Weaving a Tapestry of Possibility with Poetry and Poem-Making - Sunday
Schedule
Sun Nov 09 2025 at 12:00 pm to 05:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Children's Medical Center Plano | Plano, TX
About this Event
Weaving a Tapestry of Possibility
with Poetry and Poem-Making
Trust Your Inner Knowing,
Discover Your Creative Voice
FFacilitated by Janet Childs & John Fox
with Witek Nowosiad as Host
Register here:
"Every child is an artist the problem is how to remain an artist once he or she grows up.”
~Pablo Picasso
Every person is endowed with a spark of creativity. Our culture, education and life experience do not always recognize this, let alone encourage it. That Creative Spark may be what we need to make our lives the rich & meaningful, fulfilling & surprising possibilities that we deserve.
John brings a life-time of experience and practice to helping people from a wide-range of life journeys make contact with that creative spark.
The content and process of the workshop will include
* gather in a safe poetry circle
* receive a booklet of poems to keep
* use poetry as a catalyst for your writing
* invitation to speak poems out loud
* deep listening and response
* being with others
This is a safe, nonjudgemental and nurturing space. We feel that in these difficult times, being able to meet together in this way will bolster and lift us up in community.
No prior experience with poetry is necessary. Everything is done by invitation. That means that you do not have to share if you don’t wish to. Or, you are welcome to share! We are all for “beginner’s mind!”
November 9
1 - 5pm Central Time
Arrive early, around 12 noon, and we will have lunch together.
Please bring your own brown-bag lunch.
Or come at 12:50 p.m. as the workshop begins.
Children’s Medical Center Plano
7601 Preston Road
Plano, TX 75024
Speese Conference Center, P1410
There is ample parking in front of Speciality Building 1.
Enter through Specialty Building 1.
Read more about The Institute for Poetic Medicine below.
The Institute for Poetic Medicine (IPM) was founded in 2005 by poet, author, and educator John Fox, PPM.
His goal was to bring poetry as a healing practice to a wider community. Since then hundreds of poetry circles have gathered, each with an emphasis on creating both a safe and creative circle, participants are guided by experienced Poetic Medicine Facilitators to approach poetry for self-understanding through reading, reflecting, and writing poetry. Sharing within the poetry circle is by invitation and is not necessary or expected.
In addition to poetry circles IPM also offers two options for facilitator training. Our 8-week Peer-Facilitator Training series offers guidance, practice, and feedback for those interested in using the Poetry as a Tool for Wellness series to share poetry circles in their communities. The more in-depth 3-year/3-phase Practitioner of Poetic Medicine training guides students through the process of designing and offering their own poetic medicine programs.
IPM also offers grant opportunities each year for those bringing poetry-as-healer to specific communities free of charge. These are called IPM Poetry Partners.
We invite you to learn more about IPM at our website:
www.poeticmedicine.org
Where is it happening?
Children's Medical Center Plano, 7601 Preston Road, Plano, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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