Medmic: Poetry

Lou Gehrig’s Prayers

Scott LaMascus is a writer, producer, and public-humanities advocate who lives in Oklahoma with his wife, an executive physician. His recent work may be read in Bracken, Epiphany, The Writer’s Chronicle, and World Literature Today.

Threshold

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.

Life Support

Carl Lowe lives in West Babylon, NY and works as a freelance writer focusing on health. He is also a musician and has had his poetry featured in a variety of publications.

Caregiving

James Higgins is retired from the title insurance world in Eugene, Oregon. He received a BA in English Literature from the University of Oregon, where he studied poetry with Ralph Salisbury. Poetry is what he does these days.

Two Poems by Carlos Reyes

The Empty Chairs of February (2024) is poet and translator Carlos Reyes’ 16th volume of poetry. He is a world traveler but makes his home in Portland, Oregon at the base of an inactive volcano.

180/120

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).

The Return

Monica Pernia Marin is a geriatrician and a palliative care physician. She lives in Tampa, Florida and will be soon relocating to NYC to complete additional medical training, this time in the field of neuro-oncology.

Downhill from the Park

The Empty Chairs of February is poet and translator Carlos Reyes’ 16th volume of poetry. He is a world traveler but makes his home at the base of a dormant volcano in Portland, Oregon. Learn more about Carlos here: carlosreyespoet.com.

Cesarean

Dale Conrad is a medical student at Carle Illinois College of Medicine who takes inspiration from both work and personal life to describe human emotions.