Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making

Powerful and exciting, Poetic Medicine illustrates the unique role that poem-making can have in addressing the situations...
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Author: John Fox
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Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making by Fox, John

Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making

Dhs. 110.21

Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making

Dhs. 110.21
Author: John Fox
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Powerful and exciting, Poetic Medicine illustrates the unique role that poem-making can have in addressing the situations that lead us to renewal in our lives.

John Fox's book is designed for readers wanting to tap their creative energy in order to make a difference in the world, including educators, therapists, parents and their children, writers, couples, and the infirm. As the author demonstrates, we all possess the ability to write. This gift enables us to access unlimited spiritual resources that restore our genuine voices and meaning in our lives, while healing and creatively satisfying us.

Discussed are numerous stories of people from the author's workshops who exemplify how poetry has aided them I becoming more whole. Parents understand how to use poetry to foster their relationships with their children, recognizing magical bonds that they never knew existed; persons who are ill learn how to come to terms with their diseases; and those who feel helpless in the surrounding world discover the freedom to act and affect real change.

With the poetic tools, instruction, and accounts the author supplies in Poetic Medicine, readers can start now to make their own poems while addressing, acknowledging, accepting, and taking charge of their lives.



Author: John Fox
Publisher: Tarcherperigee
Published: 10/13/1997
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 7.60w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780874778823
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/01/1997 pg. 94

About the Author
John Fox, CPT, is a poet, certified poetry therapist, and a lecturer in the Graduate School of Psychology at John F. Kennedy University in Orinda, California. He is the author of two volumes of poetry, My Hand Touches the Sea and When Jewels Sing (audio tape). John also teaches in the California Poets in the Schools Program. He serves as a vice president on the executive board of the National Association of Poetry Therapy and is a recipient of NAPT's Distinguished Service Award.


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