Listen, Learn, Speak, Be Heard

Kards1 paints the wall behind the stage at Listen & Be Heard Poetry Cafe in Vallejo, CA, around 2005.
Photo by Martha Cinader

Kards1, creator of the L&BH logo, paints the wall behind the stage at Listen & Be Heard Poetry Cafe in Vallejo, CA. 2005 Photo by Martha Cinader

Listen and Be Heard is a place to listen and learn, and to speak and be heard. It is a multi-media host of columns, articles, videos, podcasts and more. About, Submissions info and more coming very soon.

Lighten Up!
by cyndicombs
August 11, 2022
The more we lighten up, the more energy we have to focus on what’s most important to us. As we free up energy, we become more empowered to say, and do, and be whatever we want to say, and do, and be. Then we feel lighter, which gives us more energy.
Last Print Issue Featured H.E.R.
by martha cinader
July 27, 2022
By far our most famous member of the Listen & Be Heard community in Vallejo, CA is Gabi Wilson, a Vallejo native now known as H.E.R.. We first became acquainted with her, at the age of eight, as an already published poet who came to our open mics and participated in our poetry marathons.
Soil and People
by martha cinader
July 25, 2022
Doing more for your soil doesn't require spending, or extra effort. It requires the opposite. Our relationships with each other are the same way. If we feed them with love, they will prosper without much difficulty. If we pour on fake feelings and disrespect we will wind up with a lifeless pile of dirt falling through our fingers.

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