SPOTLIGHT -
April 22nd 2024
"I pulled my scuffle hoe hard through the clay’s crust and heard the blade scrape metal and earth."
April 19th 2024
"And the sky went wan, and the wind came cold, And the sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold."
April 12th 2024
"I shall forget civilization, I shall forget color, caste, I shall move in a fantastic world of raceless men and women..."
April 5th 2024
"rescued from the filth of paradise, hosed off, shining, my cracked fingernails caked with dirt."
March 29th 2024
"The diameter of the bomb was thirty centimeters and the diameter of its effective range about seven meters, with four dead and eleven wounded."
While Listening to Annie Lamott Give Tim Ferriss Her Advice for Writers
“Step 1: put your butt in a chair for 45 minutes every day and get down a shitty draft.”
"Dress Rehearsal"
Here's a thank you note to all the musicians.
A Psychiatrist's Ode to Women's History Month
Musings on Women's History Month...
To See You Go
“I saw your rise, and missed your fall. I couldn’t have caught you if I tried…”
Free, Free, Free
"Pain can't touch me no more, For I am free, I am free, I am free..."
Our Lady of Tenacious Hope
During war and winter, can hope shine through?
Dehumanization
A psychiatrist's thoughts and reflections after the week's news.
Memorial Hoops
"But Who am I kidding? The weekend was about Basketball."
Adrift in Winter
"All anyone wants to know is when spring will get here..."
Ode to Black Mental Health
Using words and music to help heal...
Dress Rehearsal
"...they’ve returned like songbirds, exhausted from flight but wild to swagger the songs they carry..."
Grief After Suicide
An adolescent psychiatric RN shares “Heavy Damage,” a poem about managing grief after losing a loved one to suicide.
Poetry, Psychiatry, and the Meaning of Love
Love in a Time of Climate Change
"...so close that your emissions of carbon are mine, so close your sea rises with my heat.”
A Psychiatrist May Have Made Musical History
Frank Clark, MD, may have made history this weekend with an epic musical and poetry performance.
Ataraxia
Reflecting on the alarming rates of suicide among Black individuals.
"Tender Fences"
"...barriers that create space for healing placed close enough to hear everyone’s cries of longing and love..."
Suicide Is Real
It's beyond time to sound the alarm...
Kindness
"Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things..."
Michiko Dead
"He manages like somebody carrying a box that is too heavy, first with his arms underneath..."
Sunset on the Pacific
The poetic and artistic reflections from 2 psychiatrists serve as a good reminder to us all.
Tender Fences
Towards Dawn
One psychiatrist offers hope and a prayer for humanity as we enter the New Year.
King 3 Course Meal
A Poem for Pulse
"...Love can't block a bullet, but neither can it be shot down..."
"Pareidolia"
"And with one slow blink my reality shifts..."
Inner Voice
What can we learn from our deepest thoughts?
Bard 2021 Benediction
Final thoughts on 2021 as we say goodbye to another tumultuous year and look ahead with hope...
Flight 2022
Psychiatric reflections as we approach the new year...
The Unutterable Rage
Poetry approaches the visceral experience of intense emotion better than prose or medical reports.