Off the Shelf, Poetry Thursdays
Leave a comment

Scenes of a Medical Student


Endless alarms, coffee to-go, Adidas tennis shoes toe to toe.
Password guesses, ID scans, room by room — endless lands.
The hustle, the hops, the presentations, the drops.
Hospital medicine — a grind that never stops.
Breath by breath and tear by tear — humanity is a united sphere.
We run, we hide, we advance, we stride.
For family, for science, in medicine we take pride.


Poetry Thursdays is an initiative that highlights poems by medical students. If you are interested in contributing or would like to learn more, please contact our editors.


Hannah Ship Hannah Ship (3 Posts)

Contributing Writer

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine


Hannah is a medical student at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, FL, Class of 2024. In 2019, she graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Science in Psychobiology. Hannah is currently pursuing a dual-degree MD/MPH with a focus in health equity. She enjoys yoga and cooking in her free time. After graduating medical school, Hannah would like to pursue a career in Internal Medicine.