Introduction -- Dreams as poetry -- From image to words: one unconscious speaks to another -- Love calls: a call for love -- Creativity and madness -- The art of Thomas Ogden -- Letters to Dearest Mother from famous writers -- Poetry by people in analysis -- Voices out of New Orleans: Hurricane Katrina -- Presence and absence -- Emotional travel writing -- The unexpected poet: D. W. Winnicott -- Mothers of the Milky Way Part One: poetry -- Mothers of the Milky Way Part Two: creative nonfiction -- Art brut—outsider art -- Strong women's voices -- Capturing moments: four very, very short narratives, three poems, and a photograph -- Ferenczi and relationality: on losing one's analyst