Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: John Vanek

  • Another found poem – Anatomy of love

    John VanekSt. Petersburg, Florida, United States Poet’s statement I am a physician by training, but a poet by passion. Poetry provides a vehicle that takes me to places that logic won’t go. It is a way of understanding the incomprehensible, both in life and in medicine. I now prescribe poetry PRN (“as needed”), but warn that…

  • Balloons

    John VanekSt. Petersburg, Florida, USA Poet’s statement Poetry provides a vehicle that takes me to places that logic won’t go, a way of understanding the incomprehensible, both in life and in medicine. I now prescribe poetry PRN (“as needed”), but warn that it may hurt a little. My poems are peopled with my family, friends, and…

  • Always, autumn leaves

    John VanekSt. Petersburg, Florida, United States Poet’s statement Poetry provides a vehicle that takes me to places that logic won’t go, a way of understanding the incomprehensible, both in life and in medicine. I now prescribe poetry PRN (“as needed”), but warn that it may hurt a little. My poems are peopled with my family, friends,…

  • Guillain–Barré – Vanishing twin

    John VanekSt. Petersburg, Florida, USA Poet’s statement Poetry provides a vehicle that takes me to places that logic won’t go, a way of understanding the incomprehensible, both in life and in medicine. I now prescribe poetry PRN, but warn that it may hurt a little. My poems are peopled with my family, friends, and patients.…