SPOTLIGHT -
August 27th 2025
August 14th 2025
"Tonight their eyes meet with the spirit of sacred music..."
July 16th 2025
"He slaps a chest film on the light box and hooks a bleary intern: Tell me, doctor, what is the shape of this child’s ears?"
July 7th 2025
This heartfelt tribute poem to Dr Jessica Obeysekare celebrates her passion, empathy, and dedication in both life and academia.
July 3rd 2025
Explore the transformative power of self-compassion through poetry, mentorship, and shared humanity in overcoming doubt and anxiety.
A Psychiatrist's Reflections for Thanksgiving
Being thankful, reflective, and hopeful...
A Humanity Lesson From the Mouths of Babes
A child's perspective, innocent and honest, serves as a good reminder of our biases.
Traumatic Wounds
In light of current events, how can psychiatry support rectifying social injustices and foster understanding and inclusivity?
Tonsure
"Forever you find your father in other faces..."
Hope, Equity, and the AMA
A psychiatrist's perspective on the AMA interim meeting.
The Forgotten Verb
Words, and their ideals, can help heal.
A Psychiatrist's Wellness Puzzle
It's important to make time to fit in the pieces of your wellness puzzle.
Listening to Terry Gross
"Before I knew my own voice, I listened to yours while we learned our trades..."
The Zoom Reading
"...They speak in poetry. Do they know I am there, listening?"
Sea-Fever
"I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky..."
Colliding Forces and the Human Psyche
Reflections on the impact love and hatred can have on the human psyche.
A Monarch Butterfly: Hope, Transformation, and Rebirth
Taking a moment to learn from nature...
A Game of Quotas
Dealing with diversity double-speak...
The Dance Between Fathers and Daughters
There is a delicate and precious dance between a father and his daughter...
A Psychiatrist’s Prayer for All
Perhaps with time and commitment, this psychiatrist's dreams for a better world for patients and all mankind will come to fruition.
A Barred Owl
"The warping night air having brought the boom, Of an owl's voice into her darkened room..."
Psychiatric Reflections on Black Incarceration
Can psychiatrists help be the champion for those behind bars?
Variant Party
A poet's reflections on COVID-land's relentlessness grip on society...
Prompts for Doctors Who Write
"Write yourself scared the first day of med school, dying to cure the world..."
Prompts (for Doctors Who Write Poetry)
Being a poet isn't a 9 to 5 job.
In Honor of a Legacy: Colin Powell
Inspired by a life well-lived...
Trauma, Resilience, and Justice for Those in the Criminal Justice System
With so many stories of trauma associated with the criminal justice system, it is time to reexamine how this population is treated.
The Need for Rapid Resuscitation
It's time to take a deep breath...
Nursing Home Frontline
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori: It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country.
Walk With Nature
Nature can bring the ultimate treasure: contentment.
World Mental Health Day 2021
Honoring World Mental Health Day...
Infant Moments
Backyard Mercy
"A fruit fly fell in my fine crystal glass, half full of five-dollar wine..."
Our Identity Puzzle
Work can be rewarding and bring meaning, but should not define us...
A Bridge of Faith
Sometimes to find your place of tranquility, you must cross a bridge of faith...