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Scott Bauer

BJ Miller

Andy Cohen

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Louise Aronson

Haider Warraich

Lewis Cohen

Stephanie Rogers

Tim Anderson

Jessica Zitter

Susan Block

John Mills

Katie Fitzgerald

John Nelson

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Marilyn McEntyre

In her essay “Why Read a Poem in a Time Like This?”, Marilyn McEntyre writes: All of us need it. We need it because good poems do something prose can’t do. They invite and enable us to notice the precarious fissures in what we think is solid ground. They direct us toward the light at the edge of things — the horizon, the fragment of dream before dawn, the feeling that’s hard to name, and can only be accurately captured by metaphor. They take us to the edge of “what can’t be said,” and ambush us into feeling before we think, so that we can’t simply and complacently “believe everything we think.” Poetry deals in surprise and subversion and turns old words to new purposes. Marilyn is joined by Guy Micco to talk about why poetry is important in general, why it’s important in medical or nursing education, and why it’s important for people who care for older adults. Along the way, they read poems, talk about poems, and sing a song by John Prine.  We talk about how poetry can surprise, how poems can be playful, how they unlock dimensions and emotions that are otherwise locked away.  How sometimes good poetry can be like a needed punch. And maybe, just maybe, we convince that poetry skeptic Eric Widera that there is a place for poetry in medicine after all. Enjoy! -@AlexSmithMD   Links to essays and books by Marilyn McEntyre   Why A Poem in a Place Like This?  Why Read a Poem in a Time Like This?  Patient Poets: Illness from the Inside Out  Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies  Links to Songs/Poems from the Podcast:  Hello in There by John Prine  After Apple Picking by Robert Frost  Sonnet 73: That Time of Year Thou Mayest in me Behold by Shakespear  Jane by George Bilgere  Long Life by Elaine Feinstein Sonnet 60 by Pat Schneider (not online) 

In her essay “<a href="https://medium.com/@marilynmcentyre/why-read-a-poem-at-a-time-like-this-8b1f884de94d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why Read a Poem in a Time Like This?</a>”, <a href="https://www.marilynmcentyre.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marilyn McEntyre</a> writes: All of us need it. We need it because good poems do something prose can’t do. They invite and enable us to notice the precarious fissures in what we think is solid ground. They direct us toward the light at the edge of things — the horizon, the fragment of dream before dawn, the feeling that’s hard to name, and can only be accurately captured by metaphor. They take us to the edge of “what can’t be said,” and ambush us into feeling before we think, so that we can’t simply and complacently “believe everything we think.” Poetry deals in surprise and subversion and turns old words to new purposes. Marilyn is joined by Guy Micco to talk about why poetry is important in general, why it’s important in medical or nursing education, and why it’s important for people who care for older adults. Along the way, they read poems, talk about poems, and sing a song by John Prine.  We talk about how poetry can surprise, how poems can be playful, how they unlock dimensions and emotions that are otherwise locked away.  How sometimes good poetry can be like a needed punch. And maybe, just maybe, we convince that poetry skeptic Eric Widera that there is a place for poetry in medicine after all. Enjoy! <a href="mailto:-@AlexSmithMD">-@AlexSmithMD</a> Links to essays and books by <a href="https://www.marilynmcentyre.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marilyn McEntyre</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.jhrehab.org/2015/07/08/why-a-poem-in-a-place-like-this/__;!!LQC6Cpwp!8faDx1LwkAatV06SzmAmcuV429Ft9D1XKnjpQ-afyPmli-ymngKrk_YPKyYYIjUUIIlxAQ$" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Why A Poem in a Place Like This?</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/@marilynmcentyre/why-read-a-poem-at-a-time-like-this-8b1f884de94d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Why Read a Poem in a Time Like This?</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Patient-Poets-Illness-Inside-Out/dp/0983463972" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Patient Poets: Illness from the Inside Out</a></li> <li><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amazon.com/Caring-Words-Culture-Lies-2nd/dp/080287889X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MC29ONSJGF9T&amp;keywords=mcentyre*caring*for*words&amp;qid=1648148830&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=mcentyre*caring*for*words,stripbooks,123&amp;sr=1-1__;KysrKysr!!LQC6Cpwp!8faDx1LwkAatV06SzmAmcuV429Ft9D1XKnjpQ-afyPmli-ymngKrk_YPKyYYIjXp8tJoDg$" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies</a></li> </ul> Links to Songs/Poems from the Podcast: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVhA01J0Zsg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hello in There by John Prine</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44259/after-apple-picking" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> After Apple Picking by Robert Frost</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45099/sonnet-73-that-time-of-year-thou-mayst-in-me-behold" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Sonnet 73: That Time of Year Thou Mayest in me Behold by Shakespear</a></li> <li><a href="https://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3Fdate=2011%252F10%252F09.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Jane by George Bilgere</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/audio/2010/mar/12/elaine-feinstein-long-life" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Long Life by Elaine Feinstein</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/pat-schneider" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sonnet 60 by Pat Schneider (not online)</a></li> </ul>

Poetry about Aging: Marilyn McEntyre and Guy Micco

In this week's GeriPal podcast we talk with Guy Micco, MD, a longtime bioethicists, internist, hospice physician, teacher in the UC Berkeley and UCSF Joint Medical Program, mentor, and friend. Guy and I wrote an article recently for the journal Perspectives in Biology and Medicine about the intersection and issues between the fields of geriatrics, palliative care, and bioethics. The main thrust of the paper is that we need a workforce that is trained in the principles of all three fields to take the best care of the very sick, the very frail, and the very old. And for those of you who listen, Guy sings a great rendition of Hello in There, by John Prine: sweet, sad, and sentimental. Chorus: You know that old trees just grow stronger And old rivers grow wilder every day Old people just grow lonesome Waiting for someone to say, "Hello in there, Hello." Enjoy!

How do we serve the very sick, very frail, and very old? Podcast with Guy Micco