The Good Listening Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and community of Listener Poets dedicated to humanizing healthcare through the healing power of poetry and compassionate presence.

As Listener Poets, we deliver healing arts programs in-person and remotely to healthcare organizations to help alleviate the stress and burnout that greatly affects people within these systems.

We believe that the ripple effect of good listening fundamentally shifts how it feels to care for others, cultivating resilience and wellbeing in healthcare communities.

“Endless Currents”

Read this poem here on the homepage of the University of Colorado Anschutz Department of Neurology Wellness Committee.

“Seasonal”

Read this poem and origin story here.

Our Why: Stories from the American Cancer Society’s Patient Support Team As Told to and Captured in Poems by Listener Poets of The Good Listening Project. Listener Poet Contributor & Lead Editor. Published June 3, 2025.

HYSTERIOGRAPHY By Julia McDonald. Lead Technical Editor. Published April 2025.

Say Her Name: Honoring Henrietta Lacks' Legacy and Impact on Medicine and Research Ethics As Told to and Captured in Poems by Listener Poets. Lead Technical Editor. Published March 20, 2025.

Stories from Residents & Fellows of the Kern National Network for Flourishing in Medicine As Told to Listener Poets & Captured in Poems. Lead Editor. Published August 12, 2024.

Stories from Nurses & Hospital Staff of Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital As Told to Listener Poets & Captured in Poems. Listener Poet Contributor & Lead Editor. Published February 29, 2024.

Stories from the Association of American Medical Colleges As Told to Listener Poets & Captured in Poems. Listener Poet Contributor & Co-Editor. Published June 2021.

Poems & Their Origin Stories from Georgetown University Medical Center By Listener Poets Ravenna Raven and Jenny Hegland. Listener Poet Contributor. Published April 2020.

Poems for Staff from Johns Hopkins Sibley Memorial Hospital By Listener Poets Jenny Hegland, Ravenna Raven, and Frankie Abralind. Listener Poet Contributor. Published March 2020.

Poems and Their Origin Stories at The Gold Humanism Summit By Ravenna Raven, Kay McKean, and Frankie Abralind. Listener Poet Contributor. Published December 2019.

Poems and Their Origin Stories at Mayo Clinic Transform Conference By Ravenna Raven and Frankie Abralind. Listener Poet Contributor. Published November 2019.