Cell 2 Soul: The Humane Health Care Blog

Poppy

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen

And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Marginal Notes: A still small voice

 
Pink Lady's Slipper ©2011 by Brian T. Maurer

I listen to the recent spate of voice mail messages on the home answering machine, methodically deleting all but two:  the one from Eleanor informing my wife that her open heart surgery would be postponed, and the other from Eleanor’s niece the morning after Eleanor’s surgery.  I tap the play button and listen to both voices again, one right after the other, even though a week has elapsed between the two.  more»

 

Brian T. Maurer has practiced pediatrics as a Physician Assistant for thirty years.  His "Marginal Notes" column appears periodically in the Cell2Soul Blog. The title "Marginal Notes" is taken from a quote by Henry David Thoreau: "I love a broad margin to my life."

Poetry's Essense

Poems by Kelley Anne White

Self-contained

17, entering tenth grade,
a hundred braids roped into two
she has insect bites
and a thumb she insists on sucking
though the group home matron
swats at her hand

For more poems by Kelley Anne White you may Download Kelly Anne White

Dr. White was a pediatrician for thirty years in inner-city Philadelphia. In 2008, she returned to her small New Hampshire town where she began equally challenging work at a rural health center in the North Country.  Please see the pdf for more poems and a longer bio.  She will welcome your comments at KAW.