Poetry and Medicine

Poetry and Medicine X: Greg Judkins

Farewell to an old patient The police phoned me at home one weekend. Could I complete a medical certificate of cause of death? My...

Poetry and Medicine IX: William C Williams

In an earlier column, I introduced William Carlos Williams, often considered the most influential 20th century American poet. Williams...

Poetry and Medicine VII: Sarah Broom

Hospital Property Because I am alone in this cold room, because the Siemens Somatom EmotionDuo CT scanner is about to talk to me again...

Poetry and Medicine VI: Emily Dickinson

Tell all the truth but tell it slant – Tell all the truth but tell it slant – Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight...

Poetry and Medicine V: Rachel McAlpine

New Zealand writer and poet, Rachel McAlpine, recently celebrated her 80th birthday by publishing a book of poems, How to be Old. Here’s...

Poetry and Medicine III: James K. Baxter

High Country Weather Alone we are born And die alone; Yet see the red-gold cirrus Over snow mountain shine. Upon the upland road Ride...

Poetry and Medicine II: William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams is considered one of the greatest American poets of the 20th Century. He was also a general medical practitioner....

Poetry and Medicine I: T.S. Eliot

O world of spring and autumn, birth and dying! The endless cycle of idea and action, Endless invention, endless experiment, Brings...