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Come and join us for this free New Year’s online reading & open mic! Link to register in the thread below. #healthhumanities #poetryasmedicine #ukpoets #academicsky
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FEATURED POET: GITA RALLEIGH
‘Doctors can be poets too’ 14/1/25

Gita is a poet, writer & doctor born to Indian immigrant parents in London.

She teaches creative writing to science undergraduates at Imperial College & has an MA in Creative Writing and an MSc in Medical Humanities.
December 18, 2024 at 8:47 AM
I was reminded today how necessary this poem is. Enjoy.

Reasons to Live
by Ruth Awad

#reasonstolive #live #poetry #poetryasmedicine #survive #thrive #loveyourself #loveeachother
February 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Not every day is for striving.
Some days are for listening —
to bees rumbling in the garden,
to the silence inside yourself.

Mary Oliver reminds us that stillness is not emptiness — it's a sacred doorway.

How often do we let ourselves truly be?

#MaryOliver #PoetryAsMedicine #EngagingTheSenses
June 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My final MFA project on Poetry in Healing and the importance of a tribunal of women. #poetry #poetryinhealing #poetryasmedicine #mfa #tribunalofwomen

open.substack.com/pub/lkdiamon...
Poetry in Healing
A Tribunal of Women Writing in Community
open.substack.com
July 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM