Wayback Wednesday 🦋: Revisiting "Birth," published in December 2024 pulsevoices.org/pulse-more-v... Editor Paul Gross recounts the traumatic birth of his child, honoring his wife's courage amid one of life's most grueling experiences. Subscribe to Pulse for more stories from the heart of medicine!

"Among the Nobodies" by Matthew Ryan pulsevoices.org/stories/amon... An emergency-medicine physician shares his experiences working with those often ignored by society... #medicalhumanities #narrativemedicine #homelessness Subscribe to Pulse for more stories that share the heart of medicine!

"Jingle Bells" by Madeleine Rimer. pulsevoices.org/stories/jing... A nurse recalls a postmortem care shift in the presence of a loved one... #medicalhumanities #postmortem #nurses #medicine #healthcare #death #christmas #music #writers #health #hospital #icu #nursing #stories #pulsevoices #medsky

"How to Begin Again" by Cortney Davis "The first few days after my daughter passed away were unreal, dreamlike, as I came to be with my grandchildren. Kansas was bursting with late spring flowers, huge open skies with clouds seeming to rest over their house...” pulsevoices.org/poems/how-to...

"Opioid Facets," by Ivan Amato. pulsevoices.org/visuals/opio... Subscribe to Pulse for more stories, artwork, and poems straight to your inbox every week! ✍️ #medicine #pharmacology #pain #photography #medicalhumanities #bluesky #medsky #pulsevoices #health #healthcare #patient #hospital

July More Voices: Psychotherapy Below, "The Longest Silence" by Devina Maya Wadhwa pulsevoices.org/pulse-more-v... What’s been your experience with psychotherapy–as a patient, as a healthcare provider or as a caregiver? Submit here: pulsevoices.org/more-voices-... #medsky #writingprompt #medicine

“Being Queer” by Dheeraj Kumar “This work starts a conversation about being queer in society. It represents a self that is lost when one is gay and queer and surviving in a society full of rules, obligations and, on the top of everything else, government laws.” #pridemonth #pulsevoices #medsky

“Bedbound," by Helen Buckingham. pulsevoices.org/haiku/bedbou... ❤️‍🩹🏥 #medicine #haiku #poem #medicalhumanities #writing #poetry #pulsevoices #bluesky #medsky #healthcare

"pain clinic" by Ben Oliver pulsevoices.org/haiku/pain-c... #haiku #medicine #psychology #therapist #weather #poetry #poem #medicalhumanities #writing #writers #poet #medsky #bluesky #pulsevoices

“Empty Cup," by Julia Laszcz. pulsevoices.org/poems/empty-... “This poem reflects my experience of caring for my grandma who was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.. The empty cup acts as a metaphor for both bodily nourishment and the unfilled emotional vessel left in the wake of illness...”

So beautiful and poignant, haiku at its best.

“Viewing the gradual demolition of a neighboring hospital building called to mind parallels between buildings and human beings, including skeletal frameworks and the sad fate of crumbling to dust…” “Skeletal” captured by Michael Leach. pulsevoices.org/visuals/skel... #visual #image #photography

"Hospice Garden," by Ruth Holzer. pulsevoices.org/haiku/hospic... #haiku #hospice #stories #poem #poetry #birds #poet #medicalhumanities #medicine #healthcare #aging #pulsevoices #narrativemedicine #bluesky #medsky

June More Voices: Menarche & Menopause What’s been your experience of living through menarche & menopause, of delivering care, or of loving someone going through these transitions? Featured below, "Wrapped in Newspaper" by Toshita Kumar pulsevoices.org/pulse-more-v... #womenhood #women #medsky

"At the Doctor’s Office," by Sheryl Hemphill. pulsevoices.org/haiku/at-the... ❤️‍🩹🏥 #pulsevoices #patience #patient #health #medicine #medsky #bluesky #healthcare #narrativemedicine #medicalhumanities #doctors #waiting

"Asystole," a poem by Wynne Morrison. ❤️‍🩹🏥 pulsevoices.org/poems/asysto... #medicalstudents #stories #poetry #poem #medsky #pulsevoices #medicalhumanities #medicine

