This supplement accompanies the article
"Poetic Science: Bidirectional Reflection in Science and Medicine"
in press at The Permanente Journal
Testimonials
“A few years ago my sister gave me a poem about ataxia that made everyone cry for Christmas. It was the perfect gift. I’m not going to put that poem here but I will tell you the name and who it is by. It is so good you should look it up. It is called HOW WILL I DANCE BY SHERRY-ANN BROWN.
I love it and because I had just found out I had Ataxia that year it was perfect. Anyways the next year I decided I was going to write my granny Anna a poem. It took a lot and my kids helped. I liked it and when she read it she cried.”
~ April Sherbourne (nee Adams), "Poems number 1," Life is Hard (blog). 11:36 am, April 24, 2013. http://april-adams.blogspot.com/2012/04/poems-number-1.html.
“How will I dance…focuses on overcoming an impediment mentally even when the physical may fail.”
~ Practicing Physician in Cardiology
“So profound…on a personal level, I connected more with Just One More Step…excellent work.”
~ Dr. Nene Uguoke, Clinical Fellow Physician in Cardiovascular Diseases
“This is great! Very well written, thoughtful, creative and insightful! It is definitely thought provoking and [causes] you to think in different terms [than] what I might have done so far…definitely touching lives!”
~ Dr. Kannan Ramar, Physician in Critical Care Medicine
“These are amazing – a powerful mix of aesthetics, real life and science.”
~ Dr. Uri Alon, Scientist in Systems Biology
“I love your expression of curiosity and discovery. Who knew you could learn neuroscience through poetry? It's inspiring and delightful.”
~ Dr. Raquell Holmes, Professor in Computational Science
“So neat!”
~ Dr. Malcolm Bell, Physician in Critical Care Cardiology
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~ Dr. Majken Wingo, Physician in Internal Medicine
“Poems were beautiful!”
~ Academic Practicing Physician and Scientist in Nephrology
“The poems are enjoyable and philosophically merge scientific learning with art.”
~ Physician in Neurologic Oncology
“Wow…very powerful and insightful.”
~ Dr. Chinenye Usoh, Physician in Endocrinology