Absurdity Embraced - Group Poem

 

Magical Tiptoe

 

Tiptoe through the tulips

silver gossamer with sparkly stars, crescent moons and long purple ribbons

constantly on the prowl

but the clever puss said ‘A ring is a must first’

standing stones stand deep

I will protect them with honey bees and wasps

and veggies with edge

memory flowers that come alive

purring softly under my wing

I am flying over an iced cake of snow capped mountains, dolls houses 

and a pool of Fox’s Glacier sweets

magical mystical movement

we sailed away today.

 

 

 

EMBRACE ABSURDITY AND PLAY WITH THE WHIMSICAL  

IPTN facilitation with Ger Campbell PTP

Saturday 13^th February 2021 from 2.00-3.30pm

 

Nonsense verse combines poetic form with meaningless language and creates a mix of the normal and the absurd.

Explore the concept of nonsense rhymes which can evoke humour and bewilder us in equal measure. Come prepared to toss logic to one side and immerse yourself in the realms of possibilities.

Join us and allow your imagination free rein. Forget the serious side of life for a short while and allow yourself the gift of play.

Come join us virtually for an afternoon of poetry therapy and fun.

€15 or €10 IPTN Members

Email us at irishpoetrytherapynetwork@gmail.com to confirm your place.

Save the Date

 

WELLNESS THROUGH THE SEASONS WITH IRISH POETRY THERAPY NETWORK

A series of inspirational workshops, drawing on poetry and reflective writing for self-discovery and self-expression, will take place on 2nd Saturday of the month on 

13th February 2.00-3.30 pm 

10th April 2.00-3.30 pm 

12th June 2.00-4.00 pm 

14th August 2.00-4.00 pm

Please note: 10 places only per workshop. Priority to IPTN members

All workshops will take place on Zoom. 

Fee: €15  or

       €10 IPTN members 

Signup details to follow closer to the dates.

ANOTHER DATE FOR YOUR DIARY

IPTN ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2021:  Sat 9th October 2021

Venue to be confirmed.

 

Group Poem 2020

 

IPTN Conference 2020
Group Poem 

This year, as the conference was held on the zoom platform, the group poem was produced in a different manner. Each participant entered a line into the chat room at the same time. 

The promise, elusive, hungry, distant, present, sated, I see me.
Falling free like autumn leaves sleeping, winter with ease.
The tear thief dried my tears.
Speaking about light, in the dark.
We stumble blind as moles into a future we did not foresee.
The strand that’s threaded through my days.
I am an anarchist.
Ah sweet delirium, a dreamscape.
Swim up! Do not drown!
The glow of the promise of change.
It is not comfortable to hold you, but you keep me honest and afraid to be silent.
Thorny worries which snag constantly on my gossamer wings of hope for a better tomorrow.
If I had known, all I had to do was open the door.
In a veil of shedding skin my three inch lilies looked beautiful on the starched pillow.
She sits on her Throne repleted.
The jasmine tumbling endlessly on the hedge, just for the sake of it.
Always, always, always a low discomfort haunts you to the very edges of yourself.
Conversations around a café table of hurt and grief and loss.
Some of the best things, some of the worst things, make no sense.
Tell the bees your worries, they will take them on their wings and fly them away.
All of the wrongs are righted all of the tears are shed.

First Zoom Conference a Success

IPTN’s first online conference has been a resounding success, according to feedback from our participants. They came from as far afield (computer!) as China, Australia, USA, UK, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland, some getting up at 4am and others staying up late into the night.

Thank you all for joining us and making it such an enjoyable event. 

An IPTN conference would not be complete without our final Group Poem. Stay tuned. It is on its way!

One more PTP in Ireland

More good news! Congrats to David Madden on qualifying as a Poetry Therapy Practitioner (PTP) with iaPOETRY. David is a member of IPTN and we wish him all the best with his future poetry therapy activities!

New PT mentor in Ireland

We are delighted to announce that Geraldine Campbell PTP has qualified as an accredited supervisor/mentor with IaPoetry. Ger is available to train poetry therapy practitioners here in Ireland and overseas. This is great news for the Poetry Therapy community in Ireland. Ger is a member of Irish Poetry Therapy Network and will be facilitating the afternoon session at our zoom conference on 17th October.