• An Unlikely Match: Doctor Poets

  • Jan 18 2025
  • Length: 6 mins
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An Unlikely Match: Doctor Poets

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  • In this episode, I give a brief history of doctor-poets and reasons why doctors practice poetry.

    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    https://podcast.helenrenell.me/holmes-battles-for-old-ironsides/

    “A Doctor, A Patient, and Their Poetry”
    https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-medicine/a-doctor-a-patient-and-their-poetry

    Audio version of Rafael Campo’s quote with transcript
    Harvard Medical Labcast July 16, 2015, Rx: Poetry
    https://hms.harvard.edu/news-events/multimedia/rx-poetry

    Hat Tip to WCW poem https://helenrenell.me/hat-tip-to-wcw/

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