"oh, it’s nothing…" by dl mattila pulsevoices.org/haiku/oh-its... #poem #poetry #haiku #pulsevoices #medsky #health #healthcare #reflection #medicine #medicalhumanities

"Current Prognosis" by Tim Dwyer. About the poem: "This poem touches on the theme of mortality and whether an event or encounter will be experienced again." pulsevoices.org/poems/curren... #poem #medicine #health #medsky #poetry #pulsevoices #mortality #healthcare #doctors #patient #wellness

Audrey Smith shares the story, "The Red Credit Cards,” in the most recent issue of Pulse. The piece discusses hospice care and connections based on transparency between patients and providers. ❤️‍🩹🏥 pulsevoices.org/stories/the-... #hospice #pulsevoices #narrativemedicine #healthcare #patient #med

"Angel Moment in the Angle" By Heba Armoush About the photograph: "...I was dealing with the news of a loved one’s heart attack... I didn’t know what to do. I looked up and noticed a beautiful corner filled with flowers and color... The only thing I could do right then was to try to capture it."

May's More Voices theme -- Microaggressions: A Thousand Cuts Below is an excerpt from "The Unspoken Curriculum" by Dana Wang. pulsevoices.org/pulse-more-v... What’s your experience of experiencing microaggressions–as a recipient or as a perpetrator? Submit here: pulsevoices.org/more-voices-...

For Mother's Day, we want to highlight "The Mirror of One's Soul" by Samantha Williams. This is a poignant look at the relationship between a mother and daughter. pulsevoices.org/stories/the-... #mothers #mothersday #pulsevoices #medicine #medsky #medicalhumanities #medsky #health #cancer #women

"Among the Nobodies" by Matthew Ryan pulsevoices.org/stories/amon... A moving reflection on the integral role of emergency medicine as a form of safety net for many. #healthcare #emergencymedicine #pulsevoiced #medsky #narrativemedicine #medicalhumanities #medicine #med #writing #reflection

"8:00 a.m." by Wilda Morris. pulsevoices.org/haiku/800-a-m/ ❤️🏥 #stories #healing #writers #narrativemedicine #physician #poem #haiku #hospital #nurse #md #patient #writingcommunity #storytelling #pulsevoices

"The Medicine We Don't Prescribe" by Travis Walker. An insightful reflection from a family medicine physician providing care in mobile clinics to family shelters in Reno, Nevada. pulsevoices.org/stories/the-... #pulsevoices #medsky #healthcare #familymedicine #medicalhumanities #writing #health

Highlighting the recently published haiku, "First Heartbeat," by Neha Sunkara. pulsevoices.org/haiku/first-... ❤️🏥 #poem #poetry #writing #medicine #pulsevoices #medsky #medicalhumanities #healthcare

"Disaster North" by R.C. Blenis About the poem: "This grew out of my work in pediatric psychiatry, where children often learn to read their surroundings with remarkable acuity. I wanted to capture how hypervigilance, so often labeled a symptom, can also be understood as survival knowledge."

"Las Manos de Cada Doctor" by Marc Delaney pulsevoices.org/visuals/los-... About the artwork: "[This] is a recreation of one of my favorite Diego Rivera paintings, 'Las Manos del Doctor Moore'. That painting depicts a surgeon’s hands pruning the tree of life’ in the operating room. "

"Visit Seventeen" by Tracie Renee. pulsevoices.org/haiku/visit-... ❤️🏥 Subscribe to Pulse for more stories, artwork, and poems straight to your inbox every week! ✍️ #medicalhumanities #medsky #poems #haiku #poetry #writing #narrativemedicine #stories #healthcare #health

"Pushing and Pulling" by Brian A. Kuzik pulsevoices.org/stories/push... A reflection on how certain patient encounters linger long after they end—quietly shaping who you are, and who you become as a clinician. #reflection #medsky #pulsevoices #narrativemedicine #medicalhumanities #bluesky #health