http://www.poeticmedicine.com
http://blog.sevenponds.com/professional-advice/what-is-the-centre-for-living-with-dying-program-an-interview-with-janet-childs
I sit here now this morning, changed. I had let poetry slip away with me, have been working with writing a book, working very left-brain, and I forgot the magic of words, the poetry. I am grateful to John, Janet, and the others in the group.
Poems are flowing now. Heart energy is tapped.
John Fox shared with us the Seven Gifts of Poetry. I offer them to you now. Feel how your heart is touched, the heart in each and every cell.
The Seven Gifts from John Fox, CPT, from Seven Gifts: Poetry as a Pathway for Renewal.
1. Poetry and poem-making offer a renewal - the discovery of meaning and connection.
2. Poetry and poem-making provide a way to sharpen your practice of mindfulness.
3. There is a physical, somatic component of poetry's healing action.
4. Poetry and poem-making offer a sense of magic and imagination.
5. Poetry and poem-making are a way of asking questions, where the question is not in search of an answer. The question is asking to be held.
6. Poetry and poem-making are a catalyst for relationships infused with compassion, vulnerability and courage.
7. Poetry and poem-making create something meaningful to be shared with another. We are made bigger and renewed by such sharing.
