Author Archives: Docpoet

Struggling to comprehend something is uncomfortable Your stress response is activated, you wonder if you are incapable Of grasping whatever you are struggling with at the moment You are tempted to throw in the towel, make no further attempt To learn the skill over which mastery you were trying to gain You do not wantContinue reading “A beginner’s struggle”

For years I have seen November advertised As the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), I have fantasized About writing a 50,000 page novel of my own After all, on a steady diet of fiction I have grown * Every year, as autumn rolls around I entertain various ideas in my mind That could turn intoContinue reading “Writerly Desires”

The best thing you can do is to log off, I read Because there are too many opinions online, it said And the discourse around everything, from important matters to inconsequential stuff Distracts you, curbs your originality and makes being authentic tough * This caught my attention, because this is probably true Although on theContinue reading “De-influencing”

I want to create boundaries, say less yes’s and more no’s I cannot squeeze in another patient on a schedule that overflows But then the inevitable question poses itself to me What if the patient truly needs my help and my refusal to see Would mean serious harm- my patients are seriously ill There couldContinue reading “Why I say yes when I mean no..”

I have a tendency to procrastinate Until it is bedtime, and then it is too late To begin the task that I am supposed to complete The deadline looms near, and it would be a feat For me to reach completion a day or two in advance I still have a week and there isContinue reading “How I Procrastinate”

My blog has, over the years, a zibaldone become A place to pour every idea that into my mind comes From work to play, from my home to world affairs Everything that I have an iota of opinion on, finds a spot there * If I come across a new term, I learn it byContinue reading “My Zibaldone”

(Inspired by true story- this happened in Concord NH) Sorting through stuff in the hundred and fifty year-old house she had received in inheritance She came across relics from various generations, but what aroused her curiosity intense Was a periodical from the summer of 1893, it had a card with a stamped date It wasContinue reading “Not Returned by Due Date”

I was told practice makes one perfect So I practiced regularly, I did expect To come close to perfection after months and years But I got stuck after initial progress, and I fear That I would never even come close to being good enough Whatever perfection requires, I am not made of that stuff *Continue reading “Practice did not make me perfect”

When it comes to health, “natural” sells Thus supplements touted to keep one well Are preferable to many over medications prescribed Medications are artificial, while supplements are described As all-natural herbal remedies, that are supposed to be Devoid of side-effects and gentler on the body * Here’s the truth that many do not know- TheContinue reading “No Supplements for Me”

I was scanning a patient note that was rather verbose And from a grammatical standpoint, perfectly composed When I highlighted the text, I realized That most of it was AI-generated, I should not have been surprised In the midst of long-winded paragraphs I found A sentence which communicated clinical reasoning sound But was imperfect grammatically-Continue reading “To Err is Human..”

Although everyone agrees that people should read, I had not previously seen Reading described as a superpower, being a reader keen This felt like the best kind of validation I could receive I too have a superpower, I choose to believe * I have always struggled to define How reading books fits in my life’sContinue reading “Is Reading a Superpower?”

The moments that actually change your life do not with drumrolls arrive For a long time, I did not realize this truth, I was naive And believed that the highlights of my life that everyone could see Would be the ones that marked life changes for me * The moments that completely altered my life’sContinue reading “Tiny Moments, Profound Impact”