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¡Necesitamos Más!
José A. Ibarra Rodriguez, MS2 Al cruzar a través un rÃo cuando era Niño. Sobre piedras húmedas, desgastadas a razón de la corriente del...
Dec 28, 20222 min read
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Requiem
Lizis Rodriguez, MS2 And there you are standing in front of him A man whose face you’ve seen age and wrinkle with time Holding a gaze you...
Dec 18, 20222 min read
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First But Not Last
Stephanie Martinez, MS3 My grandmother taught herself how to sew when she was only seven years old. Who knew handmade dresses on dolls...
Dec 18, 20223 min read
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Por Siempre
Laura Ponce, MS3 No pido riquezas del rico, no pido compasión de aquellos que solo tienen odio en su corazón, no pido amor de aquellos...
Dec 18, 20222 min read
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A Green Thumb
Raquel Valdes, MS3 My mother has always had a green thumb The way she can bring life into a home Nurse a dying plant back To health She...
Dec 18, 20221 min read
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Lessons from a Flower Field
Stephanie Jackson, MS1 Moments in life, moments to embrace. Time slipping through the soil like a drought’s desperate haste. Take a...
Dec 18, 20222 min read
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I Am Here
Nicole Guevara Montes, MS4 The seas are raging And you need my saving I am here Do you hear? I will make a way Though you sway Joy comes...
Dec 18, 20221 min read
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Our Story
Anais Iglesias, MD/MPH, MS4 on Master's Year Oh, to be an immigrant A permanent state of duality Facing uncertainty, stepping into the...
Dec 18, 20222 min read
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Poem of Gratitude to My Colleagues
Lorena Del Pilar Bonilla, MD, MS, FACP Another wave or another surge. This place is on fire. Embers of fear scattered here and there....
Dec 18, 20222 min read
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The Boxer
Cristian Ramirez Rodriguez, MS1 He’s a fighter. He was then and he is now. The grime of the sooty ring coated his face, when he’d get...
Dec 18, 20222 min read
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Abduction
Cristian Ramirez Rodriguez, MS1 I arrived on a beam of light, a wailing siren The scouts took me up from my sleep Their hands were smooth...
Dec 18, 20221 min read
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My Privilege
Rosa Lizeth Frias, Resident I rode the public buses alone since the age of 7. But unlike a place like Japan, where safety is a given, I...
Dec 18, 20223 min read
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From You, There is You
Richard Suarez, MS3 I traverse through You. I am an ever present aspect of Your existence, yet You do not seem to notice. Without me,...
Dec 18, 20222 min read
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Existence
Richard Suarez, MS3 The light In the distance, Denoting the ending of one’s life Is an aspect of existence Dreaded by many and desired by...
Dec 18, 20222 min read
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Various Poems by Kenneth Jesse Lopez
Kenneth Lopez, MS3 Title: Beginnings “I look upon the world with the eyes of an infant, glazed over yet so bright. I recognize the pain...
Dec 18, 20224 min read
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The Elixir for Flowers
Nicole Carolina Stone, MS1 I sat on the other side of the desk when our paths merged. Completely unaware, in my naive age, that I could...
Dec 18, 20222 min read
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Madre Tierra
Natalie Ayala, Professional Madre Tierra, stands so firm, With gentle gestures throughout the earth. With motherly affections and...
Dec 18, 20222 min read
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Para qué?
Paulita Lara Mejia, MS2 We are out here living our wildest dreams. Our parents’, abuelos’, ancestors’ wildest dreams. We’ve done and do...
Dec 18, 20223 min read
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