The Doctor in the Night

By Martin C. Rosner

If you enjoy poetry that is thoughtful, respectful of the craft, and deeply moving, then you do not want to miss owning this book. Dr. Rosner embraces all that is in the 'here and now', and expresses it with grace, rhythm, passion and power. It is difficult to relate his works to other contemporaries because of his unique approach to the gift of life, love and his immense grasp of the English language. For those who feel the pulse of life, the way in which Dr. Rosner expresses his selected subject matter can easily bring one to tears. His works should be digested slowly, one poem at a time, savoring each word, allowing the reader to discover his or her heart written within the pages. I eagerly await the release of 'The Doctor in the Night', knowing that we will all share and celebrate this moment in time with a living poet that possesses the magic to touch the soul.

- Kenneth Grey Hope

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 7, 2006
• ISBN: 9781465325839

Martin C. Rosner

Martin C. Rosner is a cardiologist and internist. He has had four books of poetry published previously and poems in many newspapers and magazines, including seventeen poems in The New York Times. Dr. Rosner is a member of the Academy of American Poets and is listed in Poets and Writers. This is my fifth book of poetry.My first,Kings and Jackals, was published in England, followed by three in the United States, The Coracle and Other Poems,Hormones and Hyacinths and Pilgrim at Sunset.My poetry has been published in newspapapers including seventeen poems in The New York Times, and several poems in The Cape Codder, The Hartford Courant and The Stars and Stripes.Many of my poems have appeared in poetry journals and anthologies and I won the prize for the best love lyric from Western Poetry Magazine.I am a member of the Academy of American Poets, Founder-Fellow of the International Academy of Poetry and listed in Poets and Writers. I was born and raised in New York City where I attended The Bronx High School of Science and University College, New York University and earned my M.D. at State U. of New York Downstate Medical Center.I am a board certified specialist in Internal Medicine and Fellow of the American College of Cardiology,the American College of Angiology and the Royal Society of Health. During service in the United States Air Force I lived in England and was active in poetry and academic life at St.Catherine's College,Cambridge. I have close ties with San Miguel de Allende,Mexico, where I spent eleven winters, and worked with Mexican physicians and gave numerous poetry readings.I speak and write fluent Spanish. I live in Paramus,New Jesey with my wife of 50 years and have 3 children and 7 grandchildren. My favorite respite from medical practice for 35 years has been my house on Cape Cod Bay.

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Contents

Esperando

De Las Montañas

La Parrochia

Serenidad

Love Song at Morning

September Ninth, Once More

Wonderland

From Giverny

A Platonic Pear

For Arlene, In Perpetuity

The Knight Dishonored, Or The Quest

From The Odyssey, 1996

On The Chobe

The Traveller’s Tale

In A Chinese Garden

Reverie

A Question Of Meaning

Michael’s Staff

Generations

Conundrum

In The Summer Country

Quicksilver

Vigil

Sorrow and Forgiveness

The Doctor In The Night

The Siege

Embassy

In The Archives

Obituary

Eulogy

Contemplation By A Pool

At The Edge Of The World

Millennial Night

Apostolic Mass

At The Symphony

Among The Trees

A Scientist’s Springtime

Between Dimensions

The Middle Passage

R.S.V.P., Moon

Crusade

For Heisenberg

Devolution

Paean

Encrypted

Interlude

Estuary

The Talisman

Yellow Flag

On The Lee Shore

From The Sea

Legend

In The Day

Alchemy and Poetry

Raising The Curtain

Meditation

A Page From The Book Of Time

Clairvoyance

Scintilla

Ceremony With Gulls

The Growing Season

Dedication

This new book of poetry is dedicated to my wife and muse, Arlene; my children, Susan, Steven, and Bruce; and grandchildren

David, Alexa, Kate, Erin, Jared, Julia and Olivia,

affectionately known as The Cape Cod Gang.

OTHER BOOKS BY

MARTIN C. ROSNER, M.D.

KINGS & JACKALS—published in England

THE CORACLE AND OTHER POEMS

HORMONES & HYACINTHS

PILGRIM AT SUNSET

Esperando

I am waiting for light to spill

Over the steppe, like golden wine

From an overturned glass.

I am waiting for English rain

To drain out of the green air

And awaken the sleeping fields.

I am waiting for the lowering sun

To kindle jewels in pools within

The sand, then drown in Cape Cod Bay.

I am waiting for Mexicana night

To drape its cape across the squares

And draw guitars and lovers under trees.