Finding Healing in Expressing the Challenges of Love & Loss: An Evening of Empowering Poetry and Conversation with Farron Saifee

Join us for a supportive and strengthening event featuring Connecticut poet Farron Saifee, whose book, Craters on the Moon, takes readers on a lyrical journey through the tender and the tumultuous that captures universal themes while reflecting deeply personal experiences. This evening offering insights on emotional well-being through times of grief and transition as well as how to access inner resources for self-care through caregiving, loss, and recovery.

Thursday, July 17, 2025
5:30 pm
Griffin Hospital Community
Health Resource Center
130 Division Street, Derby

Event Highlights:

• Reading by Farron Saifee: Hear Farron read excerpts from Craters on the Moon, and how her expressions about the emotional challenges of love helped her well-being.
• Engage In an In-depth Panel Discussion with:
  • Caregivers from Griffin Psychiatry and Spiritual Care departments about how creative expression – especially writing and journaling – can support emotional well-being through times of grief and transition, and how to access inner resources for self-care through caregiving, loss, and recovery.

All attendees will receive a free copy of Craters on the Moon

Seating is limited and registration is required. Register below or contact the Community Health Resource Center at griflib@griffinhealth.org or 203-732-7399.