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Maggie Anderson
Apr 8, 20211 min read
Writing Poems, we Discover Us
A quote from poet Jericho Brown to celebrate National Poetry Month: ”I believe poems lead us to and tell us what we really believe. I...
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Maggie Anderson
Mar 28, 20212 min read
Voices of the Grieving Heart
Please join me for a free event that is bound to be wonderful. VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH: "Voices of the Grieving Heart" – 30th Anniversary...
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Maggie Anderson
Mar 18, 20211 min read
Wild Geese
You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let...
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Maggie Anderson
Jan 23, 20212 min read
An invitation from the Institute for Poetic Medicine
Join Our Healing Poetic Medicine Community! Stand still. The trees ahead and the bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is...
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Maggie Anderson
Jan 23, 20213 min read
Amanda Gorman reminded us how powerful poetry can be
The Hill We Climb When day comes we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade? The loss we carry, a sea we must...
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Maggie Anderson
Dec 31, 20201 min read
The Trouble with Poetry
The trouble with poetry, I realized as I walked along a beach one night -- cold Florida sand under my bare feet, a show of stars in the...
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Maggie Anderson
Dec 4, 20201 min read
Yes, Virginia. Writing Poetry Can Add Magic to the Holidays!
A wise Student on the Literary Magazine staff at my daughter’s school predicted no students would want to write something for the...
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Maggie Anderson
Oct 17, 20201 min read
Living in the Body
Poet Joyce Sutphen wrote this poem about Living in the Body. It's read by Atlanta's Dr. Earl Stewart on his Poetry in Medicine Podcast....
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Maggie Anderson
Oct 17, 20201 min read
Looking for the Light?
Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in... ~ Leonard...
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Maggie Anderson
Oct 14, 20201 min read
Why Poetry?
We need poetry, not for answers but for a way through. ~ Robert Frost #getthroughthepandemic #mindfulnesswithpoetry #reducestresswithpoetry
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Maggie Anderson
Oct 12, 20201 min read
Poems of Witness at a Critical Time
Starting October 12 until the election November 3, John Fox and the Institute for Poetic Medicine will offer a poem each day to help us...
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Maggie Anderson
Oct 12, 20201 min read
A poetic lift in a difficult moment
Twenty-three years-ago John Fox published Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making. Then and now, he believes, to have and make...
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