Even though it is almost summer, and even though (or especially because) we’re [still] in the middle of yet another surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s something about the idea of spring that rejuvenates the spirit.
Year: 2021
Haiku: Let it Rain
Last night was a noisy one with thunder roaring overhead and strong winds rattling the windows and doors. It rained mightily, but then, like all storms, this one too passed…
Happy Book Birthday to “Rock House Grill” by @donnavstone
Happy Birthday to Rock House Grill. D.V. Stone, award winning author, is visiting me on this momentous day to tell us more about herself and about the book…
Book #Sale EVENT – Enter to win an Amazon Gift Card – Event courtesy @NN_W_Light’s Book Heaven
I’m so excited to be a part of @NNP_W_Light’s 99c Sale Bookish Event. Check out all the must-read books and enter the giveaway…
Haikus and body parts
I wrote a Haiku today in response to a #vss365 prompt and posted it on twitter before I remembered that I had pledged to include anatomical elements in each Haiku. Obviously, then, I felt compelled to modify it.
Have a look…
Why I wrote InVerse Medicine
Preface I wrote a poem about the birth and of the passing away of my baby girl before I knew anything about the potential role for the humanities in medicine. I revisited that poem many times over the years and was moved each time by a sense of wonder and grief and gratitude and remembrance.… Continue reading
InVerse Medicine : or : using poetry to enhance communication, empathy, & patient-centered care
I’m so happy that my book is ready to share with the world. I’ve compiled all the health-care-related poems I’ve ever written and they are now available in one volume.
A Haiku to celebrate the release of my poetry book
I’m learning how to write Haiku and I’m determined – as a tribute to my physician roots – to use anatomical elements in each one that I create. Let’s see how that goes… I HAVE to start with the eye…
Spotlight: Vicki Batman’s “Temporarily Out of Luck”
Dear Readers, Vicki Batman is a sassy writer of funny fiction and she’s visiting my blog to talk about her book (intriguingly titled “Temporarily Out of Luck”) Come meet her…
Haiku: Idyll
There is so much natural beauty on this earth, but very little respect for Nature…