Linda Gold is a student in the two-year psychoanalytic psychotherapy course at the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and an M.S.W. degree from the University of Michigan. She practices with Eastwood Clinics in Royal Oak, Michigan. Her practice is with both adults and adolescents.
With just a few light strokes, Gold's poetry captures something of the essential emotional tones felt on both sides of the couch. There is delicacy in her expression combined with a tactful ability to reveal.
Layers of earth orpetals of a roseprotect this piece of truthwe burn to knowwhether gently separating velvet leavesor drilling rock with metal harsh machineswhatever way we try it still eludesthe only truth is that we fear to know.
There are feelings which appear unbidden,Outside the forms and structures of my life,Like colors in a painting rearrangingWith energy from some mysterious source.These feelings, like a drumbeat…or a heartbeat,Persistent, insistent,Commanding my attentionLike a glass of red, red wine which overflows until you drink,For you cannot stop the pouring.
Sheri A. Hunt, M.D., is a candidate at the Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute in the adult training program and a graduate analyst in the child division. A published poet and member of TAP‘s editorial board, she welcomes readers’ comments and suggestions at .