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Created in May 2020, the Poetry in Medicine podcast seeks to foster empathy and encourage humanism in the daily practice of medicine through poetry. This podcast features audio readings of pieces of poetry and prose that focus on the medical community and the daily practice of medicine and health care from across the world. We seek to foster and encourage humanism in medicine. Submissions are permitted and are encouraged. If you would like your poem selected for the podcast, please submit in a Word document with the name of the author and location to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. Poems must be in English. Podcaster: Dr. Earl Stewart Jr. is an Internal Medicine Physician, Gospel Pianist, Christian Author and Poet. He practices primary care and hospital medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, and founded the Poetry In Medicine Podcast in May 2020. He is a frequent medical essayist, blogger, and frequently invited speaker at churches and health fairs. He published “Precious Memories: Reflections for Christian Living” in 2012 and “Words for Today” in 2013. He later published “In Love, With Poetry” in 2019. He has won several local poetry competitions, continues to write poetry, and shares in the belief that poetry can be used to foster humanism and empathy in the healing arts. In October 2018, Dr. Stewart was recognized as one the 2018 “40 Under 40” in the state of Georgia for his career and community service efforts deemed at making a tremendous impact in the lives of fellow citizens across the state and region by Georgia Trend magazine. He resides in Smyrna, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta.

Earl Stewart, Jr., M.D.


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    Untitled by Jeffrey Pipes Guice

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 2:07


    Today we feature "Untitled" by Jeffrey Pipes Guice. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem." Honored to have been named one of the top 10 medical podcasts in the state of Georgia by Feedspot: podcasts.feedspot.com/georgia_medical_podcasts/ Honored to be named one of the Top 100 Poetry Podcasts by Feedspot Blog Reader. https://podcast.feedspot.com/poetry_podcasts/

    Blue Hope by Dr. Sarah Candler

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 4:06


    Today we feature "Blue Hope" by Dr. Sarah Candler. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem." Honored to have been named one of the top 10 medical podcasts in the state of Georgia by Feedspot: podcasts.feedspot.com/georgia_medical_podcasts/ Honored to be named one of the Top 100 Poetry Podcasts by Feedspot Blog Reader. podcast.feedspot.com/poetry_podcast…featured_email

    If We Didn't Love Each Other-Except from The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 1:51


    Today we feature "If We Didn't Love Each Other-Except from The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem." Honored to have been named one of the top 10 medical podcasts in the state of Georgia by Feedspot: podcasts.feedspot.com/georgia_medical_podcasts/ Honored to be named one of the Top 100 Poetry Podcasts by Feedspot Blog Reader. https://podcast.feedspot.com/poetry_podcasts/?feedid=5588909&_src=f1_featured_email

    Mercy after Nikki Giovanni by Rudy Francisco

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 1:45


    Today we feature "Mercy after Nikki Giovanni" by Rudy Francisco. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem." Honored to have been named one of the top 10 medical podcasts in the state of Georgia by Feedspot: podcasts.feedspot.com/georgia_medical_podcasts/

    Church is Hard by Pat Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 6:47


    Today we feature "Church is Hard" by Pat Smith. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem." Honored to have been named one of the top 10 medical podcasts in the state of Georgia by Feedspot: podcasts.feedspot.com/georgia_medical_podcasts/

    On the Beach at Night by Walt Whitman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 3:41


    Today we feature "On the Beach at Night" by Walt Whitman. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem." Honored to have been named one of the top 10 medical podcasts in the state of Georgia by Feedspot: https://podcast.feedspot.com/georgia_medical_podcasts/

    In Memory of President Jimmy Carter-"Sermons We See" by Edgar Albert Guest

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 5:40


    Today we feature "In Memory of President Jimmy Carter: 'Sermons We See' by Edgar Albert Guest." Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem." Honored to have been named one of the top 10 medical podcasts in the state of Georgia by Feedspot: podcasts.feedspot.com/georgia_medical_podcasts/

    An Excerpt From 'To A Young Lady' by John Trumbull

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 5:18


    Today we feature "An Excerpt From 'To A Young Lady'" by John Trumbull Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem." Honored to have been named one of the top 10 medical podcasts in the state of Georgia by Feedspot: podcasts.feedspot.com/georgia_medical_podcasts/

    Jourdon Anderson's Letter to His Former Enslaver, 1865

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 7:50


    Today we feature "Jourdon Anderson's Letter to His Former Enslaver, 1865" Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem." Honored to have been named one of the top 10 medical podcasts in the state of Georgia by Feedspot: podcasts.feedspot.com/georgia_medical_podcasts/

    Untitled Colonoscopy Tale by Dr. Michael Kelso

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 4:45


    Today we feature "Untitled Colonoscopy Tale" by Dr. Michael Kelso. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem." Honored to have been named one of the top 10 medical podcasts in the state of Georgia by Feedspot: podcasts.feedspot.com/georgia_medical_podcasts/

    Doxorubicin: Infusion by Laura Paul Watson

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2024 2:39


    Today we feature "Doxorubicin: Infusion" by Laura Paul Watson Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem." Honored to have been named one of the top 10 medical podcasts in the state of Georgia by Feedspot: podcasts.feedspot.com/georgia_medical_podcasts/

    The Obituary of Valerie Ann Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 7:44


    Today we feature "The Obituary of Valerie Ann Smith" Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem." Honored to have been named one of the top 10 medical podcasts in the state of Georgia by Feedspot: podcasts.feedspot.com/georgia_medical_podcasts/

