​My Portfolio
Explore my award winning haiku.
Read about my novel in progress and the plans for my nonfiction book.
Haiku
A haiku is a short Japanese poetic form with three lines. Traditionally, there are 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second and 5 in the third. Haiku often focus on nature and evoke a sense of moment or insight.
In the shade of rocks
he cools his beaded brilliance
lamenting his name
A Daliesque orb
distorts the texture of time
people melt like clocks
Small taunting raindrops
gaining courage in numbers
they overtake me
Amber eyes of glass
unblinking in musty fur
lost in salmon dreams
In snowfall silence
the night is mutely humming
the branch cracks and falls
Upcoming Projects
​A debut novel, "The Dawning of the Dusk", is the story of two soldiers and three former slaves who survive the Civil War by overcoming their learned prejudices to develop enduring friendships through the latter half of the 19th century.
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"Seeking Marcus Welby: Whatever Happened to the Family GP?" is a nonfiction book addressing the changes in healthcare and providing advice to those seeking a relationship with a medical provider
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Karen E. Crockett MD
More About Me....
I grew up the daughter of a career Air Force officer. We lived most of my childhood near Charleston, SC on the sea islands : James Island (affectionately known as "Jim" Island, Oak Island....
Always horse crazy, I worked for a racehorse stable out on Wadmalaw Island.
I showed horses ih hunter/jumper, trained off the track Thoroughbreds, and worked as a "whipper-in" the first season of the Middleton Place Hounds. (Don't be impressed.. this meant getting up before dawn to drag a smelly bag of fox musk for miles through the forests off the Ashley River and then spend the day chasing wayward fox hounds over miles.
After graduating Charleston Southern University I entered the Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant. Following honorable service, I went back to college, this time in anthropology and archaeilogy. I received a full scholarship to Harvard University where I wrote papers with titles like "The Use of Fossil Diatoms in Paleolacustrine Interpretation" or "The Role of Plant Secondary Compounds in the Hominoid-Cercopithacoid Divergense'.
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Rather than teach, I went into law enforcement and became a detective, working several murder cases. One, the death of a teenage girl at the hands of s serial killer, would bring me back to Tampa Florida time and time again for each retrial.
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I went on to Boston University School of Medicine, where I prepared for rural practice with the National Health Service Corp.
Every experience in my life contributed to make me a better physician. My mentor in Boston told me to truly listen to my patients, and I saw some of them for over 15 years.
During this time I was also writing award-winning haiku and short stories.
I could see the medical profession changing before my eyes. I confess to believing in both the art and the practice of medicine, and too much of that is disappearing. Some patients have gone to appointments where the doctor or nurse provider barely and did not examine them at all. To me, this is bad medicine, and it is perpetuated by the insurance industry. Most providers I know are overworked, overstressed and burned out by the pressure to see more and more patients in less time. In my nonfiction book, I will try to help people connect with a like-minded medical provider who they can call "my doctor."
An accident forced my retirement, so I am finally free to be a full-time writer.
I am new to web design, so know that this is an evolving work in progress.
It is my hope that you will be able to post messages on this website, and we can discuss medicine, writing and getting published.
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I live in Arizona with my Akita Oshikuru, my son Ted and my friends Mykel and Bobbie.
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But Enough About Me....
I hope to soon start a blog, and look forward to hearing from you.
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I can be reached at kcrockettmd@icloud.com
520-508-4995