Medmic
Fighter
Frederic Foote MD is physician who lives near Washington DC. His poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Commonweal, The Progressive, and The South Carolina Review. My 2014 book of war poetry, Medic Against Bomb, won the Grayson Poetry Prize and other honors
(www.medicagainstbomb.com).
4 Poems by Jason Tandon from his collection “The Actual World”
Jason Tandon is the author of five books of poetry, including This Far North, The Actual World, Quality of Life, and Give over the Heckler and Everyone Gets Hurt, winner of the St. Lawrence Book Award from Black Lawrence Press.
These 4 poems are part of his collection “The Actual World” published by Black Lawrence Press
Spotify Playlist: “Spin Cycle”
Dr. Vanessa Vélez is a resident physician in Psychiatry at Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center in New Jersey.
Her website is https://www.vanessavelezmd.com/.
Two Poems by Melissa Mckinstry MFA: “5.5 Shiley Long” and “Showering My Son”
Melissa McKinstry holds an MFA in poetry from Pacific University. Her poems have been nominated for Best of the Net, a Pushcart Prize, and Orison’s Best Spiritual Literature, and appear in Rattle, Alaska Quarterly Review, Rust & Moth, December, Tahoma Literary Review, SWWIM, Nimrod International, and Beloit Poetry Journal.
The Bind
Cate Lycurgus’s poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Best American Poetry, American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. She has also received scholarships from Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers’ Conferences and 2nd place in Narrative’s Annual Poetry Contest for 2022. Cate lives in San Jose, California, where she interviews for 32 Poems and teaches professional writing.
New Rock Music Playlist with Great Vocals: Perfect for the O.R. or a creating a relaxed clinic atmosphere.
This playlist strikes that delicate balance between stirring up some emotions, but also remaining relatively calm. Perfect for a medical setting!
