Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Shaista Tayabali

  • Continuation Day

    Shaista Tayabali Cambridge, United Kingdom Poet’s statement: When I was 18, I was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus, and poetry began to define the landscape of my soul. It saves me now, from needles, night sweats, ulcers, glaucoma, and the general terrors of global happenings. I write, and my soul takes flight. Death is a…