What The Physician Whispered
including The Chief Poisoner Will See You Now

"…. poems about pediatrics, geriatrics, living and dying, caring and trying, even the pandemic and current affairs, with a doctor’s bias…there is some word play and prosody; the writer seems unafraid of jargon, and teases with etymology, entomology and epistemology. Many poems were previously published in journals, which means those are vetted, but at times this collection can be challenging…or a bit tedious…" (from an unsigned self-review)