About this Event
Poem-making and listening is a form of healing that enables us to creatively express feelings and be surprised at the words that flow through us.
Offered by Redwing Keyssar, RN, Author & Poet, of the UCSF MERI Center for Education in Palliative Care with MUSIC by Patrice Haan, Harper with UCSF Art for Recovery
In this one -hour session we will:
·Do brief self-introductions
·Listen to a poem or two
·Respond to the poems by simply repeating words or a line that resonates in you or makes you curious or questioning.
- The INTENTION is to stay focused in our hearts, rather than our minds.
- We will come to appreciate the opportunity to just listen to the words and to each other's responses to the words. This is different than "discussing" a poem, which is not the intention in our short time together.
·THEN we do short writing sessions (2-5 minutes) based on a prompt
·If you choose to read what you have written (which we encourage!), then others will again reflect back what lines resonate for them.
UCSF promotes the exchange of diverse ideas and perspectives, acknowledging that the views and opinions of our guest speakers on campus are their own and may not reflect the perspective of the University. We embrace free speech in the pursuit of greater understanding, consistent with our obligations as a public university under the First Amendment.
