A new blog post by Kevin Dieter, Certified Listener Poet, Cohort 11
CLP alum Kevin Dieter, M.D., FAAHPM, HMDC reflects on his meaningful connection with The Good Listening Project, beginning as a poemee at the 2023 AAHPM Annual Assembly, then completing the Listener Poet training with Cohort 11 this summer, and recently volunteering as a poemee once again.
Kevin Dieter, M.D., FAAHPM, HMDC, & Certified Listener Poet, Cohort 11 Summer 2025
In his post, he shares the new poem written for him by Cohort 12 Certified Listener Poet Brook Wyers, offering a moving look at how this work continues to shape him. He writes:
“This poem and origin story perfectly captured what I shared with her, and as poems often do, it serves as a unique and impactful mirror to reflect in a gentle way the jumble of thoughts and feelings that we allow to run loose in our heads and hearts.
There is a teaching in the understanding of spiritual pain that reminds us that in doing deep work, the soul is shy and needs to be approached indirectly, often through the use of a third thing, such as a poem.”