Poetry is one of humanities most treasured art forms. Writing poetry can offer us a unique way to access and express our thoughts, feelings, and memories.
Poetry and Palliative Care
By Dr. Marcy Adelman–
An email announcing a poetry writing workshop from the UCSF MERI (Making Education Relevant and Integrated) Center caught my eye. Intrigued, I reached out to the Center for the
San Francisco Bay Times to find out more about the workshop and the work of MERI.
The poetry workshop, in which participants both listen to and write poems, is a new program initiated by Redwing Keyssar, RN, the Center’s Director of Patient and Caregiver Education. Two different sessions are offered online weekly. One is called “Loss, Losing and Loosening” and is specifically for people dealing with issues of grief and loss. The other is called “Food for Thought” and is focused more on resilience in general.