From Richard Sell: For the last 2018 Writing for Wellness class at Eskenazi our group of four facilitators wanted to present an exercise primarily chosen for enjoyment. We’d had some dark but productive work created in the previous two classes but we wanted their last impressions of the course […]
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From Dominique Weldon: One exercise that was successful with the Eskenazi group was the Ekphrastic Poetry Prompt. We started the session by showing the group painting, American Gothic. We told the employees to talk about the artwork and to share what aspects they liked, what they didn’t like, who […]
From Camara Wallace: I suggested we do a Blackout Poetry day with the staff at Eskenazi because it’s a good poetry exercise for those who do not write poetry on a daily basis. To do it, you take a page of prose and blackout words until you get a […]
Kaleidoscope of Colors An archway etched with shiny diamond triangles, red, orange, blue trees filled with leaves you can hear squirrels feed. Following the road, you can hear the creak stream bubble gently down the rocks. At the end sits a rustic bronze fence, chipped at the top. The […]
Untitled I have been here before, countless times. Not at this ungodly hour of 430. I follow a well worn game trail that runs along the back side of my little woodlot. Although I carry an electric torch, I will not use it in fear of making my presence […]
By: Perfection Change is very unnecessary in my life. I think I am basically perfect. I couldn’t imagine any difference in me. I love the way I am, smart, pretty, perfect. Change can be very scary. Change can make you saddo and depressed. I love myself so I don’t […]
The Rules I can do whatever I damn well please … but is it worth it? When did I forget that every moment leads to a destination? Where did the not allowing come from? Who made this list? The shitty committee. But I believed in you all along — You just didn’t […]
One afternoon while visiting with the seniors at the American Senior Village, an Indianapolis nursing home, the prompt we worked with a prompt about music. We had a fairly large group that day (about eight people), so Stephanie and I were excited to see what we would come up with. […]
I have been at the American Senior Center, a nursing home in Indianapolis, for two Writing for Wellness sessions now. The seniors in the home look forward to meeting with us every week, and some of the seniors are regular attendants. One of our regulars is a ninety-two- year-old woman […]
By Marc D. Allan, Butler MFA candidate Leona, a lady beyond a certain age, likes to break out in song. Doesn’t matter where she is or who’s in the room or that it’s well after Christmas and she’s still singing “Silent Night.” She’s going to sing. At this moment, she’s […]