This discussion seeks to highlight the ability of poetry to combat loneliness, a growing public health problem with significant negative health outcomes that potentially impact millions of Americans. We argue that poetry can play a very relevant role and have an impact in medicine. Through a brief literature review of previous studies on poetry in medicine, we demonstrate that poetry can not only combat loneliness but can also play important roles in helping patients, physicians, and other healthcare professionals/providers. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we believe now is the perfect opportunity to utilize poetry because the benefits can be experienced even in solitude, which is why this is such a timely and pertinent issue today.

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回顾与前进：大流行期间诗歌的治愈力

本次讨论旨在强调诗歌对抗孤独的能力，孤独是一个日益严重的公共卫生问题，具有可能影响数百万美国人的重大负面健康结果。我们认为诗歌可以发挥非常重要的作用，并对医学产生影响。通过对以往医学诗歌研究的简要文献回顾，我们证明诗歌不仅可以对抗孤独，而且还可以在帮助患者、医生和其他医疗保健专业人员/提供者方面发挥重要作用。由于 COVID-19 大流行，我们相信现在是利用诗歌的绝佳机会，因为即使在孤独中也能体验到好处，这就是为什么今天这是一个如此及时和相关的问题。