Medmic

Dr. Mom

Sylvia Pollard is from Houston, Texas. This poem was inspired by her 2 year old daughter, Paige, who has been diagnosed with a rare genetic condition. She writes to help “process the difficult yet beautiful life as her mother, and hope to help others heal as well.”

Facing Frustration

Dominic Lal is a 3rd year medical student at UNC Chapel Hill. “This haiku addressess a scenario where I managed to effectively engage with a patient who was very upset because the clinic was running late.” 

3 Poems by Eliana Jacobs

Eliana Jacobs is a Fulbright Scholar who aspires to become a physician to advocate for the intersectionality of health, education, public health, and writing. She brings awareness towards social determinants of health through her numerous medical poetry publications in Stanford JUSTHEALTH and the Journal of the Student National Medical Association (JSNMA).

To the Doctor Giving Her a “Handful of Months”

Writer, artist, and educator, Kelly Cass Falzone, earned her MFA in Poetry from Spalding University in Louisville, KY, and MSEd. in Counselor Education from SUNY Brockport. Her work appears in numerous journals and she has been awarded recognition from the Berry College Emerging Southern Women Writers Competition, Chattanooga Writer’s Guild, Tennessee Writer’s Alliance, and others. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.