Finding Your Creative Voice in Challenging Times or in Times of Possibility

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Approaching poetry and poem-making with a commitment to nourish and encourage healing When we approach poetry and poem-making with a commitment to nourish and encourage healing—that includes bringing our attention to the whole person as much as we do the whole poem. Simone Weil said, “Pure attention is prayer.” The prayer of pure attention doesn’t mean religiosity; rather, it is an awareness that with deep listening & presence, it is possible to experience person and poem as an expression of the sacred. Carl Jung said, “Please remember, it is what you are that heals, not what you know.” After 41 years of sharing poetry-as-healer, I know the making of a poem, joined with attention and deep listening, is a way to discover and show people who I am and to learn who other people are.

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