IPTN Ezine Autumn '23

 

Sorry! Session Cancelled

Sorry! 

We regret that our Wellness Through the Seasons session on 26th August '23 has been cancelled.

For IPTN members, the next Poetry Club is on 23th September with Alison Broder. She will contact you nearer the time with further details.

Save the Date - Annual Conference Saturday 14/10/23

In the meantime, our IPTN Ezine is almost ready for publication. Watch out for it here and on Facebook. As usual, it is full of interesting articles, and this edition includes details of our upcoming Annual Conference on Saturday 14th October, on zoom.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

IPTN AGM - 20/5/23

This year the IPTN's AGM (annual general meeting) will be held on zoom on Saturday 20th May '23 at 3.15pm

Please email IPTN for the zoom link if you wish to join us.

All Welcome.

Poetry Therapy in Practice at NI Mental Health Arts Festival

Three poetry therapy events are taking place at the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast as part of the NI Mental Health Arts Festival.

https://www.nimhaf.org/2023-festival-events-240423

1. 13th May 10.30am to 12.30pm Introduction to Poetry Therapy

https://crescentarts.org/courses/introduction-to-poetry-therapy-

2. 13th March 1.30pm -3.30pm Poetry Therapy in Practice: Myths, Journeys and Self-Discovery

https://crescentarts.org/courses/poetry-therapy-in-practice-myths-journeys--selfdisc

3. 16th May 10.00am to 12.30pm

We are All Music Makers and Dreamers of Dreams

This workshop combines music and poetry therapy

https://crescentarts.org/courses/poetry--music-therapy

Workshops and Poetry Club 2023

Each year, IPTN runs Wellness through the Seasons workshops on zoom on a Saturday from 2pm to 4pm. Details of the sessions are advertised nearer the time. IPTN members receive a reduced rate.

We also run a Poetry Club (free) for IPTN members on a Saturday from 2pm to 3pm, on zoom.

Here are the dates for your diary and we will email a gentle reminder beforehand.

All dates subject to confirmation.

11 February    Maria Ortega

22 April          Shelley Tracey 

10 June          Theresa Kelly

26 August      David Madden

25 March     Bernie Walsh

20 May        Carol Boland plus IPTN AGM. Open to all.
 

29 July        Elizabeth Fitzsimons

23 Sept        Alison Broder

We look forward to seeing you there.

New 'Poem of the Month'

UPDATE: We regret this offer is no longer available. We plan to reintroduce it at a later stage.

Hello, and Happy New Year to you. For this new year of 2023, we are delighted to offer you a new 'Poem of the Month', with a prompt, every month.


Every month for 2023 we will offer you a poem for your interest and enjoyment, and a prompt that you might like to use to write and reflect on the poem or whatever comes up for you.

It's part of our offering to lovers of poetry therapy who have enjoyed our workshops, peer groups, poetry club, e-zine, and conferences every year. It's a little way for us to give back to you for your support of IPTN.

We’ll drop a poem and a prompt into your inbox on the last Saturday of the month every month in 2023, starting in January. We hope you enjoy it.
Keep an eye out for the email and check your 'spam' folder just in case!

Wellness Thro the Seasons - Winter. Bringing the light of poetry to the Darkness

 

The Irish Poetry Therapy Network is delighted to invite you to our fourth workshop in the Wellness Through The Seasons series for 2022.

"Winter. Bringing the light of poetry to the darkness" facilitated by David Madden IPTN, PTP will take place on

Saturday 26th November from from 2 - 4 pm (GMT) or 9-11 am (EST) on Zoom

"Winter. Bringing the light of poetry to the darkness'  is a workshop of two halves. We’ll look at the darkness, how it can force us to 'slow down and reflect' on the past. Then we'll look at winter through the lens of winter asking us to make 'use of the light we have' and how we can bring that into our lives, to sustain us through the winter months.

The workshop is now open for booking to Members of IPTN. If you would like to attend,  please respond to shelleyztracey@gmail.com  and I will send you a PayPal request for €15.00. Places are limited, so early booking is advised.  

We will open booking up to the broader group next week, so please do get in touch before then if you wish to attend.