March 2025

Robert Minicucci

“Palliatively Speaking” Host Toby Campbell, MD, speaks to clinicians from all parts of palliative care—physicians, nurses, social workers, scientists, and chaplains. His guests bring guests—a great unexpected switch up that makes for a more interesting conversation. I felt a part of the conversation, as if his guest was speaking to me directly.

March 2025

Certified Listener Poet Erin FitzGerald, Cohort 9, invoked The Good Listening Project in a recent AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine) self care forum, in which she led palliative experts through a breathing exercise and reflection, and introduced the concept of generous listening.

February 2025

Congratulations to Julia McDonald, Certified Listener Poet Cohort 9, for a piece of creative non-fiction published in the January 2025 issue of The Sun and a poem accepted for publication in March by JAMA (Journal of American Medical Association).

February 2025

The 10th Cohort of the Certified Listener Poet course officially began on Monday, January 27th, as we welcomed nine new candidates into the program.

November 2024

“Narrative & Lyric Health at Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine”
by Scripts Fellows Bevin O’Connor and Nick Templeto

April 2023

Frankie Abralind

“Each custom poem we write is reflective of what the poemee shares during their session. We don’t try to fix anything. In many cases, the Listener Poet is simply paraphrasing or quoting exactly what they heard the person say.”

January 2023

Yvette Perry

“In the session that resulted in the poem, ‘Libation,’ I felt a great sense of hope and meaning from the poemee even though the main topic of the story she shared involved loss.”

February 2022

Yvette Perry

“As a Listener Poet, I strive to fully listen to and tell poemees’ truths. This is not just my responsibility, but a sacred one that I take very seriously.”

June 2021

Our first recommender, Listener Poet Yvette Perry.