"As your body was dying I flew to your side, told you that everything you taught me was passed onto others. A thousand-fold returning - such music, such light...." For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to Dearest Teacher, for Ivor Browne, by Lani O'Hanlon above.
I was privileged to know and work with the pioneering psychiatrist Ivor Browne, for a while. When he was dying I had a vivid dream and I wrote this poem to try and express my love and gratitude for all that he taught us - and all that he gave...

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