
Listen
"Even the smallest insects are singing, vibrating their entire bodies, tiny violins of longing and desire. We were made for song."
Any Good Poem
Richard Berlin, MD, shares the poem "
Poet Tracy Smith describes the poem "Listen" this way:
"'Listen' offers up a message of calm and gratitude. It's one I want to learn to offer myself—especially on days when peace feels far-away. Are there people out there who live always with that gratitude? That sense of the world with its simple gifts being all the plenty they seek?"
Dr Berlin has been writing a poem about his experience of being a doctor every month for the past 27 years in Psychiatric Times in a column called “Poetry of the Times.” He is an instructor in psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts. His latest book is Tender Fences.
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