Schedule your Listener Poet session below
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Choose a time on the calendar for Part I: your one-on-one Listener Poet session. When confirming, you do not need to enter an access code.
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We’ll send you a calendar invite with a Zoom link for your session.
In Summary
You’ll talk with a Listener Poet for 15-20 minutes about anything you’d like to share, then receive a personalized poem based on the conversation (see Part I below).
Afterwards, you’ll join a brave conversation with a small group of your peers (only if your session was prior to the 2022 Leadership Summit - see Part II below).
TGLP will deliver a workshop at the 2022 Sojourns Scholars Leadership Summit building on the themes from your community’s poems.
Part I: One-on-one Listening Session
There’s no need to prepare, but you’re welcome to consider what you might like your poem to be about in advance of your session. It could be something you care about, something that happened, or something that’s been on your mind.
Your Listener Poet will write your poem, based on the conversation, and email it to you within a few days. The poem will be anonymized and is yours to keep.
A Listener Poet talks with a clinician at Johns Hopkins Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., January 2020
Part II: Small Group Brave Conversation
After you’ve completed your session with a Listener Poet and received your poem, you’ll join a reflective conversation with a small group of your peers.
This will be an opportunity to connect with each other, reflect on your experiences, make meaning together, and contribute to a culture where people care about each other’s well being. You’ll be invited to share your poem with others as part of this session, but it’s not required to participate.
“From my standpoint as a physician, it really turned the tables to have someone really listen to me. It’s usually my job to listen to my patients.
I walked out feeling a small amount of joy I hadn’t felt before in my heart.”