Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Yeats

  • Things to think

    Dean GianakosLynchburg, Virginia, United States Think in ways you’ve never thought before.If the phone rings, think of it as carrying a messageLarger than anything you’ve ever heard,Vaster than a hundred lines of Yeats. Think that someone may bring a bear to your door,Maybe wounded and deranged; or think that a mooseHas risen out of the…

  • The Fountain of Youth

    But O that I were young againAnd held her in my arms.— Yeats Since time immemorial, people in most countries of the world have looked for remedies to repair the ravages of time and make them young again. This has given rise to many tales about miraculous springs of water they could drink or bathe…