The new book — out July 2026
Pay Attention, You're Alive
Reflecting on my experience of an evolving faith, divorce (and the years that followed), grief, love and new beginnings, this book represents my attempts at marking trees along a terrain for which no map exists, and coming out the other side of those woods.
Pay Attention, You’re Alive is a collection of poetry and short essays written between 2021 and 2025.
Hi. I'm Levi.
You might know me as Levi The Poet — a spoken word artist, writer & performer. I play shows and tell stories to remind people (myself included) that they're not alone.
Also, I offer creative mentorship and courses to other artists, writers, and communities — to help them do what they do, and sustain the doing of it.
I also have a dog. His name is Frank.
I write words for humans.
Join other humans who read them, here.
A feature documentary by Alex Zarek
The First Ten Years: It's All Worth Living For
In 2020—one month before the world shut down—Chicago-born videographer Alex Zarek flew to Albuquerque, New Mexico to spend a week with me: documenting my work, interviewing my friends and family, and capturing the places that made Levi The Poet what it is.
I'm excited to share his finished, full-length work: It's All Worth Living For: The First 10 Years.
Substack: A Becoming
Support my creative work
Become a paid subscriber of A Becoming — my Substack publication — where I write poetry, essay, public-diary and personal reflection. It's a space for me to be raw and unedited, and I record each post for your listening pleasure.
