Volume 2 | 2021 Voices from the Residents
Table of contents
2021 | Voices from the Residents, Front Cover
Front cover art
2021 | Voices from the Residents, Introduction
A collection of 55-word stories from residents at the University of Utah.
Lost Hugs
These are days of hugs not given or
The Heart is Beating On
It pumps until it pumps no more,
Overload
My daughter twirls in her pink confetti
How Lucky Am I?
What ordinary miracles I witness each
The Things Between Us
He unbuttons his shirt.
The Weight
The weight of my words and your
Pages
Beep beep bee–. Slap. Groan. Fumble.
Vision
When I close my eyes, your frozen full-
History, I Guess.
Name, department, function
Sweet Magic
One little boy, AFOs ill-fitting, wild child,
American Red Cross
Hearts on the wall for Valentine’s Day.
Fever
She can’t stay seated, fake lashes
A Pathologists Sonnet
Static
point A to point B
“Thinking is pain,” my patient muses flatly
Not Enough Love
There was
Despair
dimly lit and windowless,
To Be an Internist
“How are you?”
Deck Chairs on the Titanic
“Anything we can get for you?”
APGAR
The stage is set
2021 | About the Authors and the Work
Personal statements