at
  Sterling Prison
• Judith Prest: Finding Our Voices: The Poetry of Recovery
• Cindy Washabaugh: Who I am, Where I live/Who we are, Where we live

Learn how Poetic Medicine is changing the world through poetry:

IPM in Action

• Physician and Poet: Jack Coulehan
• Muhammad Shakoor shares about the Power of Poetry in his life
• Speak Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Bahareh Amidi, CPT
• Richard Rosenfield and the Psychological Mainstream 

Read healing stories and poems from our Community of Poets

and respond to their writing prompts:

Community of Poets

• John Bowman, Former Newspaper Editor
• Nancy Story, Poet and Community College Teacher
• Charles Perakis, Family Physician
• Don Winslow, Retired chemical Research Engineer

Check out our many recommended resources for poets and healers attuned to the healing power of poetry:

Poetic Medicine Bag

• Books, DVD, CD, Articles, Essays, YouTube Videos, Interview and Poetry with and by John Fox
• Book Reviews and Highly Recommended Books
• Books by our Poetry Partners
• Books and Music CDs by our Board and Advisory Board Members