Tag: John Vanek
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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.…