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Monthly Archives: April 2024

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Roderwolde


Roderwolde Poet on a Bicycle It did not work in Roderwolde, But when he cycled further on, Across a wide and open tract, As soon as he had left the […]

Ode to Remco Campert


Ode to Remco Campert A film clip from the nineteen-fifties Awoke the faded hues of memory: A farmer in blue smock and wooden clogs, And women […]

Found


Found “Found” is not the word— Rather: encountered. To find is to discover what you sought; Desire precedes it. Encountering happens […]

For Ludwig W.


For Ludwig W. “Found” is not the word, but rather “encountered.” You picture only what you seek, For you have fixed yourself upon the notion; […]

Sigh


Sigh Double rondeau I She belongs with fruit, yet lies among sprouts. Her waterworks cannot be stopped; From the crisper drawer comes sobbing […]

Moment and Wink


Moment and Wink A moment! A moment glimmers in your eyes, The cradle of compassion. How you looked at me— My nerve paths startled, Your gaze […]

Isaiah 58


Isaiah 58 Thus speaks the Lord: Is this not the fast I choose: To loosen wicked chains, Undo the choking yoke, Set the oppressed free? Is this not […]

Isaiah 62


Isaiah 62 No longer shall you be called Forsaken, Nor your land named Desolate. No longer parched, no longer damned, No longer flung like a stone in […]

Unnamed Pain


Unnamed Pain What dreadful scorching is this? What consuming blaze Rages through smoldering blood? What fire refuses to die? What swelling festers in […]

It Does Not Cease


It Does Not Cease It does not cease—the passions, The nightmares, the monstrosities. I trace them, undone, Unable to grasp their babble. Twisted […]