Jefferson Humanities & Health Artists in Residence Trapeta B. Mayson and Yolanda Wisher host an evening of poetry readings by Jefferson students.
Join us for a celebration of the healing effects of poetry! Exploring emotions, engaging in the senses, and expressing core feelings in writing leads to improvements in a wide range of health outcomes, including relieving stress and supporting overall mental wellness.
Led by Trapeta B. Mayson and Yolanda Wisher, both former Philadelphia Poets Laureate, this event will feature participants from Writing Wellness: A Healing Verse Poetry Workshop, a Fall 2025 medical humanities course for Jefferson students that centers poetry as a tool to support healing. Participants have been encouraged to access their inner voices, experiences, and memories to write poems and to cultivate ways to process, reflect on, and reframe their experiences as health care practitioners.
This event can be counted for credit towards the Asano Humanities & Health Certificate.
Questions? Contact Kirsten Bowen, Humanities Program Coordinator, Office of Student Affairs Kirsten.bowen@jefferson.edu.
Image credit: William Carlos Williams Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
