On July 26, 2026 from 10am to Noon PT (1-3pm ET), Certified Listener Poet alum, Anne Marie Wells (Cohort 9) will be facilitating Syllables of a Name Never Called: A Virtual Creative Writing Workshop for Those Impacted by Pregnancy Loss. Registration is free with donations welcome.
About the Workshop
In conjunction with best practices learned through the Certificate in Social Emotional Arts program with The Arts & Healing Initiative, as well as the Writers of Canada Collective facilitator training, this creative writing workshop, inspired by Frederick Joseph's poem "Crying Together," utilizes this title poem as well as work from writers Lucille Clifton, Sharon Olds, Callista Buchen, and others to present several different writing prompts to support participants’ expressions of grief related to pregnancy loss in a supportive space. Participants may find the workshop to be a cathartic outlet, a means of processing grief, and a place to find community with others navigating similar experiences. Though this workshop is trauma-informed, it is not a trauma specific service.
Grief after pregnancy loss is often experienced by more than one person. You don't have to be the one who carried the pregnancy to participate in this workshop. Partners, parents, grandparents, in-laws, and loved ones of any kind are welcome.
No previous writing experience is necessary to participate in this workshop.
About Anne Marie
Anne Marie Wells is a Pushcart- and Best of the Net-nominated poet as well as a playwright, memoirist, and oral storyteller. She is the founder of The Joy of Poeting and Star Belt Press through which she published her book of writing prompts, Write Some Cool Sh!t, before publishing her travel memoir, Happy Iceland. She also traditionally published two collections of poetry: Survived By: A Memoir in Verse + Other Poems (Curious Corvid Publishing, 2023) and Mother, (v) which won the 2023 Cinnamon Press Chapbook Contest and debuted in 2024. She also authored two children’s books: Mamã, porque sou uma ave? / Mommy, Why Am I a Bird? (Imprensa Universidade de Coimbra, 2015) and Underwater Explorers & Rescuers (Ethical Seafood Re-search Publishing, 2025). She is a Certified Listener Poet through The Good Listening Project and earned a certificate in social emotional arts through The Arts & Healing Initiative. She is the content and copy editor for Mama’s Kitchen Press and Alegria Publishing and works as a freelance copy editor, ghostwriter, writing coach, and creative writing instructor. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, enjoying long walks in the outdoors with her family, completing The New York Times crossword puzzle, or jazzercising at her local YMCA.
Learn more at AnneMarieWellsWriter.com or on many social media channels @AnneMarieWellsWriter.