Intubate
Medical student, why don’t you intubate? / The OR is safe, it’ll go great.
Tag: poetry
Contributing Writer
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University
Dayken is a third year medical student at Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University in Chicago, IL class of 2023. In 2018, he graduated from Boise State University with a Bachelor of Science in human biology. He enjoys reading sci-fi, playing with his cat, and writing humorous poems about his experience as third year in his free time. In the future, Dayken would like to pursue a career in Physiatry.
Shortcomings of a Sanctuary
In the hospital lobby, three police officers / surrounded a woman in an oversized, white T-shirt, / sitting in a corner chair that nearly swallowed her whole, / enveloping her in its dull, floral pattern.
Death Is No Crime
Why — why did you die? / Your soul took to the sky / without a conscious goodbye
My Reflection (and Infinitely Beyond)
The quaternary code, the winding staircase / of you, incommensurate in its beauty.
Escape
The child’s restful sleep is lost / To the hisses of serpents and other seditious demons
Calmly Collected
My relaxed reveal / faked a fool / while tanking time / with failing fuel.
The Imposter
Comparison is the enemy / The future seems bleak / Look left, look right
Blood Draw
Unsheathe a hollow spear and spill from ephemeral streams of blue. / Hold it against me only for a moment to let my skin seize against the cold steel.
To Hope, Intrepid
On a search for / assurance, / I was sat across / the Intrepid
The Flame of Life
There is something about lighting a match. / Such power and awe, / Something that might catch a stronghold
The Cost
There is a darkness that lingers above. / Alive and breathing, / Short shallow breaths.
I Miss You, Too
There are fewer flowers in the hospital rooms now. / The ones sent to room 22 / have been taken out.
Contributing Writer
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Micah is a first year medical student at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in Hanover, NH class of 2025. In 2019 she graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology. After college, she worked as a nursing assistant on a trauma unit and became certified in Spanish Medical Interpreting. She enjoys running, writing, and exploring the outdoors in her free time. In the future, Micah would like to pursue a career in emergency medicine and global health.