When we think of poetry, lyrical layers of witty words often come to mind. Love, nature and musings about day-to-day life are just some of the topics poets usually emote about. But can health care be poetic? Some word stylists gathered at Brooklyn’s Habana Outpost “Lowpost” last month and proved that it can.

WNYC’s national morning news radio program The Takeaway captured the feelings from the flowacists:

Click it: Health Reform Poetry Slam

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