Creative Corner

Artistic works by psychiatrists, most notably the Poetry of the Times column by Dr Richard Berlin and creative endeavors by others.

Poetry

End of the Season

Richard M. Berlin, MD

September 21, 2016 | Poetry

By Richard M. Berlin, MD

Half price T-shirts and ice cream cones, no more tomatoes or New York Times, people out patching the roof, putting up storms, the last guests gone tomorrow.

Psychiatry Comic: Save the What?

Edie Everette

September 16, 2016 | Poetry, Neuropsychiatry

By Edie Everette

Is the hippo [campus] an endangered species?

At the Monhegan Island General Store

Richard M. Berlin, MD

August 18, 2016 | Poetry

By Richard M. Berlin, MD

I’m happy to be off the trail, out of the wind and salt spray, safe from the fog’s cold claw...

The Hang Gliders

Richard M. Berlin, MD

July 20, 2016 | Poetry

By Richard M. Berlin, MD

Dead into a wall of wind, they cliff jump with parabolic wings curled over pilots cradled in goose down and canvas.

Psychiatry Comic: Pet Therapy

Jonny Hawkins

July 13, 2016 | Cultural Psychiatry, Film And Book Reviews, Poetry

By Jonny Hawkins

"Tell me about these melon-collie feelings."

Naked Mole Rat

Richard M. Berlin, MD

June 13, 2016 | Poetry

By Richard M. Berlin, MD

I’m glad we’re studying this one, a lusty, almost immortal guy living in his dark tunnels of love.

Über Coca

Richard M. Berlin, MD

May 16, 2016 | Poetry

By Richard M. Berlin, MD

He didn’t notice snow falling in the Krankenhaus courtyard the night he fell in love. A mere intern, castrated by Jew-hating med school professors...

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Words Heal: Coping With Cancer
Richard M. Berlin, MD
March 25, 2014 | Couch in Crisis, Depression, Poetry, Psychotherapy
By Richard M. Berlin, MD
When a full-time writer's husband was diagnosed with cancer, she found writing poetry helped her cope. She guessed that others would, like her, find their experiences with cancer best expressed through poetry. So began The Cancer Poetry Project.