healing. >> brown: outside boston's beth israel deaconess hospital on a recent frigid morning, natasha trethewey up with a former poetry student of hers from emory university. do you remember her as a teacher? >> of course, i do. >> brown: and natasha remembers "sam"-- samyukta mullangi-- fondly, as well. now you get to see her as a budding doctor-to-be. >> yeah, and she looks like the best, too. seeing her talk about not only the work of being a physician but also how poetry and language have a role in that. >> brown: sam is a fourth-year student at harvard medical school, but poetry is still a big part of her life now with a new mentor who believes poetry can benefit every doctor's education and work: rafael campo... >> i agree with sam, totally clear. >> brown: ...doctor, professor and a highly regarded poet. his sixth volume, just published, is titled "alternative medicine." >> "someone is dying alone in the night. the hospital hums like a consciousness. i see their faces where others see blight. the doctors make their rounds like satellites, impossible to fathom distances. someone is dying

. >> ifill: plus, jeffrey brown and poet laureate natasha trethewey continue their travels to find "whereetry lives." tonight, how doctors are using verse to provide better care.