“I’ve experienced a lot of big losses,” she said. “I want to be a beacon of hope and light, keeping the flame lit for cancer prevention.”

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

In collaboration with Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice (MHHJ), Listener Poet Ravenna Raven presented at the Poetic Health Justice event on April 9th, an event honoring the lived realities of those impacted by cancer.

May 2025

By Geva Thole

Patients in Emplify Health’s Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit are often there because they’ve lost touch with themselves. Some need to reconnect with their values. Others are trying to forgive themselves or contend with a difficult diagnosis. No matter the issue, participating in a Listener Poet session has shown to be helpful.

May 2025

Congratulations to Sailaja Devaguptapu, a member of the Certified Listener Poet Cohort 2, whose poem "The Falling Leaves The Growing Tree" is featured on the cover of Soul Connection, a quarterly multilingual literary magazine by Guwahati Grand Poetry Festival. Be sure to spend a moment with her beautiful, transformative poetry.