2026

The Poetry of Human Flourishing: Celebrating Our Ongoing Partnership with the KNN

August 2026

This summer marks the third year of our partnership with the KNN, as The Good Listening Project continues to capture voices across the Healthcare Graduate Education Continuum. Together, we are now creating the third volume of our collaborative anthology, with this year’s theme, The Poetry of Human Flourishing, exploring the experiences, values, and relationships that sustain those who care for others.

Revision Writing Workshop Focused on Play

Saturday, August 8
12-2pm PT / 3-5pm ET

Stuck on a poem that just isn’t… working? You’ve tried to revise it, but nothing seems to be doing the trick? Join Certified Listener Poet Cohort 9 alum, Anne Marie Wells, for Poetry Re-Play, the revision workshop that gives you permission to act your shoe size and invoke your inner child to use puzzles, games, and make-believe to look at your poem with new eyes.

See Us, Know Us; Profiles of Disability: Kate's Story

August 2026

The following poem and story is an excerpt from the book See Us, Know Us; Profiles of Disability by Jennifer Chassman Browne, Certified Listener Poet Cohort 10 alum, forthcoming in October 2026. This book contains profiles of 30 people with disabilities. Each profile contains a portrait, a narrative biography, and an origin story and poem.

Listening Poetry Supports Youth and Young Adults with Sickle Cell Disease Feel Seen

July 2026

Since January of this year, Certified Listener Poet alum Anne Marie Wells (Cohort 9) has been putting her Listener Poet skills to good use in collaboration with a project called "Conceptualizing 'The Patient Voice' in Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)."

See Us, Know Us; Profiles of Disability: Saran’s Story

July 2026

The following poem and story is an excerpt from the book See Us, Know Us; Profiles of Disability by Jennifer Chassman Browne, Certified Listener Poet Cohort 10 alum, forthcoming in October 2026. This book contains profiles of 30 people with disabilities. Each profile contains a portrait, a narrative biography, and an origin story and poem.

"Listen Like a Poet" at the National Association for Poetry Therapy Conference

June 2026

We’re delighted to share that The Good Listening Project presented our workshop, "Listen Like a Poet: The Transformative Power of Listening in Healthcare," at the 2026 National Association for Poetry Therapy (NAPT) Conference in Chicago, facilitated by Listener Poets Nancy S. Scherlong, Leigh Finnegan-Hosey, and Ravenna Raven.

The Good Listening Project Featured in LoudounNow

June 2026

Listener Poet Joseph M. Jablonski, Cohort 1 alum, had the opportunity to sit with LoudounNow photojournalist Douglas Graham through the Inova Schar Cancer Arts and Healing Program, at the newest location for our longest-standing partnership offering in-person listening sessions.

Hysteriography at Wooden Shoe Books

June 2026

In April, Dr. Julia McDonald, physician and Certified Listener Poet Cohort 9 alum, was hosted by the Reproductive Health Access Project Benefit for Abortion Liberation Fund. Held at Wooden Shoe Books in South Philadelphia, the event featured poems and origin stories from Julia's collection, Hysteriography: Poems about Uteruses, Menstruation, Pregnancy, Abortion, Loss, and Childbirth.

See Us, Know Us; Profiles of Disability: Keith’s Story

June 2026

The following poem and story is an excerpt from the book See Us, Know Us; Profiles of Disability by Jennifer Chassman Browne, Certified Listener Poet Cohort 10 alum, forthcoming in October 2026. This book contains profiles of 30 people with disabilities. Each profile contains a portrait, a narrative biography, and an origin story and poem.

Susan Thompson Hingle published in JAMA and the Annals of Internal Medicine

June 2026

Susan Thompson Hingle, Certified Listener Poet Cohort 13 alum, has had two pieces published over the past several months: "When Love Doesn't Stay" in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and "Aware, Guided, and Grateful" in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Spotlighting Caregivers at the 2026 Health Humanities Consortium Conference

May 2026

By Yvette Perry, PhD

This session, “Holding Space for Caregivers through Poetry: A Workshop to Foster Compassionate Deep Listening,” addressed the conference theme ("Health Justice: So it Goes?") by amplifying the voices—often unheard—of informal caregivers within the health care system.