IPTN

Welcome to Irish Poetry Therapy Network - IPTN, a non-profit organisation that provides an environment where participants explore at first hand, through the use of poetry therapy and bibliotherapy, the healing power of poetry as a means of identifying and dealing with various life issues.

Find out more about us and how to join our network by checking out our site.


Confidentiality Agreement: IPTN Sessions are held in a confidential space. Participants, discussions and poems are only published with agreement. These sessions use poetry as therapy and are not psychotherapy sessions.

Friday, 22 July 2016

New IPTN sign


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IPTN Conference - Tinakilly House Hotel, Co. Wicklow

 We are delighted to confirm the venue for our poetry therapy conference as Tinakilly House Hotel, Rathnew. Conveniently situated just off the N11 and set in wonderful grounds, the perfect setting for poetry therapy sessions.

Further details of speakers and facilitators will be announced in September.
Date: Sunday 9th October 2016
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Monday, 11 July 2016

Group Poem - 9 July 2016

Here is the group poem, each line written by a participant at the Hollyfort Session on 9th July 2016:

Grief is a coin whose other side is love
grasping, writhing in desperation
time forgetting
I falsely hold it every time I see her face
charging colours in the water with reflections of life above it.

I smell the pungent rush of your fragrance
it moves from me, still blooms in my mind
let it go when it wishes to be released
to hold it in your memory
to risk it slipping through your fingers.

It might be better not to take but to appreciate
private and oh so quiet.
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