Mindful Poetry Moments

Mindful Poetry Moments, incubated in with The On Being Project, offers a chance to pause and reflect on poetry’s ability to encounter ourselves, the world, and the mystery of each other. This special collaboration began as a way to provide young students an opportunity to encounter poetry in the course of a normal school day during National Poetry Month and has expanded to reach poetry lovers of all ages. 

This year–with presenting partners The Hive, WordPlay, The Mercantile Library, and Puffin Foundation West,–we will continue to meet virtually in potent and nourishing hour-long sessions dedicated to meditation, a poem, and writing together. 

For 2023 National Poetry Month, Cincinnati and Mercantile Library Poet Laureate, Yalie Saweda Kamara and Cincinnati's Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate, Rimel Kamran, will select our four poems to study, celebrate and respond to with new poems. We will produce our fourth volume of poems in the summer of 2023 that were written during National Poetry Month.

Opportunities to engage with Mindful Poetry

Submit your poems for our 2023 publication - FREE

Watch previous virtual gatherings on YouTube - FREE

Where we listen, discuss, and respond to a poem curated for Mindful Poetry.

Listen to our Mindful Poetry audio content - FREE

Mindful Poetry Moments is included with a Mindful Music Moments subscription.
No further sign-up necessary. 

Read our Mindful Poetry Books - Available for purchase

Three beautiful collections of poems from our global community created during April for National Poetry Month.

For 2023 National Poetry Month, Cincinnati and Mercantile Library Poet Laureate, Yalie Saweda Kamara and Rimel Kamran, Cincinnati's Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate, will select our four poems to study, celebrate and respond to with new poems.

"The Land Acknowledgment" by Jheri Neri, is a poem commissioned by The Well and premiered at our Mindful Poetry book release event. Learn more about this poem and the work of Jheri Neri HERE.