Istanbul Literary Review - January 2009 Edition (#13)

Creativity in Psychiatry Camp: Contrapuntal

(from 10 Songs From Bulgaria)

Linda Nemec Foster

I can hear the whispers
                                       When I hold the clothespins of heaven
when I stare at clouds
                                       I believe they can sing
and repeat the same word
                                       my name in secret code
over and over
                                       and only God can understand
the stunted joke of eternity
                                       the stuttering lie

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)