exercise · all tools
Poetic Motivations
Depth · what it can open●●●○3 — emotional
Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator
Trust · group readiness★★some
Disclosure · what is sharedoptional
Each participant drafts an "I poem" — a structured poem about identity and values ("I am… I believe… I carry…") — revealing the intrinsic motivations behind their engagement with change, then shares it aloud in the group. Purpose work that arrives through form rather than analysis.
Hold with care
- Reading one's own poem aloud is exposed — offer reading a chosen excerpt, or passing, as full participation
Practical
- Time
- 60-90 min
- Group
- 10–25 · individual, small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- Printed I-poem template
- Mechanisms
- creative-expression, narrative-identity, values-clarification
- Change scope
- state · one-off
Instructions
- Where
- transitionmakers.nl/tool/poetic-motivations — Transition Makers Toolbox, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 per the Transition Makers footer; its badge links CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — variant unresolved, see source record
Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 28 Aug 2026
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Origin
Transition Makers Toolbox (IIS UvA); I-poem method from voice-centered research (Gilligan) — Poetic inquiry
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status: checked · added 2026-08-25