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SUMMARY:Seeing Takes Time
LOCATION:South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch\nSouth Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch
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DESCRIPTION:A day of reading and writing poetry with John Fox\, Director o
 f The Institute for Poetic Medicine..\nhttps://cuyahoga.libnet.info/event/
 16666507
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>A gift of poetry is that it encourages us 
 to take our time.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&ldquo\;Nobody sees a flower&mdash\; real
 ly&mdash\;it is so small&mdash\;we haven&rsquo\;t time&mdash\;&nbsp\;<br /
 >and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time.&rdquo\;&nbsp\;<br
  />~&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Georgia O&rsquo\;Keefe</p>\n<p>We can take our time to n
 ot only see a small flower\, but to see and feel the richness of the world
  and of the person whose shoulder is next to ours. Writing poetry allows u
 s to reflect upon our lives and varied experiences. Sharing our poems with
  one another\, we take time to listen to a friend. It is a great gift\, th
 is kind of listening.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>This one-day retreat offers a safe\, 
 supportive environment to write poems&mdash\;or what William Stafford pref
 erred to call &lsquo\;things&rsquo\;&mdash\;that can open up feelings\, di
 still meaning\, shore up your ability to respond to difficulties with inte
 grity\, resilience and courage.&nbsp\;And we&rsquo\;ll take our time.&nbsp
 \;</p>\n<p>&ldquo\;The moment one gives close attention to anything\, even
  a blade of grass\, it becomes a mysterious\, awesome\, indescribably magn
 ificent world in itself.&rdquo\; ~ Henry Miller&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>No e
 xperience with poetry necessary.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><a href="https://www.poeti
 cmedicine.org/board/john-fox%2C-ppm" title="Link to presenter's bio">John 
 Fox\, PPM</a>&nbsp\;is a Practitioner of Poetic Medicine\, poet\, author\,
  educator\, and Executive Director of The Institute for Poetic Medicine (I
 PM)\, a nonprofit he founded in 2005. IPM brings poetic medicine programs 
 and training to communities throughout the US and internationally. John is
  the author of&nbsp\;<em>Finding What You Didn't Lose: Expressing Your Tru
 th and Creativity through Poem-Making</em>&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;<em>Poetic Medi
 cine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making</em>. He is featured in the PBS docum
 entary "Healing Words: Poetry and Medicine." John grew up in Shaker Height
 s and now lives in Mountain View\, CA. He&nbsp\;brings a lifetime of exper
 ience encouraging people from a wide range of life journeys to make contac
 t with the creative spark within.</p>\nhttps://cuyahoga.libnet.info/event/
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