The Poet

Dr. Donovan is a published poet and has been writing since he was in high school. Some of his poetry can be read in his book, Dancing With The Beloved. His poetry has been called “sensual and deeply passionate”, “a study of the struggle of the human soul with itself and its relationship to its God”. Through his poetry, Dr. Donovan has gained a deeper comprehension of the importance of communication and dialogue in the establishment of “profound relatedness” and its relationship to healing. Therefore, much of his clinical work involves intense and probing dialogue. A collection of many of his published and unpublished poems can be found in his upcoming work, Relationships and Other Crimes of Passion which will be downloadable in the future from The Author page.

Here Among the Standing Stones

Here among the standing stones,
ancient and weathered upon this desolate English moor,
I feel so inconsequential;
so mortal, temporary and alone.

Here within the silent ruins of this old Abbey,
crushed and broken by a history of un-kept promises,

I weep like a child
from the memories
of this cloistered heart.

Here within this lonely man,
heavy with the weight of stones and abbeys,
is a voice that cries out,
desperate for the redemption of broken promises:

“Damn the stones! Damn the abbeys!
And damn this broken heart!”

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