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.

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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.

Tuesday 11 October 2016

Conference: A Day to Remember

We are delighted to report that the 5th Annual IPTN Conference has been a great success. The feedback from the participants has been uplifting with many considering the day thought-provoking and interesting. Attendance at the event was high this year but, unfortunately, we were unable to accommodate everyone. However, next year we will ensure that no one will be disappointed.

Our final session resulted in a group poem with participants offering a line as they felt moved to do so:

Mind exercise
not always appreciated
I open the box remembering happiness
I have a mountain to climb
pirouetting amidst a haze of angel dust.

If life is like a box of chocolates
this conference is like a box of Black Magic.

Slow down, notice it's all happening now
opening the door to who I am
I have placed my foot

I will put in the box hope
a hairpin to unlock should I get trapped inside
the never-ending sighs of pure essence
the second chapter much sweeter and more melodic
than the first
hope I don't forget this happy christening
the path of yes
goes all the way
the technicolour of hope and wonder.