Marty Giovan has been practicing as a registered poetry therapist facilitating the art of poem-making for more than 2 decades. She has a masters degree in Creative Arts Education and is also the author of Mind Mender, a "how to" source book for expressive interventions. She has been a poet in the school system in Rhode Island and in the Virgin Islands as the "hidden agenda" in English classes. Mind Mender has also been used with poetry in elderly groups. Marty is best known for her collections of creative and life-affirming poems written by prison populations.
She conducts a seminar, Poetic Medicine, at All That Matters in Wakefield, RI.
► Marty's origami micro-chapbook & selected poems are available below.
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Wanted: House Friend
A ‘house friend’
Must love horror movies Purple walls And cats in bed. Must know hot to rub tired toes Wear few clothes Pack picnic munchies Field my images And plant my field! I like long walks To gather wood To start warm fires Over hot rum toddies I am a talker And a listener A kisser and a snuggler Come and be my house friend Call, if interested
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Marty Giovan © 2011
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