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Poetry Heals

Bringing therapeutic writing to people living difficult lives.

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Poetry Heals Write a Poem in Gaza City

by Molly Wingate6 Nov 201812 Nov 2018

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…

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Our First Book! Poetry Heals: Collected Poems from Poetry and Pottery

by Molly Wingate18 Oct 201812 Nov 2018

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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Poetry Heals Turns 3 Years Old

by Molly Wingate17 Sep 201817 Sep 20182 Comments

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…

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The Stories of Poetry Heals

by Molly Wingate13 Jul 20186 Feb 2019

Poetry Heals had some great stories this week.  In this photo, we have a family from Nice, France who wrote poems in French and English. They were visiting friends who live here, and you really can't tell who is who. We also…

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Poetry and Pottery Builds Community Bridges in Manitou Springs

by Molly Wingate3 Jul 20183 Jul 2018Leave a comment

The officers were frustrated, but it seemed like business as usual. They had missed the culprits. And then they saw Robert under the pavilion, sitting at the writing table. The officers approached Robert and asked him if he could help them out with the cat callers.

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Poetry and Pottery Builds Community Bridges in Manitou Springs

by Molly Wingate2 Jul 2018

“Robert, I wonder if you can help us?” Every Wednesday afternoon in the summer, Poetry and Pottery appears in Soda Springs Park in Manitou Springs. Potters and writing mentors set up pottery wheels, a kiln, and tables full of writing…

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Teen Writers Take Over Class

by Molly Wingate2 May 20183 Jul 2018

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.…

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“Do I have to write if I sit down?”

by Molly Wingate29 Dec 20173 Jul 2018Leave a comment

A table full of poetry writing tools proves to be a magnet for veterans working on addiction recovery.

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“I think I’ll get back to writing, now.”

by Molly Wingate12 Dec 2017Leave a comment

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."

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What If…

by Molly Wingate9 Sep 20179 Sep 2017

What if there were a portal to another world, right here in Colorado Springs, that you could visit today? It's not science fiction - and it's a great reason to write poetry! Come see Poetry Heals at the What If...…

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Poetry Heals provides therapeutic writing classes to teen trauma survivors and others who are incarcerated, homeless, institutionalized, in recovery, or recently released. Thanks to grant funding and individual donors, trained writing mentors can work one-on-one with writers at no cost to the client and little or no cost to the hosting organization. We partner with many community non-profits in the Pikes Peak Region, serving people in need throughout Colorado’s Front Range.

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