poetry

Pigeon Mail – Express Delivery – Poetry Therapy Across Continents

Sometimes there are no words to describe an encounter, no words better than the actual words and so here is a magical encounter: 11/26/13 Dear Bahareh, I hope this email finds you well. I will introduce 'One Word' to my Master 1 Psychology students tomorrow as our Poetry … [Read more...] about Pigeon Mail – Express Delivery – Poetry Therapy Across Continents

The Power of Art and Poetry: Meeting Lanre Olagoke on my Path

There is a story I want to tell you... It was a chance meeting. We were walking in London along with my family when my husband noticed a painting in the window of a gallery, he casually said: “Oh what a nice painting" and walked on. I stopped and looked and told him and the … [Read more...] about The Power of Art and Poetry: Meeting Lanre Olagoke on my Path

My trip to Palestine planting Olive Trees and visiting Holy Sights

For the Future Planting trees early in spring we make a place for birds to sing in time to come. How do we know? They are singing here now. There is no other guarantee that singing will ever be. Wendell Berry Thank you to all the people who made this trip possible. … [Read more...] about My trip to Palestine planting Olive Trees and visiting Holy Sights

A Poem by a Special Needs Advocate

I feel like a changed person since meeting Hamdah Khalfan Al Mansouri. The first thing that caught my attention was the empowering smile. The smile said Yes I can and also Yes you can. She has not walked, but she has traversed the universe with her passion and with her … [Read more...] about A Poem by a Special Needs Advocate

Speak Abu Dhabi at Sorbonne, Masters: Rumi, Darwish, Baudelaire and US. November 14. Poetry and Music

Please Check details and join on our Face Book Invite Page ‘Speak Abu Dhabi’ - a first-of-its-kind series of poetry performances uniting the past and the present, the local and the international - is back in Abu Dhabi. MASTERS OF POETRY: RUMI, DARWISH, … [Read more...] about Speak Abu Dhabi at Sorbonne, Masters: Rumi, Darwish, Baudelaire and US. November 14. Poetry and Music