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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 has a webpage that is...
Free Poetry Heals Open Workshops on Wednesday Evenings – 6 PM MDT
Wednesday Night Poetry Heals Workshops have a new Zoom address: Join us at 6 PM MDT on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month! This is a wonderful way to step away from the all day, every day experience of the pandemic and experience some joy. Zoom Link...
Tuesday Morning Poetry
Homeless folkx write poems together.
Combat Paper, Poetry Heals, and Afghanistan
I deployed to Afghanistan for the entirety of my 23rd year of life. Every solitary day, I wore the dim muddled grey-green combat uniform as I trudged to work at my fuel point in a remote FOB in the Paktika Province. As a young woman, I dreamed of dresses in the depths...
Poetry and Pottery Video
https://youtu.be/ZTfI08aq19k Look 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...
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 leads to success....
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 parked on the campus of the...
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, summer-long art event, Poetry and Pottery....
Poetry Heals Turns 3 Years Old
Poetry Heals is turning 3 years old. I am simply humbled. Dozens of people pitched in to help create this thriving nonprofit organization. We have a board of directors and everything! So many have encouraged me, guided me and have now taken ownership of this effort to...