Make your own tray or wall hanging Because of COVID-19, Poetry and Pottery couldn’t meet face to face in Soda Springs Park during Summer 2020, so we are just going to do it another way! Our theme is “We can…
Molly Wingate
Poetry Heals launches Caring for Caregivers
Poetry Heals responded to the pandemic by making workshops and writing prompts available online for medical workers, essential workers and first responders. We want to help take care of the those who are taking care of us. Caring for Caregivers…
Thursday Night Poetry Workshops
Have you been looking for time and space to write about what is on your heart and mind? Thursday nights at Penrose Library (20 N. Cascade, Colorado Springs) are for Poetry Heals workshops. February 13, 20, 27 and March 5…
Poetry and Pottery Video
https://youtu.be/ZTfI08aq19kLook at all the people and stuff in this short video of Poetry and Pottery! We gather together artists, potters, and writers for a summer afternoon's event for most weeks in the summer. And this is what it looks like…
Celebrating with Warriors 1st
Warriors 1st Ribbon Cutting Poem Veterans and entrepreneurs need resilience To avoid damage or falling prey to manipulation God helps us envision perseverance and abundance In the face of depression and suicide And all sorts of heavy stuff. Kindness…
Poetry Heals Write a Poem in Gaza City
Poetry Heals connected with students in Gaza City through the technical machinations of Share Studios . Two members of the Gaza Poets Society stepped inside the portal space in Gaza City as I stepped into the big, gold shipping container…
Our First Book! Poetry Heals: Collected Poems from Poetry and Pottery
Poetry Heals is about of using poetry writing to process and start healing trauma, but we can produce a product, too. Our first poetry collection includes poems by all sorts of people who sat down and wrote during our free,…
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Teen Writers Take Over Class
I had written a writing prompt on the white board before I went to fetch the students for the after school writing group. Landmark Community School is a safe place for teens in recovery from addiction. The kids are terrific.…
“Do I have to write if I sit down?”
A table full of poetry writing tools proves to be a magnet for veterans working on addiction recovery.
“I think I’ll get back to writing, now.”
Finally we settled into writing poems using the fill-in-the-blank templates Poetry Heals carries around in binders. These templates help writers look at their feelings. He picked 'Relationships,' and added,"But I don't write anymore."
