Anatomy of Love
Your Smile / Wrinkles, / Where my jokes weren’t funny.
Tag: poetry
Contributing Writer
University of California, San Diego
Alicia Asturias is a second-year medical student at the University of California, San Diego. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology at the University of California, Berkeley where she competed in the all-around on the Women’s Gymnastics Team. Her medical interests include orthopedics, family medicine and OB/GYN. She is new to poetry, but art is an old friend.
Bun
Filled with fear and pain but love and hate / To raise it alone since he never agreed
Emma
We stand beneath tin roofs / with raindrops on our lips / regret behind our eyes.
Gluteus Maximus
Deeper than its captivating shape / lies a greater purpose.
Rise
So, one way or another / I keep craning my neck / Looking up.
The Weight of a Smile
I’ve thought about this for quite a while: / How much I owe to just a smile.
My Mask
We all earn our way here / Paid in hours of studying / and minutes of fun lost.
Impostor or Two Sides of the Same Coin?
“Eager and enthusiastic” / As I drag myself from bed. / “Positive energy” / Do you have an injury to your head?
A Crab in the Swell
I float in an ocean of sterile cerulean. / In this deep of drapery and gowns, / One could swim out and never see the shore.
Conjunction
I am waiting for my coffee when / a middle-aged Turkish man / asks if I am a medical student
Just a Few Minutes Before 6 A.M. Rounds
5:37 a.m. in hospital scrubs / Just a few minutes with each patient.
They Say, I Say
They say you’re at the top of the class / I say I’m barely able to pass
Contributing Writer
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
My name is Bradley Maller and I am a member of the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine Class of 2020. I am from Largo, Florida and have a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Florida. When I'm not stressing about medical school, I enjoying playing and watching hockey (Go Lightning!).