Istanbul Literary Review - January 2009 Edition (#13)
Istanbul Literary Review - January 2009 Edition (#13)
Two Vladimirs at the Window
(from 10 Songs From Bulgaria)
by
Linda Nemec Foster
Small lives, small lives,
we are trapped inside
small lives. Call this window
a prison of rotten wood; the hinges
a broken lock that still won't release us.
Call us the curse of clouded mirrors,
the blank faces of the soul
stuck inside an old kaleidoscope.
Small lives, small lives. We hum and chant
to the silence outside the frame.
Istanbul Literary Review - January 2009 Edition (#13)
Linda Nemec Foster
USA
Linda Nemec Foster is the author of seven books of poetry including Amber Necklace from Gdansk (finalist for the 2003 Ohio Book Award in Poetry) and Listen to the Landscape (finalist for the 2007 Michigan Notable Book Award). Her poems have been published in over 200 journals such as The Georgia Review, North American Review, and New American Writing. She is the founder of the Contemporary Writers Series at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. These poems come from her forthcoming chapbook, Ten Songs From Bulgaria, published by Cervena Barva Press.
Istanbul Literary Review - January 2009 Edition (#13)