    How Do I Love Thee (Sonnet 43) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 3:10


    Today we feature "How Do I Love Thee" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem." Honored to have been named one of the top 10 medical podcasts in the state of Georgia by Feedspot: podcasts.feedspot.com/georgia_medical_podcasts/

    The Black Manifesto by Markis Piper

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 4:46


    Today we feature "The Black Manifesto" by Markis Piper. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem." Honored to have been named one of the top 10 medical podcasts in the state of Georgia by Feedspot: podcasts.feedspot.com/georgia_medical_podcasts/

    Desiderata by Max Ehrmann

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 4:52


    Today we feature "Desiderata" by Max Ehrmann. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem." Honored to have been named one of the top 10 medical podcasts in the state of Georgia by Feedspot: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/georgia_medical_podcasts/

    Life Nourished by Untitled

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 2:57


    Today we feature "Life Nourished" by Untitled. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    The Passionate Shepherd To His Love by Christopher Marlowe

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2024 3:28


    Today we feature "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    The Maple by H.F. Darnell

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 5:40


    Today we feature "The Maple" by H.F. Darnell. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    All I Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2024 4:21


    Today we feature "All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" by Robert Fulghum. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    If We Must Die by Claude McCay

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 4:44


    Today we feature "If We Must Die" by Claude McCay. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    must die mccay if we must die
    Juneteenth: Poetic Quest For Environmental Justice By Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2023 4:21


    Today we feature "Juneteenth: Poetic Quest for Environmental Justice" by Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    To Autumn by John Keats

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023 4:30


    Today we feature "To Autumn" by John Keats. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    Got Flowers Today by Paulette Kelly

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2023 4:00


    Today we feature "Got Flowers Today" by Paulette Kelly. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    Evaporation by Believer Waterson

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2023 3:48


    Today we feature "Evaporation" by Believer Waterson. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    One Man Stand by Believer Waterson

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2023 4:15


    Today we feature "One Man Stand" by Believer Waterson. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    The Man Who Thinks He Can by Walter D. Wintle

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2023 3:19


    Today we feature "The Man Who Thinks He Can" by Walter D. Wintle. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    walter d wintle
    Don't Quit

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2023 3:39


    Today we feature "Don't Quit." Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    Sadness by Erin Hanson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2023 2:53


    Today we feature "Sadness" by Erin Hanson. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    Test Of A Man (Author Unknown)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2023 3:06


    Today we feature "Test of a Man" Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    See It Through by Edgar Albert Guest

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 3:22


    Today we feature "See It Through" by Edgar Albert Guest. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    Invictus by William Ernest Henley

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2023 4:11


    Today we feature "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    Another Piper by Michelle Butler

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2023 3:06


    Today we feature "Another Piper" by Michelle Butler. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    Little Stones At My Window by Mario Benedetti

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2022 3:17


    Today we feature "Little Stones At My Window" by Mario Benedetti. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    I'll Never Forget You by Nebulous The Poet

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2022 3:51


    Today we feature "I'll Never Forget You" by Nebulous the Poet. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    A Wing And A Prayer by Michelle Butler

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 2:18


    Today we feature "A Wing and a Prayer" by Michelle Butler. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    Untitled Prayer from 'Prayers For Dark People' by W.E.B. DuBois

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2022 3:38


    Today we feature "Untitled Prayer from 'Prayers for Dark People'" by W.E.B. Dubois. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    October by Robert Frost

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2022 5:32


    Today, we feature "October" by Robert Frost. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever it is that you do, read a poem."

    A Litany For Survival by Audre Lorde

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2022 4:05


    Today, we feature "A Litany for Survival" by Audre Lorde. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever it is that you do, read a poem."

    Only A Dad by Edgar Albert Guest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2022 3:08


    Today, in commemoration of Father's Day 2022, we feature "Only a Dad" by Edgar Albert Guest. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com.

    I, Too by Langston Hughes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2022 2:38


    Today, in commemoration of Juneteenth 2022, we feature "I, Too" by Langston Hughes. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com.

    Find A Way by John G. Saxe

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2022 2:56


    Today we feature "Find A Way" by John G. Saxe. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    Thanksgiving by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2022 4:03


    Today we feature "Thanksgiving" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    Heart Condition by Jericho Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2022 4:11


    Today we feature "Heart Condition" by Jericho Brown. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    On Liberty And Slavery by George Moses Horton

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 3:02


    Today we feature "On Liberty And Slavery" by George Moses Horton. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    Mother's Smile by Tessa McGregor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2022 3:25


    Today we feature "Mother's Smile" by Tessa McGregor. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    Cancer by Jessica Louise Wheeler

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2021 3:59


    Today we feature "Cancer" by Jessica Louise Wheeler. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    Amazing Peace - A Christmas Poem by Dr. Maya Angelou

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 6:00


    Today we feature "Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem" by Dr. Maya Angelou. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    A Thanksgiving Poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2021 4:02


    Today we feature "A Thanksgiving Poem" by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    Pink Ribbon by Kevin T. Pearson

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 2:37


    Today we feature "Pink Ribbon" by Kevin T. Pearson. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    This Breast Surgeon by Alysa Cummings

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 3:12


    Today we feature "This Breast Surgeon" by Alysa Cummings Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

    I Am Not A Victim Of Breast Cancer by Laura Barnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2021 4:13


    Today we feature "I Am Not a Victim of Breast Cancer" by Laura Barnes. Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com. "In whatever you do, read a poem."

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