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Gratefulness
As a poetry neophyte, I have been inspired and encouraged in this course to pursue poetry as an “anam cara” – a soul friend, who understands, empathizes, commiserates, and invites me to be open to all my emotions, and to recognize especially that fragility and vulnerability are not only OK, but the way we grow. ~ S.B., an eCourse participant
As we acknowledge in our Poem a Month invitation, it has become clear to us that our world might be well-served by more of us engaging with poetry. Poems are wise and timeless tools that can support us in living gratefully. They cultivate perspective, insight, resilience, and awe amidst the full range of human experience – from suffering to ecstasy. In the sacred space of poetry, we may cherish what we’re given, who we are, and who we might become.
Go down down down to that pool in you of weedless water —
the place of knowing.
~ From “Going Deeper,” by Anne Powell
Veteran poet-storyteller Dale Biron invites us to delve into the depth of this place in a program that invites us to use poetry in new ways.
Please join us in exploring these questions, and many more, in A Fierce and Enduring Gratitude: How Poetry Supports Us in Good Times and Bad, a five-session on-demand eCourse with which you can engage at your leisure.
The eCourse contains five sessions. Each session includes:
This Program is Designed to:
I think of this course as a kind of sacred intersection between poetry and grateful living…The poems we most need for our Gratefulness Poetry First Aid Kit are short, surprising and soul-sustaining. ~ Dale Biron
This eCourse is offered on a sliding scale starting at just $20.
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