"Autumn Faces"

Author(s):

Richard M. Berlin, MD

Key Takeaways

Ronald W. Pies, MD, is a clinical professor at Tufts University, known for his diverse roles as a psychiatrist, philosopher, and poet.
Pies' recent book, "The Anatomy of Gratitude," examines gratitude in various spiritual traditions.
Richard Berlin, MD, has contributed a monthly poem to Psychiatric Times for 26 years, sharing insights from his medical career.
Berlin's latest book, "Tender Fences," continues his exploration of the intersection between medicine and poetry.

"The season pivots and bends to the darkening north..."

Any Good Poem

Richard Berlin, MD, shares Psychiatric Times Editor in Chief Emeritus, Ronald W. Pies, MD's poem "Autumn Faces."

Pies is clinical professor of psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine. He is a brilliant psychiatrist, philosopher, ethicist, humanitarian, Jewish scholar, novelist, and poet. His most recent book is The Anatomy of Gratitude: The Nature and Blessings of Gratitude in Six of the World’s Great Spiritual Traditions.

Dr Berlin has been writing a poem about his experience of being a doctor every month for the past 26 years in Psychiatric Times in a column called “Poetry of the Times.” He is instructor in psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts. His latest book is Tender Fences.