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Poetry
In Their Own Time and Place
January 22, 2021
"...inhuman forces hard at work in their own time and place..."
Two Hundred Thousand
January 14, 2021
A faceless full moon glowing through a cloud, contorted like the tree . . .
Deep Roots and Sorrow
January 08, 2021
"O Southland, sorrow home, melody beating in my bone and blood!"
Hill Hypocrisy
January 08, 2021
One doctor reflects on how America continues to capitalize on racial unrest.
The Vacation We Did Not Get
December 18, 2020
Let poetry transport you on a vacation, since COVID-19 prevented summer travel.
The One
December 16, 2020
Blade tips catch and knees kiss ice, my eyes searching for the one skater in every crowd who glides graceful as a god,
Flip Side of the Grocery List
December 04, 2020
Poet Billy Collins writes the names of friends lost to COVID-19 on the back of his grocery list.
Discharge Planning
November 24, 2020
A mother begs the court to keep her son incarcerated for fear street gangs will eat him alive.
Completely and Confidently Cared For
November 06, 2020
How do you enter the patient's space, and are you cognizant of the energy you bring with you?
Spooky Rorschach
October 28, 2020
Scary or sweet? Read about the value of nonverbal communication and have some spooky fun.
I Don’t Want to Die Here in Timbuktu
October 21, 2020
He was happy in a Gettysburg field, before he turned 13. That was the year his father’s body launched its own Civil War.
Kindness Toward Patients
September 22, 2020
Patients rely on the companionship and kindness of nurses now more than ever, and these poem selections reflect that.