- Psychiatric Times Vol 27 No 5
- Volume 27
- Issue 5
A Psychiatrist’s Guitar Poem
Hear the story of wood...
Hear the story of wood,
cut and stained
and carved for someone’s need.
Caress the smooth neck
a palm can praise.
Smell mahogany
shaved and steamed,
fragrant as cinnamon.
Rake, slide, bend
tense strings,
make them breathe
each note.
Follow silver steel
over the bridge
from body to head,
each cord vibrating
when skilled hands
and callused fingertips
pick sweet equations
where practice becomes song.
Listen for a minor key,
all the patience and flesh
in the finish,
like a man
in my office
composing a life.
Articles in this issue
over 15 years ago
Get the Bigger Therapeutic Pictureover 15 years ago
Ethical Aspects of Self-Disclosure in Psychotherapyover 15 years ago
Introduction: Ethical Dilemmas Old and Newover 15 years ago
Undue Pharmaceutical Influence on Psychiatric Practiceover 15 years ago
DSM5 and the Medicalization of Grief: Two Perspectivesover 15 years ago
Extraordinarily Ordinaryover 15 years ago
The Political Diagnosis: Psychiatry in the Service of the Lawover 15 years ago
The Fort Hood Aftermath-Army Accountability Review and Psychiatristsover 15 years ago
Memory Reconsolidation and What Albert Ellis Knew All AlongNewsletter
Receive trusted psychiatric news, expert analysis, and clinical insights — subscribe today to support your practice and your patients.