One can visit Europe in lots of ways – cruise ship on the rivers, cruise ship on the ocean, bus, car, backpacking, bicycle, airplane, even on foot. I don’t know exactly how poet Linda Nemec Foster has visited Europe, and her 2024 collection Bone Country shows she’s at least visited in prose poetry.
Bone Country is not a travelogue or tourist guide. Instead, it’s a deep dive into people, history, major upheavals, and small events. She watches a man with a spiked mohawk drink tea in Istanbul. An artist from Serbia insists he’s painted her face. She watches undercover policewomen and ghosts among the trees in Warsaw.
To continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak Poetry.
Some Tuesday Readings
10 – poem by Sonja Benskin Mesher.
A Poem for the 250th Anniversary of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense – Andrew Benson Brown at The Society of Classical Poets.
“Good Night, World,” poem by Jacob Glatstein – Ruth Wisse at The Free Press.
Introducing Inspiration – New Annual Theme – L.L. Barkat at Tweetspeak Poetry.
“Hurt Hawks,” poem by Robinson Jeffers – Joseph Bottum at Poems Ancient and Modern.
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