SPOTLIGHT -
April 17th 2025
"Tell him I’m sorry I still owe him money..."
March 27th 2025
"All redeeming Nature knows, You cannot stop the spring."
March 25th 2025
A psychiatrist reflects on the challenges we weather and the enduring search for hope and unity.
March 18th 2025
"I guessed heart failure. The answer was pneumonia."
February 27th 2025
"Connect me to all children, Under undue distress all ‘round the world, Shaping the future of our warring lands..."
To Study the Universe
So I sit on the edge, wagging my feet above the abyss. Tonight the moon will be in my lap...
Falling Deeply Into America
"The world was immaculate, new..."
An Accountant of the Heart
As soon as you begin to ask the question, Who loves me?, you are completely screwed, because the next question is How Much?
Bard Self Disclosure
Catharsis expressed in a pen, it was a tool to get through the hard times, even medical school.
Cloudy Eyes, Chapped Lips, Icy Air
"...remember this one life is a gift each of us was handed and told to open..."
Psychiatric Residency Interview
My life pasted on his wall to analyze, a flash of insight came to me: Training had begun.
The Life Thing In Us
“...the life thing in us that will not let us die...”
Reimagining the 15-Minute Med Check Through A Poet’s Eyes
When, where, and how to use poetry in a clinical setting.
The Way We Live With Hungers
Hospital food has the reputation for not being very restorative...
The One
And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water...
Never Weary, Never Lost
"... laboring to transform death to praise, never wearying, never once losing faith."
Kingfisher's Flight
How has COVID-19 given us a heightened appreciation for each moment?
Changing Faces
As the COVID-19 battle continues, reflecting on successes against viruses like AIDS may serve as a hopeful reminder.
In Their Own Time and Place
"...inhuman forces hard at work in their own time and place..."
Honoring the Legacy
Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr Day with us!
The Miracle of Skating
Walking on water might just be possible...
Two Hundred Thousand
A faceless full moon glowing through a cloud, contorted like the tree . . .
Deep Roots and Sorrow
"O Southland, sorrow home, melody beating in my bone and blood!"
Hill Hypocrisy
One doctor reflects on how America continues to capitalize on racial unrest.
Divine Vaccine 2021
COVID-19 dominated 2020, but in 2021, the vaccine offers hope.
The Vacation We Did Not Get
Let poetry transport you on a vacation, since COVID-19 prevented summer travel.
Christmas Red
Blade tips catch and knees kiss ice, my eyes searching for the one skater in every crowd who glides graceful as a god,
The Unsung Stanzas
This poem contemplates the National Anthem... is it a good song?
Psychiatry Comic: Santa Therapy
A therapeutic approach to the holiday wish list.
Flip Side of the Grocery List
Poet Billy Collins writes the names of friends lost to COVID-19 on the back of his grocery list.
Discharge Planning
A mother begs the court to keep her son incarcerated for fear street gangs will eat him alive.
Holiday Rorschach Test
Facts and myths about depression during the holidays.
Completely and Confidently Cared For
How do you enter the patient's space, and are you cognizant of the energy you bring with you?
Spooky Rorschach
Scary or sweet? Read about the value of nonverbal communication and have some spooky fun.
I Don’t Want to Die Here in Timbuktu
He was happy in a Gettysburg field, before he turned 13. That was the year his father’s body launched its own Civil War.
