Kelsey D. Mahaffey is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 7 alum and Nashville poet who keeps half her heart in New Orleans. Her work can be seen in: Deep South Magazine, Pinch, and Cumberland River Review, among others. No Fault of Water is her debut chapbook.
Kevin Dieter
Khaliah Johnson
Kira Preneta
LaShaune Johnson
Latasha Drax
Leigh Finnegan-Hosey
Lena Soo Hee Wood
Lena Soo Hee Wood is a certified nurse-midwife, clinical educator, listener poet, and mindfulness practitioner and teacher. Her work as a midwife is grounded in presence, reproductive justice, and a trust in the power of transformational change in her patients’ lives. She is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 12 alum.
Marquis Love
Marquis Love is a Certified Listener Poet, spoken word poet, musician, arts community organizer, and Cohort 12 alumnus. His listening practice is deeply rooted in connection—learning the needs of artists and advocating for those needs. This commitment drives him to connect artists with opportunities and resources, including financial support, educational development, and performance opportunities.
Matt McBride
Mindy Shah
Michelle Hunt
Michelle Petties
Monica Storss
Nancy S. Scherlong
Nancy S. Scherlong, LCSW, CHHC, SEP, CP, PTR/CJT, CM is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 8 alum and serves on the board of The Good Listening Project. She is owner of the psychotherapy, coaching and training business entitled Change Your Narrative LCSW PLLC. She is a corporate wellness educator, coach and trauma therapist.
Nicole "Nix" Demos
Patrick Horner
Patrick Horner is a Canadian poet, engineer, and cultural organizer based in Calgary, Alberta, and a Cohort 14 alumnus of the Certified Listener Poet program. He is the author of Refugia, a poetic novel published by the University of Calgary Press in 2022, and his poetry and short fiction have appeared in publications internationally.
Rebecca Wilson
Robert Minicucci
Robert Minicucci is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 10 alum and lives in East Kingston, NH. His poems have appeared on NHPR.org/New Hampshire Public Radio and in The Raw Art Review: A Journal of Storm and Urge, the NH-based poetry zine Good Fat, and the Silver Birch Press blog series WEARING A MASK.
Sailaja Devaguptapu
Sailaja Devaguptapu is a Certified Listener Poet Cohort 2 alum. She is a published poet, writer and researcher, wellness facilitator, designing and developing courses on Health Humanities; and an organizer and trainer for programs and workshops related to wellness, arts, writing & poetry in the context of healthcare and mental health.