Roads
These busy medical students, of which I am one, / are preparing for a road trip, / stuffing our cars full of everything we might ever conceivably need: / Metaphorical band aids, jumper cables, flashlights, emergency blankets,
Tag: poetry
Contributing Writer
University of Washington School of Medicine
I am a second year medical student at the University of Washington in Seattle. I am 29 years old and majored in Theatre as an undergrad. Sometimes I write and/or draw to keep myself sane in medical school.
Perspective
What have I done with my life? / The lightning lighting up / the hospital room floor. / Why did I have to die?
Pathology of the Med Student
Stamina waning / Along with my patience / For the number of patients / Presenting with an emesis of symptoms
Family Doc
How does it look, Doc? / Hand hold, / Heads fold. / Cradle to Rock.
Tactile Fremitus
Please say / ninety-nine, / No not like / that, say it
myopia
As I take off my glasses / and rub my sore eyes / I realize I have / myopia / in more ways than one.
Sexually Active
“Are you sexually active?” / His stethoscope gleamed in the light / Of the hospital room.
Imperial Twitch
Plush carpeting / Sleek screens / Exotic fruit and / Green tea / First-class on trains is penetrable, and they have chips and soda / But there is no mistaking first-class in the hospital
Catharsis
An indulgent gasp / grasps the molded corners / dry tongue to chipping paint / searching for a word to say
My White Coat
Egg shell coat: / Tread softly, / Quietly. / To not crack the illusion / Of knowledge, / Bold aspirations.
From My Hospital Bed
Where do the squirrels go / during the rain? / Can they hear the thunder? / Can they feel my pain?
Memoirs of a Machine
I cut where I am told, my arms moving with mechanical precision, / Following imaginary lines running throughout the body.
Contributing Writer Emeritus
New York Medical College
Joshua Liu is a Class of 2015 year medical student at New York Medical College. He'll be starting his Internal Medicine Residency at OHSU in June 2015. He considers himself a part-time medical student and a full-time escapist. He blogs regularly at Young Doc Blog, where he doles out useful tips for needy medical students.
