This project paired poets with NYC-area physicians to write poems as a way to provide space within and beyond the creative process for catharsis, shared understanding, and healing. The project started in spring of 2020 as a collaboration between two sisters–poet Elizabeth Fernandez and physician Nicole Fernandez. At the time I accessed this (8/11/22) there were 13 poems by 8 poets, written “for” 8 physicians. The poems (from June and July 2020 and October 2021) capture the experiences and emotions of these front-line health care providers during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Link: https://www.frontlinesproject.com/
Details
Language: English
Type of Story: Webpage and Poem
Medium: written
Contributed by: Health Story Hub Team ( health-storyhub@uiowa.edu )
Citation:
Front Lines: Poets & Physicians Document COVID-19. (n.d.). Retrieved August 11, 2022, from https://www.frontlinesproject.com/